Commercial Finance Analyst in Luton

Company Overview

The Mission: Make high-quality nutrition & supplements accessible and affordable to everyone. Founded in 2020, Nutrition Geeks is one of the fastest-growing health & wellness brands in the UK – on track to hit nine figures in revenue. We manufacture and blend our own products in-house, and are actively expanding our production and fulfilment footprint as we prepare to enter the US market.

About the Role

As our Commercial Finance Analyst, you'll take ownership of the month-end close and management accounts process, working closely with the Finance Leader to deliver accurate, insightful reporting on time, every time. You'll act as the day-to-day finance business partner to Production, Marketing, and Supply Chain & Fulfilment (Operations) – helping all three teams understand the numbers behind their decisions. You'll also lead our quarterly forecast cycles and annual planning process, and provide the KPI reporting and ad hoc analysis that keeps the leadership team on top of performance week to week.

This is a hands-on, high-visibility role in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial eCommerce and manufacturing business.

What You'll Do

• Month-End Close & Management Accounts (ownership)
  • Own the month-end close timetable end-to-end, coordinating inputs and holding deadlines across the business.
  • Prepare month-end journals – accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and stock adjustments.
  • Perform balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, accruals/prepayments schedules, and the fixed asset register.
  • Produce the monthly management accounts pack (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) with clear variance commentary against budget and prior period.
  • Maintain GL coding accuracy and chart of accounts hygiene in Xero.
  • Reconcile and consolidate revenue and cost data across Amazon FBA, Shopify, eBay and TikTok Shop into a single management view.
• Finance Business Partnering – Production
  • Business partner the Production team on COGS and standard costing for in-house production.
  • Analyse yield, wastage and batch cost variances, and work with Ops to understand root causes.
  • Support inventory costing, valuation and stock-take reconciliation.
  • Build unit economics for new SKUs and production initiatives, and flag risks or opportunities as they arise.
• Finance Business Partnering – Marketing
  • Business partner the Marketing team on channel-level ROAS, CAC and overall marketing spend efficiency.
  • Model the P&L impact of promotions and discounting activity before and after campaigns.
  • Act as a commercial sounding board – confident enough to challenge and influence non-finance stakeholders.
• Finance Business Partnering – Supply Chain & Fulfilment (Operations)
  • Business partner the Supply Chain and Fulfilment teams on cost performance and operational efficiency.
  • Track and analyse pick costs and other fulfilment cost drivers, working with Operations to identify process improvements and cost-saving opportunities.
  • Provide financial input into capacity planning as production and fulfilment footprint expands.
• Forecasting, Planning & Financial Analysis
  • Lead and deliver the quarterly forecast cycles and the annual planning process, coordinating inputs from across the business.
  • Analyse performance vs. forecast and prior year to identify risks, opportunities and commercial levers.
  • Build and maintain financial models to support commercial decision-making and new business cases.
• Inventory & Working Capital
  • Monitor stock valuation, slow-moving and obsolete stock provisioning.
  • Support management of the working capital cycle as production and fulfilment capacity expands.
• Audit & Controls
  • Support the year-end statutory audit process – preparing schedules, reconciliations and responses to auditor queries.
  • Maintain supporting documentation to an audit-ready standard.
• Reporting & Business Insights
  • Own daily and weekly KPI reporting, giving the leadership team a real-time view of trading performance.
  • Produce monthly management reporting and KPI dashboards.
  • Deliver ad hoc analysis on demand for the leadership team.
• Data & Process Improvement
  • Maintain reporting templates and financial models in Xero to ensure accuracy and consistency.
  • Support automation projects and continuous improvement across finance processes.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years' experience in Finance, FP&A, Commercial Finance or Finance Analyst roles.
• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent by experience.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to build and manipulate financial models.
• Naturally analytical with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident, clear communicator, able to explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience in eCommerce, DTC, retail, FMCG or consumer goods highly advantageous.

Why Join Nutrition Geeks?

• Competitive base salary + performance-based bonus.
• Private healthcare.
• Company pension.
• 30 days holiday (including bank holidays).
• Huge career growth potential as we scale internationally.