Finance Analyst

Lick Home Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative company that is transforming the home decor industry. As a Finance Analyst, you will play a vital role in driving financial efficiency and supporting business growth. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment where your analytical skills will directly impact strategic decision-making. You will collaborate closely with various teams, ensuring data integrity and providing actionable insights to enhance performance. With a commitment to sustainability and a supportive culture, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to making a difference.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Flexible Working Hours

Generous Annual Leave

Private Pension Scheme

£300 allowance for Lick products

Monthly Deep Dive sessions

Lick Impact Award

Team Events

Wellbeing Initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in financial analysis, preferably in e-commerce & retail.
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling and data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance Director on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Manage financial model and oversee company's BI tools for data integrity.
• Support month-end close and ensure compliance with financial regulations.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Financial Modeling

Excel

Data Visualization

SQL

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

NetSuite

Snowflake

Job description

We are Lick

We are building a people-powered decorating movement where everyone feels supported and inspired to transform their space with our unique pigment-rich colours and high quality products. All with consideration to your and our home; planet Earth.

We’re a business that believes in building confidence in our decorators. Seeing their bright ideas and making them happen. We do this by giving our do-er uppers access to inspiration, advice and how-to guidance from our experts and wider community. As well as making our range of (water-based, trace VOC) paint, (FSC-certified) wallpaper, and eco-supplies with real people and real homes in mind.

It's why we curate a selection of pigment-rich paints with unique depth of colour and their own individual identity, and high-quality designer wallpapers. It's why we have an expert team of colour consultants on-hand to help with any decorating question, big or small. It's why we're building a supportive community of decorators to inspire each other with their projects.

Because we know that a small change in colour can have a huge impact on the way we feel.

Gone are the days of too much choice, feeling like you’re doing it alone, and messy, expensive sample pots. This is a fresh look for decorating.

Decorator success starts at home...our home. That is why we are also on a mission to be the definitive people-powered company. Building an environment where individuals thrive and collectively transform an entire category.

About the Company

Lick was founded in 2019 by Lucas London and Sam Bradley - both experienced startup entrepreneurs - targeting the $1trillion global home decor market.

Since launching in 2020, we have evolved tremendously and, since then, Lick has expanded into 3 separate brands:

• Lick: for the DIY customer
• LickPro: for the Trade customer
• Lick Tools: our own range of sustainable tools

We have continually developed our product range, developed new sustainability initiatives, and grown our community of decorators. Successful campaigns such as the Heinz x Lick collaboration & Soho Home range, as well as our huge partnerships with Screwfix & diy.com are leading us in the right direction, and it’s really a very exciting time to be joining us on this journey!

Our Office

We are a hybrid working team and we believe in the value of getting together offline and online. For this reason, we are focused on hiring candidates who can easily work in London. We see huge value in our team sharing an office together and strongly encourage everyone to use it as often as they can. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are mandatory days.

We provide tea, coffee, milk (dairy & plant-based), fruit, a communal outdoor terrace area, meeting rooms, bike storage, showers, and communal breakout spaces throughout the building.

Sustainability at Lick

Supercharging a fresh look for decorating means fixing the home decor industry’s environmental footprint. This is why we've put sustainability at the top of our agenda. We’re constantly working to lower our impact on the planet, and create a better future for our kids.

We're on our way… Our peel and stick samples use 95% less waste than sample pots, our trace VOC water-based paints contain fewer harmful chemicals and a more easily biodegradable end product, and our packaging is 100% biodegradable.

In 2022, we announced that we are B Corp certified - a real milestone moment.

Wellbeing at Lick

We are building a team filled with incredible human beings and it is our collective unique spirits that make Lick very special. We're cultivating an environment where we can all truly be ourselves (on the good days and the bad) and make an authentic impact.

We want it to be easy to openly discuss how you are feeling. We want it to be easy for you to do the things you know will help you thrive. We want to empower you to own your mental health and wellbeing, and we want to ensure you feel supported in doing so.

Our goal is to empower you to own your time and impact. We aim to provide you with the information and support you need to empower you to do fulfilling, impactful work and build relationships that matter.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Lick

People are at the centre of everything we do at Lick. We work hard to make sure that we're amplifying diverse voices externally within our amazing community of decorators. Equally, we are on a mission to make Lick a company where every member of our team feels they can truly be themselves and genuinely make an impact. We will continue to work on ways to be able to formally follow through on this commitment, such as our team led Lick Belonging Group, and using an individual approach for each team member.

