Financial Controller - Beauty Stock; FTC)

Financial Controller
- Beauty Stock (12M FTC)

Division

THG Shared Services

Location

UK, Manchester

Job Type

Temporary/Interim/Fixed Term

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.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

We know that beauty isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone, everywhere, empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic.

By combining our portfolio of owned brands inclusive of ESPA, Ameliorate and Christophe Robin, with a marketplace for over 1,300 third-party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC, Cult Beauty, and Dermstore, THG Beauty's ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry, supporting the channel shift to online.

THG Beauty’s breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer, a brand owner, and a product developer and manufacturer, making it the industry’s digital strategic leader.

As part of the Beauty Stock Finance Team , you will work to help the business through the monthly and yearly reporting cycle, ensuring robust financial control along the way

As Financial Controller
- Beauty Stock , you’ll:

• Lead and mentor3-4direct reportsby providing clearobjectivesand incentives to ensure high levelsof performance and all deliverables are met.
• Lead the preparation,reviewand reconciliation of inventory-related financial data, including stock valuations, provisions,write-offsand other inventory adjustments.
• Take ownership of inventory-related month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring balances are accurate,complete and reported in line with agreed timelines and accounting requirements.
• Lead monthly balance sheet review meeting and ensure that HOF and FD are advised of risk and opportunity.
• Review and analyse aged,obsolete and expired stock, ensuring appropriate provisionsaremaintainedand key risks, trends and opportunities are clearly communicated to management.
• Lead the provision of inventory-related information and supporting documentation for internal and external audits, acting as a key point of contact for inventory finance queries.
• Develop and review financial reporting,analysis and dashboards toprovideclear insight into stock performance, variances,trendsand key risks.
• Act as a key finance business partner for inventory-related matters, providing insight and challenge to support decision-making and protect the accuracy of inventory and the P&L.

• Qualified Accountant(CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA)
• Experience in leading and developing Finance teams.
• Analytical skills, with the ability to effectively summarise and interpret dataforwide range of stakeholders.
• Proven record of delivering against targets and process improvement.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to form relationships with key stakeholders.

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and…