Finance Analyst - UK, Pureplayer & Australia

Finance Analyst – UK, Pureplayer & Australia 6-Month Ftc (Fixed-Term Contract)

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the Role

We are excited to recruit for a Finance Analyst – UK, Pureplayer & Australia who will be a crucial member of the Charlotte Tilbury Commercial Finance Function – playing a key role in driving insight and supporting strategic decision-making to support Charlotte Tilbury's ongoing success in our home market as well as Australia and New Zealand territories.

In this role, you will report directly to the Senior Finance Manager – UK, Pureplayer & Australia, and act as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders. Business partnering is core to the success of this role, and you will work closely with regional Commercial and Retail Operations Functions daily, as well as being a respected business partner for the UK, Pureplayer & Australia Brand Manager and senior Finance stakeholders accordingly.

As a Finance Analyst – UK, Pureplayer & Australia You Will

• Assist with the budget and forecasting process of Retail Sales to Net Sales, working closely with Commercial and Demand Planning Functions to support with inputs
• Work closely with the Retail teams to forecast Retail Staffing costs for doors within the UK region
• Prepare month end commentary for actuals Vs forecast for Revenue to Gross Margin, and Retail Staffing, working closely with the Operations Finance Function and Retail teams
• Create, identify, and communicate Risks and Opportunities to forecast, and maintain a schedule for working with and challenging teams on finding optimum levels for efficient use of resources
• Preparation of weekly trade reports, actively participating in weekly trade meetings to understand, challenge and identify monthly sales performance for the regions
• Actively contribute to the development of new business opportunities through building and analysing business case models
• Support on post-investment appraisals and ROI analysis for commercial initiatives approved via the business casing process to evaluate impact
• Work closely with Accounts Receivable to ensure retailer contributions, DIF testers and returns are accurate and consistent with contractual obligations
• Ad hoc analysis to support the Senior Finance Manager – UK, Pureplayer & Australia

About You

• Part qualified accountant – CIMA, ACCA, ACA with a minimum of 3 years industry experience
• Experience of retail would be desirable
• Advanced excel skills (Vlookups, Pivot tables, Sum If, Indirect etc) and the ability to build models from scratch
• Commercial and analytical mindset
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, having the confidence to communicate clearly with senior management
• Comfortable dealing with a cross section of stakeholders, both finance and non-finance
• Ability to think logically and methodically
• Positive 'can-do' attitude
• Flexible & proactive, with an eagerness to learn
• Highly organised and able to prioritise workload effectively within a scaling business
• Experience with Anaplan, Looker, NetSuite desirable but not essential

Why Join Us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We're a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.