Financial Controller Permanent

High-end Luxury Retail

Financial Controller

Central London

To £75,000

This rapidly growing, entrepreneurial luxury consumer business operates at the premium end of its market and has an impressive reputation for quality, delivery and customer experience.

Founder led, the company has built a highly engaged client following and is now entering an exciting new phase of growth. Ambitious and highly commercial, this is a fast-paced business with significant momentum and aspirations to become one of the standout names in its sector.

It is now seeking a talented Financial Controller to play a key role in the ongoing growth plans.

Reporting to the founder, the role will include:

• Implement the appropriate level of controls and processes to enable timely and accurate financial reporting
• Create management information, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Deliver analysis around business performance, customer activity and stock
• Use automation to simplify accounting tasks
• Build and own the budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
• Identify and track KPIs
• Establish a fit-for-purpose framework of compliance and governance whilst being sensitive to the commercial environment
• Manage the outsourced accounting partner relationship

Required candidate profile:

• ACA qualified
• Financial reporting & FP&A experience
• Experience with an owner managed business, either within industry or from a client perspective when in practice
• Confident, robust and commercially minded
• High level of intellectual horsepower
• Comfortable getting stuck / being hands on
• Happy to be both in the detail and actively involved in strategic conversations
• Will have worked with a fast paced, consumer facing, scaling business

We are happy to consider candidates for whom this would be a step up into their first Financial Controller role.