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About the Role

The Senior Finance Analyst will be a vital member of our team, playing a key role in analysing data and guiding decision-making for our sales and marketing teams. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with Global Hotel, Ecommerce, and EMEA Distributor & Travel Retail sales teams, providing financial insights to help them reach targets, build robust forecasts, and manage budgets. The role also involves working with marketing to ensure accurate spending tracking and alignment with business objectives, as well as conducting ad hoc analysis and projects like ROI assessments, scenario planning, and financial model development.

Responsibilities

Strong business partnering – build strong relationships with commercial teams and foster an environment of supportive commercial challenge to ensure delivery against agreed targets.
Analyse current and past trends in key performance indicators in order to highlight commercial opportunities and risks in particular to revenue, margin and profit.
Own the preparation of accurate and timely reporting of monthly and YTD financial performance for the B2B, Hotel & Ecommerce channels as well as Marketing including tracking & analysis of costs vs budget & forecast as well as analysis of variances and recommendations as appropriate.
Proactively, and on demand, prepare value added financial analysis and insights to optimize profitability of the Global Hotel, Global Ecommerce and EMEA Distributor channels (e.g., new markets financial feasibility, customer profitability analysis for e.g. across the Wholesale channel, ROI etc....).
Support the budgeting and rolling forecasting process for sales (channel within the role's remit) and marketing.
Support a ‘one team’ approach within EMEA finance, working closely with the shared service teams to identify areas of process improvement and ensure accurate reporting of results, maintaining adherence to accounting standards and compliance requirements.

Requirements

Degree or equivalent, ideally within a Finance related discipline.
3+ years experience, ideally within in a Retail and/or FMCG environment.
Experience of working in a matrix management environment (international/global exposure would be an advantage).
Experience of working across functions and various levels of seniority.
Excellent Communication skills.
Strong systems skills including Advanced Excel (V look ups, Pivot tables etc...).
Experience with SAP and/or Power BI would be a strong advantage.
Strong presentation skills.

Skills

Advanced Excel (V look ups, Pivot tables etc...)
SAP
Power BI
Communication skills
Presentation skills

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years experience

Education Level

Degree or equivalent
CIMA or ACCA (or be working towards one)

Benefits

Flexible working
Competitive salaries
Health and wellbeing offers
Pension / retirement options dependant on location
Insurance options

About the Company

Born on South Molton Street, London in 1971, Molton Brown is an icon of uniquely British style.
Today, Molton Brown is one of the leading brands in Kao´s global cosmetics portfolio.
Growing from small-scale artisans into the international fragrance brand it is today, its pioneering presence is felt in our stores and websites, travel retail, luxury department stores and the most esteemed hotels around the world.
Expertly blended in London, Molton Brown’s signature fragrances, bath and shower gels, home and hand care luxuries have claimed iconic status.
Kao and Molton Brown have a passion for integrity, for craftsmanship, for artistry and for giving our consumers the ultimate, quality experience.
Molton Brown is part of Kao founded in Japan in 1887, at Kao, we believe the diversity of our teams strengthens our global mission.
Here we trust and respect each other, collaborating in a friendly and inclusive work environment to achieve great results.

Equal Opportunity

We believe the diversity of our teams strengthens our global mission.
Here we trust and respect each other, collaborating in a friendly and inclusive work environment to achieve great results.
A workplace culture that prioritises employee wellbeing, with opportunities to get involved in initiatives such as Mental Health First Aiders, the Charity Committee, and DE&I communities (region dependant).
Your voice matters here — we value entrepreneurial thinking and innovation from our teams.