Senior Financial Controller - Luxury Brand

MODE SEARCH Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Mode Search Ltd. partners with a fast-growing luxury fashion brand to recruit a Financial Controller, reporting to the CFO, and owning the day-to-day financial control and reporting function.

You will lead monthly closes, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting while strengthening processes, controls and commercial analysis across multiple entities as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant required (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong post-qualification experience in financial control and reporting.
• Experience in SME/high-growth environments is highly desirable.
• Proven technical accounting and control knowledge with close involvement.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly and annual close including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Lead financial reporting with variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Support CFO with annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and scenarios.
• Maintain robust financial controls across the business and subsidiaries.
• Oversee statutory accounting, audits, VAT and compliance.
• Manage cash flow, working capital, AP/AR and intercompany activity.
• Own inventory costing and gross margin analysis.
• Support group reporting and consolidation across entities.
• Drive finance systems improvements and automation.
• Partner with Retail, E-commerce, Wholesale, Production and Ops.

Skills

Financial reporting

Excel

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder comms

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Mode Search are partnering with a fast-growing luxury fashion brand in the search for a Financial Controller to support the next stage of its international growth.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to take ownership of the day-to-day financial control and reporting function within an entrepreneurial luxury business. Reporting directly to the CFO, you will play a key role across financial reporting, cash flow, budgeting, forecasting and commercial analysis, while helping to strengthen processes and controls as the business continues to scale.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across the wider business, you will have genuine visibility across retail, e-commerce, wholesale, production and operations, providing financial insight that supports both day-to-day performance and longer-term decision making.

The Role

• Own the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close, including management accounts, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Lead financial reporting and provide clear analysis of performance against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Support the CFO with annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and scenario planning.
• Maintain a robust financial control environment across the business and its subsidiaries.
• Oversee statutory accounting, audit processes, VAT and other compliance requirements.
• Manage cash flow, working capital, accounts payable and receivable.
• Take ownership of inventory accounting, product costs and gross margin analysis.
• Manage intercompany accounting and support group reporting and consolidation.
• Drive improvements across finance systems, reporting processes and automation.
• Act as a key finance partner to Retail, E-commerce, Wholesale, Production, Merchandising and Operations.
• Provide commercial analysis and financial insight to support business decisions and investment opportunities.
• Support the development of a high-performing and commercially focused finance function.

Requirements

• Fully qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong post-qualified experience across financial control, management accounting and reporting.
• Proven experience operating in an SME, entrepreneurial or high-growth environment.
• Strong technical accounting and financial control knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with month-end, reconciliations, cash flow and working capital.
• Experience with inventory accounting and multi-entity environments would be highly advantageous.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, with excellent Excel skills.
• Comfortable working closely with senior non-finance stakeholders and translating financial data into actionable insight.
• Experience within luxury, fashion, retail, consumer or another multi-channel environment would be advantageous.
• Proactive, highly organised and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious luxury business at an important stage of growth, with the opportunity to have significant ownership across the finance function and work closely with the CFO on the continued development of the business.

Location: Central London – 5 days per week in the office.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.