Head of Finance - Digital, Tech and Transformation

Charlotte Tilbury; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious beauty brand in London is seeking a Head of Finance for a 12-month contract. As a vital member of the commercial finance team, you will lead financial insights and business partnering for digital and transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience in the retail or FMCG sectors, strong leadership skills, and be a qualified accountant. This role offers a hybrid working model and generous employee benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible hybrid working model

Generous product discount

Inclusive parental leave policy

Employee wellness programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading commercial finance teams and business partnering.
• Experience in the premium retail sector and/or FMCG, preferably in Digital/Ecommerce.
• Clear evidence of calculating ROIs for investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key member of the digital senior leadership team.
• Deliver timely management accounts including variance analysis.
• Ensure robust internal controls are in place.

Skills

Leadership skills

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Team management

Ecommerce knowledge

Education

Qualified accountant – CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Tools

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Anaplan

Netsuite

Job description

Head of Finance - Digital, Tech and Transformation
12 month FTC (Fixed-Term Contract)

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 excited to recruit for a Head of Finance – Digital, Tech and Transformation on a fixed term basis (12 months). The position sits within the Commercial Finance team reporting to the Group Director of Finance and is responsible for managing and motivating a team of three (two direct reports). This role business partners Digital, Tech and Transformation to support the delivery of financial results and commitments.

The right candidate will be a skilled and practiced finance leader with experience in delivering financial insights and making decisions to drive growth and deliver targets

As a Head of Finance - Digital, Tech and Transformation you will

• Act as a key member of the digital senior leadership team, working collaboratively with counterparts to mitigate risks and leverage opportunities with appropriate constructive challenge.
• Working closely with Group Shared Services and the team to deliver timely and accurate management accounts for CT.com, Tech, Systems and Transformation, including detailed variance analysis.
• Act as the finance lead for all budget cycles and forecasting for the responsible areas. Ensuring targets and deadlines are effectively communicated, alongside the review and scrutiny of assumptions and inputs.
• Closely business partner with the digital and transformation senior leadership team and their teams to deliver high quality financial support.
• Provide robust analysis for investment decisions including ROI on past campaigns and growth initiatives, as well as future investment decisions. Challenging data and assumptions, alongside ensuring alignment to strategic priorities.
• Identify & implement new processes and ensure stakeholder governance of processes.
• Ensuring robust internal controls are in place, regularly tested and developed in response to any changes in the business environment.
• Promote understanding of P&L trajectory and support the business to make decisions to deliver on target commitments.
• Directly coach and manage two finance managers [Finance Manager – Digital and Finance Manager – Transformation, Systems and IT], alongside the indirect management of Finance Analyst – Digital, Systems and IT.

About you

• Proven experience in leading commercial finance teams and business partnering.
• Experience in the premium retail sector and/or FMCG is essential (experience in Digital/Ecommerce is strongly preferred).
• Qualified accountant – CIMA/ACCA/ACA.
• Clear evidence of calculating ROIs to support investment decisions.
• Knowledge of UK accounting standards is essential.
• Management of month end processes experience essential.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Proficient in financial software and tools (e.g., ERP systems, advanced Excel).
• Experience using Anaplan and Netsuite highly desirable.

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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