About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
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
The Europe region is on an exciting journey and experiencing exceptional growth whilst we expand into new countries. Therefore, we are looking for a qualified finance analyst with a commercial mindset that can support with this.

The Senior Finance Analyst reports into the Finance Manager for Europe and is expected to be a key contributor for any financial metrics associated to the region. You will act as a key business partner to the Commercial teams delivering our Retail-Net Sales budgets, forecasts, and ad-hoc financial analysis. Along with responsibility for month-end reporting and process improvements

As a Senior Financial Analyst - Europe you will
Month end closing and reporting

Ensure the timely and accurate completion of month-end closing activities in accordance with Group policies and deadlines, including thorough reviews of all sales and cost general ledger accounts and comprehensive variance analysis. Deliver month end for Retail-Net Sales and associated OPEX, ensuring a high level of accuracy. Business partner to Commercial, Supply Chain, Data and AR teams to ensure accurate recognition of Retail, Gross and Net Sales Validate and post month end journals to ensure accuracy in Europe management accounts, working closely with the shared services function to ensure accurate postings Prepare month end commentary packs for presentation of actuals vs budget/forecast and latest outlooks for Senior Management. Provide insightful, granular and routine reporting to key stakeholders on sales and any net sales adjustments, highlighting areas of potential risk or opportunities.  Monthly balance sheet reconciliations and support with regional audits Foster robust communication with the Global Shared Services team, partnering closely to enhance process efficiency and ensure precision in transactional accounting.

Forecasting

Lead the Sales (Retail-Gross-Net) budgeting and forecasting processes, scheduling all review meetings with clear agendas and allowing adequate review time before global deadlines. Routine re-forecasting with the support of business partners of sell-in, sell-out and any net sales adjustments i.e. customer returns, royalties and tester allowances Identify and communicate risks and opportunities to forecast, working with and challenging teams on mitigating risks and realising opportunities, including finance representative in weekly trade, inputting into rolling forecast P&Ls and proactively challenging associated OPEX Finance lead for the weekly SISO meeting and projections, ensuring files are ready for update by Commercial business partners, projections are adequately challenged and timely reporting of latest forecast back to global finance and regional SLT. Oversee weeks of cover (WOC) reporting, ensuring strong alignment with commercial teams, while analysing trends and monitoring retailer performance. Coordinate with the commercial and supply chain teams to align financial budgeting and forecasting with regional demand plans, ensuring accurate and consistent information. Lead on the Integrated Financial Planning Process, driving improvement in assumptions and accuracy between demand plan and financial sales forecast Develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, promoting transparent communication to share insights and enable informed decision-making.

Business Casing & Analysis

Actively contribute to the development of new business opportunities through the preparation of business casing across new distribution, marketing and promotional investment, providing critical analysis and challenge. Support on post-investment appraisals and ROI’s for commercial initiatives approved via the business casing process to evaluate impact for both promotional business cases and retailer P&Ls Routine deep-diving into customer returns and tester allowances to ensure integrity of accounts and understand trended movements alongside any potential risk / opportunity

Other

Lead initiatives to enhance operational efficiency by identifying and implementing process improvements across key workflows. Ensure a sound financial control environment, embracing the Groups policies and procedures. Ad hoc analysis to support as requested by the business

About you

Relevant professional certification (e.g., ACA, CIMA) is a must Experience in the premium retail sector and/or FMCG is essential Understanding of global company operations, processes and compliance requirements Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights Solid knowledge of accounting principles (UK GAAP / IFRS), financial modelling, and forecasting techniques. Commercial and analytical mindset, with the ability to see the bigger picture Good interpersonal and communication skills, having the confidence to communicate clearly with senior management and challenge commercial teams Comfortable dealing with a cross section of stakeholders, both finance and non-finance Flexible and proactive, able to drive improvements through to completion, thrive in a fast-paced environment, comfortable with ambiguity and change Positive ‘can-do’ attitude, with an eagerness to learn and drive positive change Highly organised, ability to work under pressure and be deadline driven

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.

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