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Role: Financial Controller – Global Consumer Goods Business (SME)

Location: Central London (hybrid working)

The Role: This opportunity is working for a upcoming and financially successful Consumer Goods/Hospitality business which has multiple revenue streams, a brilliant brand in the sector and a very exciting strategy for the future. As a crucial member of the finance team, reporting into the CFO. The Financial Controller will be responsible for leading the team and implement the business finance strategy, ensuring that the business has highly effective finance processes, controls and reporting procedures, which in turn will drive efficiency and excellence, resulting in business delivering a world-class finance function. You will be required to manage corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecasts, internal control and the day to day running of the finance function. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a growing business at a hugely exciting point in its trajectory, working within a brand universe that already has a huge following and is a leader in food, health, and wellness. This role comes with a very competitive salary, benefits, and a generous bonus scheme.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage Month End and Year End accounting process delivering reports in an accurate and timely manner that are insightful to drive effective decisions
• Finance business partner to all other areas of the business to closely support them in the execution of their targets and objectives, including the commercial team and the supply chain team
• Accountable for the cash position of the business, including forecasts
• Support the CFO to ensure that the business has appropriate funding for the future
• Share accountability with the Head of Supply Chain to manage inventory levels to avoid being out of stock and never over stocked across all revenue channels and inventory locations
• Finance lead for digitising the companies supply chain processes, including setting up our own E-Commerce platform
• Ensure acceptable services levels are maintained for both internal and external customers and workloads are being effectively managed
• Accountable for building and maintaining relationships with the bankers; auditors; and tax advisors
• Coach individuals and teams to success, ensuring culture and values are regularly communicated and protected
• Ensure that the departments’ current and future talent needs are met and that critical skills as well as career paths and succession plans are in place
• Work with the senior leadership team to communicate the organisational vision and ensure that staff members understand how their daily tasks feed into the attainment of the vision

Requirements:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified professional with a minimum of three years post qualified experience
• Previous experience in Food/Retail/FMCG/Hospitality desirable
• An excellent communicator with the ability to tell a story and go beyond the analysis
• Previous financial controller/head of finance experience required
• In-depth knowledge of international product supply chains, including imported inventory
• Previous experience of being accountable for the delivery of consolidated group management accounts
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting

Company Information

Wayman Finance is a specialist recruitment agency with over 20 years’ experience within the Finance field. We’ve worked hard to establish our reputation with our clients as one of the most reliable Finance and Accounting agencies in London through our core values of honesty and customer excellence.

Application

To be considered for this Financial Controller position please forward a CV as soon as possible

As a visionary Commercial Area leader covering Retail, Consumer Goods, Communications, and Media industries, you will collaborate across the Retail, Consumer Goods, Communications, and Media sectors to unlock new levels of business performance and address critical market challenges. Your role involves spearheading strategic initiatives designed to drive exponential revenue growth and fostering alignment among leadership teams across diverse markets within your area. You will champion the adoption of AI-driven transformation while implementing change strategies that resonate with C-suite executives and elevate customer satisfaction.
By proactively identifying emerging market opportunities, you will represent Microsoft as an industry pioneer and thought leader. Your expertise will shape scalable go-to-market strategies, promote the adoption of innovative cloud solutions, and leverage partnerships to deliver innovative solutions that fuel market expansion. Cultivating a culture of inclusion, mentorship, and accountability will be central to your leadership, as you inspire and reward high-performing, diverse teams. Finally, you will foster collaboration across executive networks and strategic partnerships, paving the way for sustainable long-term growth that impacts the entire ecosystem.
**Responsibilities**
What You Do:
**Customer Advocate and Market thought Leader** : Build and model trustworthy relationships in the market and industry to provide differentiated expertise across the executive suite of the customer and prioritized partners. Driving YoY satisfaction improvement in Customer & Partner Experience through Account Team Quality, Customer Plans and Account Transition experience.
**Growth and Transformational Sales Leader:** Champion operational excellence through the landing, coaching and adoption of Microsoft's Customer Engagement Methodology (MCEM) across Industry.
**People Leader** : Build the capabilities for the customer journey left to right across all Retail & Consumer Goods, Comms, Media & Telco industries. Foster talent pipeline to ensure coverage to blueprint and headcount preservation. Develop an inclusive culture that attracts top talent coupled with a track record of exceptional sales performance.
**Steward of the Business** : Lead the RoB, provide leadership for segment operations including partnering with Enablement & Operations and Finance to apply judgement to the segment forecast and pipeline hygiene in alignment with weekly Area and Core to region rhythms.
**Compliance** **:** Commit to upholding Microsoft's trust by adhering to its values, culture, and Trust Code in every decision.  
How You Do:
+ Actively and visibly sponsors transformation initiatives across areas, including Coaching for Impact (consistent execution of solution plays) and learning programs to upskill the business, industry,AI,and leadershipproficiencyof sellers across whole area.
+ Creates a consumption culture that drives a rolling 12- monthAccount Technical Unit (ATU)created Stage 1 Azure Consumed Revenue (ACR)pipeline
+ Dedicates time weekly for each market to build a consistent coaching rhythm with managers on how they can enable their teams to succeedacross Field Revenue Accountability (FRA) Consumption, Usage Excellence, Orchestration and in attracting,developing,andretainingtalent with transparency and empathy.
+ Leads the charge as the ambassador for The Era of AI, positioning it with senior level decision makes as well as engagement with execs in GSI's and AdvisoriesDouble down on Software Defined Sovereignty, Azure,AI,and Cybersecurity in execution of the WWEnterprise CommercialGrowth Plan
+ Drives accountability by leading andrepresentingthe Area in weekly,monthly,and quarterly Enterprise or ATU rhythms of connection.
+ Builds credibility by spending at least 1 hour weekly developing an understanding of industry imperatives, competitive landscape, customer executive priorities, partner sponsorship andbuilding strategicpartnerships focused on TAM capture and Horizons 2 and 3.
+ Continues progress on Enterprise Operating Unit (EOU) orchestration, driving alignment acrossECshared resources, Specialist Team Unit (STU) Customer Success Unit (CSU), Global Partner Solutions (GPS), and Sales Enablement & Operations (SE&O) in area or subsidiary to execute as One Microsoft.
Measure of success:
+ Growth in Industry, ACR, Security, Unified Support, aligned mainstream solution plays in all the area market
+ YoY growth in billed revenue,consumption,and usage excellence in each segment with achievement in FRA attainment, partner share and ACR across teams.
+ Execution excellence for overallEnterprise Commercialbusiness across Enterprise.
+ Lead and model AI Halo conversation,Cloud SolutionAreanarratives and execute the GoToMarketand EnterpriseCommercialGrowth Plan
+ Active participation in Area governance councils, continued advancement of partner integration into theEnterprise Commercialbusiness asevidentin partner share and co-selling targets
+ Fostera successful future for you and your team through the adoption of role-specific activities, behaviors, and habits that result in personal growth for every team member, increased time with customers and partners and collective team success through a culture of empowerment,transparency,and trust.
**Qualifications**
+ Extensive experience insenior sales leadership roles.
+ Extensive experience in managing high-performance sales and/ortechnical-salesteams.
+ Extensive experience in coaching solution sales and account development strategies.
+ Extensive experience in leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .