FP&A Analyst (Maternity Cover) in Frimley

Locations: United Kingdom - Surrey Frimley

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Today

Time left to apply: End Date: March 1, 2026 (24 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: 32094

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, Babyganics and Ecover. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products.

Location: Frimley, Surrey

Contract type: FTC (maternity cover)

People Leader:

Internal Job Title: Associate, FP&A

Function: Finance

Please note this role is not eligible for relocation. Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees.

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Free breakfast & snacks
• 25 days annual holiday
• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance
• Volunteering days
• Season ticket loan
• Wellness days
• Free Ecover refills

We’re looking for a finance & systems guru, someone passionate about business partnering providing financial modelling and insights. As we see the world differently and do things differently, we are looking for someone to challenge the status quo and provide thought leadership to improve our decision making.

You will be the right-hand person to the UK FP&A Manager, a sparring partner to drive the business forward to achieve the seemingly impossible!

Responsibilities

• Support with visibility to regional UK team via weekly, and monthly reporting, and pioneer the future by creating tools to enhance financial clarity and decision-making that is accurate, clear and actionable.
• Support all aspects of the monthly financial forecast process, as well as annual budgeting for the regional hub, determining drivers of risk and opportunity versus the operating plan.
• Support with reviewing trade spend activities ensuring that we are getting adequate ROI for the spend (recommendation on how best the region should be spending the money).
• Review monthly financial results and prepare/post all required month-end journals to ensure accurate and timely LSB EU reporting.
• Relentlessly support FP&A managers to pursue opportunities to improve processes, improve forecast accuracy, assess risk, and establish urgency across the organization to maximize margin.
• Partner with wider LSB finance team in assessing monthly close results and sharing actuals and implications to the broader organization.
• Partner with FP&A managers to ensure robust internal controls are maintained across all EU hubs and support the retention of administrative evidence required for internal and external audit.

Experience you’ll bring

• Experience working within commercial finance or FP&A, ideally within a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions (e.g., PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS), data modelling and the creation of dynamic, insightful reports.
• Proven ability to build strong, influential relationships at all levels of the organisation, creating momentum and engagement around key financial initiatives.
• Background in FMCG is strongly preferred due to the pace, complexity, and commercial focus of the sector. Actively studying towards a recognised accountancy qualification (e.g., CIMA/ACCA/ACA/AAT).
• SAP experience is highly desirable and Anaplan experience is a major plus.

We are the people behind method + Ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

It’s a big, beautiful, colourful world out there and we should celebrate that. That’s why we’re working hard to be a fully diverse and inclusive place to work. Every day we strive to create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, listened to, supported and where we can do our best work.

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We are happy to adjust our hiring process to ensure we are accessible to everyone – please let us know what we can do to support you!

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.