Finance Director | Retail Beauty

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?

THG’s Finance department is a rapidly growing and evolving team, covering all areas of central functions such as Accounts Receivable and Payable, Treasury, Tax and Group Finance, to specific Commercial teams for each of THG’s divisions.

With the company’s global presence increasing at an unprecedented rate, the Finance team continues to drive change while remaining agile; keeping pace with the business while never compromising on financial control or sales performance.

THG Finance is helping to deliver rapid growth for THG’s fast-moving, global brands. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team.

Report into the Commercial CFO, the role is split into the below key areas:

• Have full ownership of divisional month‑end close processes across all Beauty brands, including LOOKFANTASTIC and Cult Beauty.
• Build and lead the Beauty consolidation and group reporting process following business separation.
• Ensure rigorous balance sheet governance, accuracy, and control across all teams.

• 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 in‑month insight and rolling 12‑month projections to support strategic decision-making.

• 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.

• Lead, motivate, and develop a multi‑disciplinary finance team of up to 25 colleagues.
• Oversee day‑to‑day finance operations, ensuring an efficient, well‑controlled, and high‑performing finance function.
• Drive a proactive, solutions‑led approach to identifying risks and opportunities across the short, medium, and long term.

• 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 team’s 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…