Finance Director Retail Beauty

About THG

We are THG a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC Myprotein ESPA Perricone MD and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

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About Finance at THG

THG Finance is a dynamic and evolving team that covers all areas of finance including central functions such as accounts receivable and payable treasury tax and internal audit as well as specific commercial teams for each of our divisions;
Beauty Tech Consumer Health and Brands. As we expand our business and take on new challenges in the form of acquired businesses or new ventures finance is there to support every step of the way leading to dynamic and challenging roles. Common characteristics among our team members are the ability to drive change adaptability and resourcefulness to ensure we can keep pace with the business without compromising on financial control or sales performance.

Responsibilities:

Reporting into the Commercial CFO the role is split into the below key areas:

Financial Control & Reporting

• Full ownership of divisional monthend close processes across all Nutrition brands including Myprotein.
• Build and lead the Nutrition consolidation and group reporting process following business separation.
• Ensure rigorous balance sheet governance accuracy and control across all teams.

Commercial Finance & Performance Management

• Lead commercial insights and analysis challenging all aspects of the P&L to drive profitability.
• Deliver profit improvement and working capital initiatives across the division.
• Oversee budgeting and forecasting providing both inmonth insight and rolling 12month projections to support strategic decision-making.

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering

• Support major strategic programmes including international expansion organisational transformation and business separation.
• Partner across all areas of the business including supply chain trading and marketing to ensure investments drive sustainable profitable growth.
• Work collaboratively with group finance functions such as Tax Treasury and Group Reporting to ensure seamless alignment and compliance.

Team Leadership & Operations Excellence

• Lead motivate and develop a multidisciplinary finance team of up to 25 colleagues.
• Oversee daytoday finance operations ensuring an efficient well controlled and high performing finance function.
• Drive a proactive solution sled approach to identifying risks and opportunities across the short medium and long term.

Within these areas the role will require:

• An inspirational leader who thrives on being able to drive and work with an ambitious team to achieve goals aligned to the business need.
• A proactive approach to P&L performance acting quickly on both risks and opportunities identified in both the short medium and long term.
• A confident mindset comfortable in dealing with a wide range of non-financial key stakeholders and managing difficult conversations.
• Comfortable to challenge and review spend approvals to ensure all costs deliver incremental benefit to the business.
• A strong attention to detail to ensure a tightly controlled balance sheet is delivered consistently reviewing the wider teams work.
• A keen ability to multi-task across a number of areas and manage both their own and the teams time effectively.
• An ability to communicate with wider finance functions outside of the division including Group Tax Treasury etc to ensure all relevant information is provided and received for reporting purposes.
• A collaborative approach to working with the wider divisional finance team including commercial to assist with reporting and profit delivery and SSC to ensure a tightly controlled working capital cycle

Requirements:

Essential

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA ACCA CIMA) with significant senior finance leadership experience in a complex international organisation.
• Proven endtoend ownership of P&L and Balance Sheet with strong expertise in financial control reporting consolidation and compliance.
• Demonstrated track record in commercial finance including profit improvement cost management working capital optimisation budgeting and forecasting.
• A credible and influential strategic partner confident in challenging and guiding nonfinancial stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience supporting major strategic initiatives such as international expansion transformation programmes or business…