UK Finance Controller

Maison Crivelli; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Maison Crivelli, a rapidly growing luxury fragrance company, is seeking a Finance Controller to lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. The role involves partnering with the UK team, conducting cost analysis, and ensuring financial control, requiring strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

Competitive industry salary

Annual discretionary bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in a financial, analytical, or controlling role.
• Experience within a fast growing medium size business, preferably cross functional business partnering.
• Fluent in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with financial goals.
• Oversee budget preparation and revisions with UK team.
• Manage month end and year end simulations.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Advanced financial modelling

Problem solving

Proficiency in Excel

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified

Job description

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“Perfume is a living experience.” —Thibaud Crivelli, Founder.

Maison Crivelli is a French luxury fragrance Maison created to surprise, delight and offer a multi-sensorial experience for all fragrance explorers around the world.

With a constant spirit of adventure, the Maison partners with the best perfumers to propose disruptive fragrances which surprise and invite to lose one’s bearings.

Present in 46 countries and over 450 points of sale, the Maison is one of the fastest growing in the category.

The UK subsidiary is one year old, and this is the perfect time to join fast paced, hyper growth and truly entrepreneurial adventure.

Scope

Business partner to UK team for all financial topics.

Key Missions

• Financial Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Reporting
• Cash management
• Internal control

Main Accountabilities

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with overall business and financial goals and objectives.
• Oversee budget preparation and revisions in collaboration with all the UK team, ensuring timely submission and resolution of any queries.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of reports and analysis, working closely with the wider UK
• Manage month end and year end simulations, identifying risks and opportunities to best guide business decision making.

Finance Control

• Partner with the UK team to conduct cost analysis and operational reviews, ensuring cost control and efficiency.
• Support investment proposals and reviews to measure payback.
• Monthly and Year end reporting process ownership:
• Sales and stock movement analysis
• Spend review coordination with the wider team and cost centre managers
• Ownership of full UK consolidation within the agreed timeline

Internal control, Systems & Processes

• Support the strengthening of financial and business control, driving process standardisation and improvement
• Assist with the implementation of financial systems to ensure data integrity and automation

Admin

Manage the day to day payables and receivables.

• Payables
• Management of accounts inbox
• Sign off of invoice vs. POs / spend owner
• Weekly reconciliations
• Receivables
• Management of overdues / aged debt
• Management and review of any deductions
• Credit control

HR operations

• Monthly payroll input creation for external partner
• Review and approval of payroll (ensuring all costs, benefits, exceptionals are in line with the input)

Operations support

• Translation of Sell In forecast to inbound
• Monthly order placement to Paris and coordination on inbound with Paris ADV and UK Warehouse

Key Stakeholders

Internal

• UK Brand Director
• Global Finance Director
• Global finance team
• UK HO team (marketing, sales, operations, retail)
• Global operations team (forecasting and ADV)

External

• External Accounts partner
• Client AP & AR teams
• Supplier AR teams
• Warehouse partner

Skills & Experiences

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years experience in a financial, analytical, or controlling role, preferable within a fast growing medium size business with exposure to cross functional business partnering
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insight
• Advanced financial modelling, planning, and forecasting expertise, with proficiency in Excel.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with proven track records of business partnering to supporting the strategic decision making across all levels of the business
• Agile and adaptable approach to problem solving, with the ability to balance detail oriented execution and big picture strategic thinking.
• Fluent in English, French additional is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive industry salary and annual discretionary bonus
• Private Medical Insurance

Reports to

• UK Brand Director with dotted line to Global FD and Global HRD

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry

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