Head of Finance EMEA

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is seeking a Head of Finance EMEA to manage a dynamic finance team across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. This pivotal role requires strong leadership and strategic insights to drive business results and ensure compliance within the group's financial policies. The successful candidate will foster collaborative relationships internally while overseeing financial reporting, variance analysis, and cost management processes.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible hybrid working model

Inclusive parental leave policy

Financial security with pension and life assurance

Wellness benefits including Medicash

Employee Assist Programs

Dog friendly work days

Generous product discount

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading commercial finance teams.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles (UK GAAP / IFRS).
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead EMEA finance team through monthly accounts close.
• Present business performance to EMEA SLT and Group Leadership team.
• Ensure robust internal controls are in place.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Commercial Acumen

Education

Relevant professional certification (e.g., ACA, CIMA)

Tools

Financial software

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

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
The Head of Finance EMEA role is predominantly responsible management of the EMEA finance team and reports into to the Group Director of Finance. This is a highly visible role, where you shall be the Finance Business partner for one of the Group’s fastest growing regions, covering multiple countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. This role will also be working with other teams in the business to support the growth and delivery of EMEA market results and will be responsible for managing and motivating a team of 4 direct reports to deliver exceptional results.

As a Head of Finance EMEA you will

• Key member of EMEA SLT with a focus on collaboratively working with SLT counterparts to mitigate risk and leverage opportunities with appropriate constructive challenge.
• Leading EMEA finance team through monthly accounts close, working closely with Group Share Service function, ensuring timely and clear articulation of financial closing & reporting, detailed variance analysis, appropriate level of reconciliation and regular review of balance sheet items.
• Construction and approval of new distribution and investment business cases, engaging internals teams, challenging data and assumptions, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and achievement of key KPI.
• Present business performance to EMEA SLT and the Group Leadership team, clearly articulating the key business drivers, risks, opportunities and action plans.
• Maintaining robust control of costs, working across the various EMEA teams to track and validate actual and forecasted costs, enhancing functional ownership and identifying cost saving opportunities.
• Leading routine planning and reforecasts for region, ranging from higher-level monthly reforecasts to more granular bi-annual reforecasts. Key activities include setting the forecast timetable, constructing a high-level target P&L to support forecast guidelines, challenging and validating assumptions, cost tracking and ensuring sufficient review and scrutiny.
• Ensuring robust internal controls are in place, regularly tested and developed in response to any changes in the business environment.
• Drive process improvement to support increased scope for commercial analysis and insight.
• Upweight commercial skills within the immediate team and wider business to ensure fair appraisal of performance, clear articulation of learnings and calls to action alongside future recommendation.
• Strategic modelling and planning to support future contract terms negotiations.
• Build and foster strong working relationships with group finance internal functions, including shared service, treasury, group accounting, group tax, internal controls and FP&A ensuring the EMEA region conformity to group finance policies and procedures.
• Team coaching and performance management.
• Promoting a learning organisation where ideas are tabled, modelled, tested and evolved in response to solid post analysis.

About you

• Relevant professional certification (e.g., ACA, CIMA) is a must
• Proven experience in leading commercial finance teams and business partnering in multi country regions.
• Experience in the premium retail sector and/or FMCG is essential
• Understanding of global company operations, processes and compliance requirements
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles (UK GAAP / IFRS), financial modelling, and forecasting techniques.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Independent thinker and driven to achieve best results
• Ability to prioritise and provide follow up in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in financial software and tools (e.g., ERP systems, advanced Excel).
• Experience using Anaplan and Netsuite 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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