Scale-Up Commercial Financial Controller

My Cookie Dough; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MyCookieDough Group in Bath/Bristol (Hybrid & flexible working) is seeking a Commercially minded Financial Controller to strengthen the financial foundations as we scale across multiple channels. The role is hands-on, guiding day-to-day financial operations and strategic growth with the founders and leadership team.

The successful candidate will own management accounts, forecasting, and KPI dashboards, while collaborating across retail, manufacturing and international expansion.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or equivalent senior finance experience.
• Experience as Financial Controller, Finance Manager or similar senior finance role.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset.
• Excellent management accounts and forecasting experience.
• Comfortable operating in a growing SME or scale-up environment.
• Hands-on, proactive and solutions-focused.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling capability.
• Able to work closely with founders and senior leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of monthly management accounts and financial reporting.
• Cash flow forecasting and working capital management.
• Budgeting, forecasting and commercial analysis.
• Margin, cost and profitability reporting across multiple business areas.
• Developing KPI dashboards and performance reporting.
• Improving financial controls, processes and systems.
• Supporting operational teams with financial insight and decision-making.
• Managing relationships with external accountants, payroll and advisors.
• Supporting investor, banking and funding reporting requirements.

Skills

Financial reporting

Cash flow forecasting

Budgeting & forecasting

Commercial analysis

Excel modelling

Leadership in SME/scale-up

Strategic financial insight

Finance cross-functional collaboration

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

MyCookieDough Group in Bath/Bristol (Hybrid & flexible working) is seeking a Commercially minded Financial Controller to strengthen the financial foundations as we scale across multiple channels. The role is hands-on, guiding day-to-day financial operations and strategic growth with the founders and leadership team.

The successful candidate will own management accounts, forecasting, and KPI dashboards, while collaborating across retail, manufacturing and international expansion.