Finance Manager
Salary
£70-80K + options
Finance Manager | High-Growth Beauty Retailer | Hybrid
Join one of the most exciting challenger brands in the beauty space, backed by strong growth and serious ambition. With a loyal customer base, standout brand identity, and multi-channel presence (including D2C, retail and international expansion), this is a business at a pivotal scale-up stage – and you could be at the heart of it.
We’re exclusively partnered with this innovative brand to find a commercially minded, hands-on Finance Manager to join their lean but mighty team.
Reporting directly into a top-tier Finance Director (ex-consumer scale-up), you'll play a key role in building and owning core financial processes as they continue their upward trajectory.
Experience in retail, D2C or a high-growth challenger brand is highly important – you’ll need to speak the language of scaling.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Owning month-end close and management reporting
- Business partnering with non-finance teams to support growth initiatives
- Preparing board packs and working directly with founders and investors
- Leading budgeting, forecasting, and cashflow management
- Overseeing external audits and tax compliance
- Identifying ways to streamline processes and improve systems (Xero, etc.)
- Supporting international expansion and retail channel performance analysis
We’re Looking For:
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (2–4 years PQE)
- Experience in a retail, beauty, or challenger/D2C environment
- A strong communicator who’s confident engaging with founders, investors & teams across the business
- A proactive, solutions-first mindset – you thrive in fast-moving environments
- Exposure to systems like Xero, NetSuite or similar
Why This Role?
- A brand with purpose, personality, and momentum
- High visibility across the business with room to shape your remit
- Equity on offer – grow with the business
- Backed by strong leadership, funding and a brilliant culture