Finance Shared Services GL Accountant

Charlotte Tilbury; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beauty brand is seeking a Finance Shared Services GL Accountant to enhance capabilities in the finance department. You will be responsible for maintaining clean general ledgers, ensuring compliance, and identifying opportunities for process improvements. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills and proficiency in ERP systems, including NetSuite. This role offers a hybrid working model and various benefits, including a generous holiday policy and a supportive company culture.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Financial security and planning

Wellness and social benefits

Generous product discount

Qualifications

• Practical knowledge of UKGAAP/IFRS.
• Competent in the fundamentals of accounting.
• Independent thinker and driven to achieve best results.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clean general ledgers with reconciliations.
• Ensure financial records comply with regulatory standards.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Good time management and organizational skills

Proficient in ERP systems

Tools

NetSuite

SAP Central Finance

Anaplan

Job description

Charlotte Tilbury are on the hunt for a Finance Shared Services GL Accountant to join our growing Group Finance team. This role will be in the newly created shared services function and will be an integral part of enhancing capabilities in the finance department by driving best practice across the global finance function. This will include maintaining the general ledger across the group - ensuring consistency of accounting and reporting across all regions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function. This role will play a crucial part in ensuring the integrity of financial accounting and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clean general ledgers, ensuring balance sheet accounts are reconciled fully and reconciling items are addressed and cleared on a timely basis
• Maintenance of the global fixed asset register, including posting of depreciation, additions, and disposals
• Posting of the global payroll journals, including liaison with the outsourced payroll provider to ensure the information received is correctly coded and allocated
• Posting of accruals and prepayments - liaising with the local finance analysts and business partners to ensure all costs are correctly recorded
• Allocation and recharge of corporate costs to other entities within the Charlotte Tilbury group
• Reconciliation of intercompany charges and agreement of balances
• Work closely with internal functions to drive consistency and accuracy of information across the various finance systems (Anaplan, NetSuite, SAP Central Finance) to ensure one source of truth
• Ensuring financial records comply with regulatory standards
• Ensure timely submission of financial reports to meet internal and external deadlines
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation to enhance efficiency and accuracy in general ledger activities, upholding a strong control environment
• Compile and post journal entries in Netsuite with supporting documentation
• Provide first line of support for GL related queries for year-end and interim audit

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Practical knowledge of UKGAAP/IFRS
• Demonstrable understanding of end-to-end finance processes
• Competent in the fundamentals of accounting
• Deadline oriented with a commitment to accuracy
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Independent thinker and driven to achieve best results
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient in ERP systems and financial software (NetSuite experience is a plus)
• Ability to prioritise and provide follow up in a fast‑paced environment

Benefits

• 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. If you want to learn more about life at Charlotte Tilbury Beauty please follow our LinkedIn page!