Senior Finance Manager

Role Overview

The Senior Finance Manager will be responsible for leading financial planning, reporting, and analysis activities. This role requires a skilled and experiences finance professional to play a pivotal role in supporting business decision-making through accurate financial data, insightful analysis, and strategic recommendations. This role is key to ensuring financial efficiency, compliance, and profitability within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Management accounts: accountable for the accurate preparation of monthly & annual management accounts and maintenance of AP and AR by our book-keeping partner.
• Financial Reporting: prepare monthly management reports, including variance analysis and commentary and maintain the weekly customer SISO reports
• Cash flow management: working with book-keeping partner to manage day to day cashflow and maintain an accurate cashflow forecast.
• Financial Planning & Analysis: run the annual budget and monthly forecasting process
• Ad hoc decision support: provide financial insight to decision making.
• Ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant accounting standards (audit) and regulatory bodies (tax, etc).
• Finance systems owner: responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of financial systems

Collaboration

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with marketing, sales, product development, and other departments to ensure broader business goals are met including financial compliance.
• Stakeholder Communication: ability to tailor communication to all levels within an organisation to drive actions

Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a finance roles, ideally within a fast-growing consumer goods or beauty/skincare company
• Proven experience in financial management, budgeting and forecasting
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights
• Knowledge of ERP and financial management systems
• Excellent communication skills
• Passion for the skincare industry and a commitment to sustainable growth

Key Competencies

• Financial Acumen: Strong grasp of financial metrics and the ability to translate data into business insights.
• Leadership: Proven ability to deliver through others.
• Problem Solving: Skilled at identifying bottlenecks and implementing scalable solutions.
• Collaboration: Works well across departments and fosters a team-first mentality.
• Attention to Detail: Commitment to delivering precise & reliable financial data.

About Dr Sam's

Dr Sam’s Skincare is the culmination of two decades’ work, transforming the lives of skin-stressed patients to help them regain their confidence and freedom with clear, brighter skin.

Founded in 2018, Dr Sam Bunting’s eponymous range cuts through the noise of skincare shopping where customers are faced with too many choices and over-hyped claims. She’s removed the guesswork by creating a one-stop solution with next-generation formulas inspired by her unique Harley Street clinic protocols. And by selling directly to consumers, she’s democratising access to her expert guidance, making world-class skincare advice accessible.

The result? The freedom and confidence that comes from skin transformation, knowing you’ve got everything you need and nothing you don’t. Because simplicity is the new luxury.

D2C only up until September 2024 when the brand launched into it’s first retailer partner in it’s home market, the UK, the company is now set to scale by doubling-down in retail and key global markets, whilst continuing to focus on it’s D2C growth.