Manufacturing Financial Controller

Recruiter
The Hut Group
Location
Frome, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Posted
19 Oct 2020
Closes
17 Nov 2020
Ref
3C90506FCE
Job role
Accountant
Experience level
Qualified accountant
About The Hut Group:

THG is one of the world's leading online beauty and wellbeing retailers, home to premium brands such as lookfantastic, ESPA, GlossyBox, and Myprotein; all of which are powered by our industry-leading and award-winning technology platform, THG Ingenuity. Our 4,500-plus employees represent 66 nationalities and work in offices located in 11 cities around the globe.

Our culture is fast- paced and unique, we recognise great achievements with great rewards. To support our ambitious growth, we are looking for commercially astute, ambitious individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to THG and play a part in driving the Group forward on its truly exciting journey. THG believes in the power of meritocracy. We invest in the development of our people to help everyone achieve their full potential.

About the Division:

Finance at THG is a rapidly growing and evolving team, covering all areas of finance from central functions such as accounts receivable and payable, treasury, tax and internal audit, to specific commercial teams for each of our divisions; Beauty, Tech, Consumer, Health and Brands. As the business expands and takes on new challenges in the form of acquired businesses or new ventures, finance is there to support every step of the way, leading to dynamic and challenging roles - no two days are the same! Common characteristics among our team are the ability to drive change, adaptability and resourcefulness, to ensure we can keep pace with the business, without compromising on financial control or sales performance.

About A&A:

Our A&A Manufacturing site based in Frome, Somerset has a turnover of circa £46 million annually. Manufacturing brands for THG, as well as overseeing the outsourced manufacturing of brands including Elemis and Bulldog through THG Ingenuity, A&A specialises in beauty lotion manufacturing. This role is newly created to help support A&A's commercial drive, whilst also feeding directly into the wider THG finance team.

About the role:

You will be performing the following tasks:
  • Business partner with key stakeholders on profit improvement strategies. Ability to control, challenge and review periodic progress accordingly.
  • Establish key Working Capital Metrics on stock, debtors etc, challenging progress on this when required.
  • Key Budgets & controls on Manufacturing and Opex cost centres.
  • End to end management of 3 FTE based on site.
  • Work alongside the commercial team at THG, helping to embed procurement strategies in the medium to Long Term to with aim to maximise margin.
  • Continuous improvement mindset with previous experience in Manufacturing Finance/Standards.


Requirements

  • Qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
  • Previous experience in a manufacturing based environment - a beauty manufacturing business would be advantageous but not essential.
  • Strong stakeholder management experience.
  • Previous experience of managing key manufacturing metrics and performances.
  • Prior managerial experience.


Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Pension
  • Corporate discounts

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