# Head of Group FP&A and Category Finance

**Company**: Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Beauty

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## Description

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is seeking a Head of Group FP&A and Category Finance to join the business on a 12-month fixed-term contract, providing maternity cover.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of Group planning, forecasting and performance reporting, alongside category and product-level financial insight.

Key responsibilities include:

- Owning the end-to-end delivery of the global annual budget, forecasting cycles and three-year plan

- Leading the consolidation, review and challenge of submissions

- Preparing weekly, monthly, executive and Board reporting

- Providing forward-looking insight on revenue, profitability and key business drivers

- Managing Group FP&A deliverables and ad hoc analysis

- Improving planning and reporting processes, controls and ways of working

- Leading analysis of retail, gross and net sales, NPD versus core performance, category profitability and the financial drivers of growth

- Turning category and product performance into clear commercial recommendations

- Leading financial input into category growth plans, investment decisions and business cases

- Setting the agenda for Category Finance improvements

- Leading, coaching and developing the Group FP&A and Category Finance teams

- Acting as a trusted and constructive partner to stakeholders

- Maintaining high standards of governance, accuracy and integrity

The ideal candidate will have:

- Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

- Significant FP&A leadership experience within a fast-paced consumer, retail, FMCG or beauty business

- Proven experience owning complex budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting cycles

- Strong commercial judgement and communication skills

- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills

- Experience of Anaplan and Power BI is highly desirable

In return, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty offers:

- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday

- Inclusive parental leave policy

- Financial security and planning with pension and life assurance

- Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects

- Dog friendly days and spaces

- Generous product discount and gifting

## Skills

### Required
- FP&A
- Category Finance
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Performance Reporting
- Financial Modelling
- Anaplan
- Power BI

### Nice to have
- Experience leading finance teams
- Experience with finance systems transformation programmes

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