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Finance Controller

£24.5 - £28.6 per hourEstimated

the ideal candidate :

  • An experienced Financial Controller or senior finance professional, ideally from a product-led or FMCG business
  • ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (or equivalent)
  • Technically strong, process-driven, and passionate about systems, automation, and efficiency
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, able to build structure and controls under pressure
  • Commercially astute with excellent Excel and modelling skills
  • Detail-oriented and collaborative, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders
  • Confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business

about us:

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…

D&I statement:

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

Scope of the role:

  • Delivery of monthly Group accounts (itsu [grocery] and subsidiary accounts), including balance sheet and cash flow
  • Ownership of the year-end process, including the external audit, all tax-related matters, and production of the statutory accounts (for itsu [grocery] and subsidiary)
  • Management, mentoring, and growing of the AR, AP and management accounts teams
  • Management of month-end reporting to Board and Executive Team, overseeing the management accounts team, including detail shop and cost reporting, monthly reviews with budget holders and budget / forecast setting
  • Develop and improve systems, processes, and internal controls to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and profitability within a growing business
  • Managing the relationship with key external stakeholders: investors, banks, insurers, and other key providers
  • Being responsible for all Taxation and VAT matters

what we offer:

  • Competitive salary
  • Competitive bonus scheme
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
  • Health insurance
  • Company pension scheme
  • Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
  • Opportunity to work from abroad
  • 50% employee discount in itsu shops
  • Free itsu lunch
  • Discounts at major retailers
  • Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes
  • A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development
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