Financial Controller

Kenny Recruit are working with a multi-national brand owner and online retailer with a portfolio of world-class consumer goods brands. You MUST have worked within an e-commerce business to be considered for this role. We are looking for an exceptional Financial Controller who thrives in a fast-moving, high-volume e-commerce environment. This role is about ownership, control, and execution. You will take full responsibility for the integrity of financial reporting, month-end close, ERP management, treasury, and controls across the business, ensuring accurate, timely, and actionable financial information is available to the leadership team. You will work closely with the CFO and wider senior leadership to drive improvements in processes, systems, and financial performance. This is a hands-on role requiring someone who can roll up their sleeves to stabilise, transform, and continuously improve the finance function. If you enjoy building robust financial controls, managing fast close processes, and influencing commercial decisions through insightful analysis, this role will give you the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a growing international business.

Pay: £85,000 - £95,000 (dependant on experience)

Location: Central London. 3 days in the office required

Working hours: 9:00am - 6.00pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the consolidated month-end reporting process, delivering accurate P&L, balance sheet reconciliations, and departmental and channel spend reports.
• Drive a fast close process, running pre- and post-mortem meetings to identify and implement improvements.
• Produce gross margin bridges by channel and material changes.
• Present month-end financials to the senior leadership team and maintain ownership of the actions log.
• Manage intercompany invoicing, payments, and reconciliations.
• Ensure quarterly covenant reporting is accurate and delivered in advance to enable proactive decisions.

Financial Controls:

• Own financial control across internal and external reporting, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and timeliness.
• Lead ERP bedding-in and optimisation, ensuring robust processes, workflows, and access controls.
• Challenge inefficiencies in processes to improve speed and accuracy of financial outputs.
• Partner with business teams, holding monthly reviews to prioritise requirements and deliver actionable insights.
• Develop and maintain a roadmap for the finance department’s focus and improvement initiatives.
• Payroll & benefits approval and management across the group.

Audit and Compliance:

• Take full ownership of the audit process, from planning to completion, including creation of financial statements and implementing learnings from prior audits.
• Partner with the finance team to create development plans and strengthen capabilities.

ERP and Systems:

• ERP administrator and architect of financial controls, ensuring data quality and reliable reporting.
• Own reconciliation processes across all marketplaces and sales channels, collaborating with internal and external teams to drive improvements.

Stock, Margin, and Treasury:

• Partner with operations to monitor inventory KPIs, manage & improve landed cost and inventory valuations, and provide timely reporting to inform decisions.
• Administer hedging strategy, working closely with the CFO to address shortfalls or surpluses.
• Manage working capital, optimising payables and receivables, and ensuring proactive financial stewardship.
• Cashflow reporting for the group, highlighting shortfalls or surpluses.

Experience & Skills:

• 10+ years’ accounting experience, including a proven track record as a Financial Controller or reporting to a Finance Director/CFO.
• Experience in retail or physical goods, ideally with online marketplaces, Amazon, and international operations.
• Strong ERP experience, including process improvement and control design.
• Demonstrated ability to stabilise, transform, and optimise finance functions.
• Fast close experience (under 5 days) is highly advantageous.
• Hands-on operator with commercial acumen, strong analytical skills, and a focus on delivering results.
• Experienced partner across teams, able to influence, challenge, and support the wider business.

Next Steps: Shortlisted candidates will obviously be contacted for this specific role and if you haven’t heard from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would love to give feedback to every applicant but due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, unfortunately this just isn’t possible. We will keep your CV on file to contact you with regards to future roles and any other advice to help you. Alternatively, feel free to contact us for a chat.