Finance Manager - Global Marketing

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading beauty brand as a Finance Manager supporting Global Marketing. You will manage financial forecasts, analyze marketing expenses, and support strategic initiatives within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. Opportunities for personal and professional growth are available in a diverse and inclusive team, committed to empowering everyone.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid working model

Excellent parental leave policy

Financial security with pension and life assurance

Wellness and social benefits

Pet-friendly workplace

Generous product discounts

Qualifications

• Experience managing month-end processes.
• 1-2 years post qualification experience preferred.
• Background in Retail/FMCG and eCommerce desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end processes for Global Marketing.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts, analyze marketing spend.
• Develop Finance Assistant and deliver ad hoc analysis.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Analytical mindset

Advanced Excel skills

Proactive improvement

Ability to work under pressure

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

ANAPLAN

Looker

NetSuite

Job description

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role
We are looking for a superstar Finance Manager to join our team to support Global Marketing. This role sits in the finance team reporting to the Finance Director. Global Marketing encompasses Brand Marketing, Creative Agency, PR, Product, VM and Store Design, and is the engine behind the phenomenal success of Charlotte Tilbury.

In this role you will take full ownership of this cost centre and will work cross functionally with multiple stakeholders across the business to deliver forecasts and actuals. You will support on strategic global initiatives and take a key responsibility in evaluating the financial impact of initiatives delivered by these functions.

As a Finance Manager – Global Marketing you will

• Manage all components of month end related to Global Marketing, including balance sheet reconciliations and key account reviews
• Own Global Marketing cost trackers, holding monthly meetings with all budget holders to understand any risks and opportunities
• Understand drivers of variance to budget/forecast and provide monthly analysis and insight to Stakeholders on all marketing spend
• Seek to continuously improve the month end process, refining controls, processes, and reporting
• Prepare the Global Marketing budgets and forecasts, and assist commercial leaders in building long-term strategic plans
• Support stakeholders with the preparation of any business cases related to Marketing investment, challenging the business where necessary
• Prepare Return on Investment (ROI) analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of approved initiatives and make recommendations for future strategies
• Support the Marketing Team in the production of presentation materials for internal stakeholders on departmental performance vs targets, and other key metrics
• Manage and develop Finance Assistant
• Deliver ad hoc analysis as needed

About you

• Month-end process management experience essential
• Commercial and analytical mindset
• Advanced excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, Sum If, Indirect etc.) and the ability to build models from scratch
• Flexible & proactive, able to drive improvements through to completion
• Positive ‘can-do’ attitude
• Ability to work under pressure and be deadline driven
• Ideally ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with 1-2 years post qualification experience
• Experience with ANAPLAN, Looker, NetSuite beneficial
• Retail/FMCG with eCommerce experience is highly desirable

Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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