Our Culture

Our culture will continue to evolve just like everything else we do, but we can confirm it's fast and very ambitious. We believe a great team can do great things and we work hard to ensure you have what you need to thrive and make a real impact. We put a huge emphasis on information sharing, communications and relationships.

We have ambitious business goals, but we don’t just do things a certain way because that’s how it’s always been done. We’re here to transform an entire category, this means developing new and better ways of doing things. You can see this in our team everyday and in our commitments to Sustainability, Wellbeing, DEI and the decorator experience.

About The Role

Reporting to the Finance Director, this role will be based in our London office.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Finance Analyst to join our retail business. The Finance Analyst will play a critical role in financial planning, budgeting, and analysis to support strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong financial modelling skills, experience in the retail sector, and the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

What you will be doing:

As a Finance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial efficiency and supporting business growth. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with the Finance Director around budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
• Managing the financial model to maintain alignment with business purpose and rolling performance.
• Oversee the company's BI tools, ensuring data integrity and continually improving the platform to provide real-time visibility into performance against key and evolving KPIs.
• Be an integral part of the month-end team, led by the Finance Manager, assisting in the timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting.
• Support the preparation of reconciliations, provisions and accruals to facilitate a smooth month-end close.
• Review and validate the segmentation and categorisation of transactions in the ERP to deliver accurate cost-centre analysis.
• Partnering with the Finance Manager to streamline BAU and month-end processes, driving efficiency while maintaining and integrity.
• Identification of key cashflow drivers and trends, including a monthly analysis of direct cashflow vs budget and investigating any deviations against expectation.
• Work closely with the tech team to safeguard data integrity within the company’s tech architecture, ensuring seamless data flow and accuracy across all platforms.
• Supporting the Commercial team to understand weekly and monthly trends in performance, particularly around Channel/Customer/Product Mix. Key to this will be ensuring that our BI software contains up-to-date data and with charts that can be readily understood.
• Regularly meet with key budget owners across the business to ensure they have full visibility of their spend against budget.
• Partner with the marketing team to assess the financial impact of promotions and strategic initiatives, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Monitor manufacturing efficiencies and provide analysis of impact on profit margins.
• Ensure data compliance with financial regulations and internal controls.

Experience:

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience in financial analysis, preferably in the e-commerce & retail sector.
• Strong proficiency in financial modeling, Excel, and data visualisation tools (e.g., Lightdash or Looker (preferred), Power BI, Tableau).
• SQL skills will be very advantageous.
• Experience working with cloud based data systems such as Snowflake, RudderStack, DBT would also be favourably considered.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and financial reporting software.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations.

Qualities

We value diverse perspectives and skills. To thrive in this role, candidates should possess:

• Kind, fun and personable.
• Curious in nature with a desire to dig deep into data, uncover trends, and ask insightful questions.
• Comfortable with complexity and with working in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Excited about building confidence within the Lick family around all things data by facilitating proactive and collaborative communication.
• A warm and articulate communicator with the ability to simplify and translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
• A commitment to ethical financial analysis and transparency in reporting.
• Passion for data, numbers and attention to detail.
• An enthusiastic team player who can work effectively with others but also take ownership of tasks and work autonomously.

• Competitive salary and share option grants
• A generous Annual Leave allowance: 26 days per year, a day off for your birthday and extra time off at the end of the year
• Health Insurance through Vitality
• Flexible Working - own your working hours
• Hybrid Working - office days are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
• £300 allowance for Lick products
• Private pension scheme
• Generous Primary and Secondary Caregiver Leave allowances
• Monthly Deep Dive sessions from your fellow teammates; these sessions aim to get the wider company up to speed on a particular project or topic
• The Lick Impact Award, a monthly team-led initiative, recognises individuals for their hard work and amazing attitudes
• Lots of amazing opportunities to get to know other members of the team at different team events and to have an impact on our culture through our Lick Belonging Group and beyond
• Contribute to building a culture where well being is part of how we do things & not just a bonus, and first-hand experience of being part of, and growing with, a fast-moving and ambitious company

• You are hopefully reading this and thinking I can't wait to be part of the team that makes this even better as the company grows ;)
  
  Lick is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our applicants. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request any accommodations from application through to interview, please email us at [e-mail]
  
  

As this role is based in London UK, candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK. Candidates without these rights will not be considered.