Senior Commercial Finance Manager London Finance

This role will be based in our London (Soho) office, and we offer a hybrid working pattern of 3 days in the office and 2 days WFH.

• Business partner teams and team members across the UK & Ireland Business Unit, taking a lead role in partnering a number of UK&I Leadership Team members
• Support the UK&I Heads of Sales for eCommerce & Premium Retail on Trading Activity decisions, commercial planning & P&L management
• Collaborate with Commercial Teams on P&L and Profitability modelling for discussions with third-party retailers
• Manage the UK&I Digital Media Budget alongside the Marketing & Commercial teams to ensure adherence to budgets, correct allocation of spend and Post-Campaign ROI analysis
• Support the Finance & Supply Chain Director across projects within the business
• Responsible for the reporting of the UK & Ireland Business Unit
• Provide accurate and timely financial information, including reporting of performance, to the UK & Ireland Leadership Team to facilitate decision making
• Provide detailed financial analysis to develop insights, identify trends and actionable opportunities
• Liaise with business partners to ensure financial impact of decisions is highlighted and understood
• Drive the delivery of detailed forecasts and plans for the UK & Ireland Business Unit
• Support the development of Financial Plans and forecasts including development of building blocks and associated activities
• Monitor and track the financial progress of operational activities / building blocks. Work closely with the UK & Ireland Leadership Team to develop and implement corrective action where needed to deliver on budgeted commitments
• Ensure regular review of the UK & Ireland Cost centres to ensure spend is in line with the Budget / Forecast
• Deliver operational finance activities for the UK & Ireland Business Unit including
• Complete Month-end accounting activities, such as accruals, prepayment, rebate deductions
• Provide analysis and explanations of performance
• Develop financial acumen across all levels of the business through day-to-day support as well as ad-hoc financial training

• University degree and/or professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with supporting professional experience
• Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience gained across Commercial Finance, Business Partnering and Management Accounting in addition to a good grounding in Financial Accounting.
• Previous experience gained in an FMCG or retail business is essential in addition to a proven track record of effectively supporting and influencing stakeholders and providing a full 'business partnering service'.

• Extremely strong analytical skills with the ability to present findings in clear and impactful manner
• A self-motivated individual with a positive attitude and a "can do" approach
• Commercial experience and sounds business and finance understanding
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work across multiple stakeholders to gather data, disseminate insights and manage requests
• Self-starter, comfortable with leading tasks from the outset and managing change
• Highly organised multi-tasker who is capable of planning and organising a number of priorities
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure within deadlines, managing own time and utilising initiative
• Ability to understand operational and commercial priorities and respond accordingly
• Keen focus on continuous improvement and innovation
• Previous experience of Data warehouse / ERP systems (MSD, TM1, PowerBI & Tableau experience beneficial)
• Excellent IT Skills including Excel, PowerPoint

We're a young company that's achieved great things by creating a best in class range of products that are loved by stylists and consumers alike. We remain fiercely ambitious, with big growth plans, exciting new innovation in the pipeline and geographic expansion.

We pride ourselves on remaining true to our founding ethos - the spirit of transformation - and have established a position at the forefront of the competitive fashion styling sector, where we are renowned as one of the leading hair styling brands around the world and synonymous with style and sophistication.