Financial Controller

One Retail Group; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000

Job description

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Financial Controller who thrives on ownership, accountability and pace. You’ll be the engine of our finance function – leading the month-end close, ensuring data integrity, enforcing controls, and delivering sharp, actionable reporting that drives decision-making. You’ll partner closely with our Finance Director, wider senior leadership team, operations teams and trading teams to ensure we’re making fast, informed, and commercially sound decisions.

This is a hands-on role that demands operational excellence, a strong control mindset, and deep experience in the mechanics of finance. We’re growing fast and need someone who can keep us in control while we scale.

Responsibilities
Month-End, Reporting & Business Partnering

1. Lead the month-end close process with speed, accuracy and full balance sheet reconciliations.
2. Drive fast-close discipline – setting deadlines, running post-mortems, and embedding improvements.
3. Deliver department P&L reports, margin bridges and spend analysis monthly.
4. Partner across all teams to gather inputs and drive accountability on timelines.
5. Present monthly financials to SLT and maintain the finance actions log.
6. Review key judgements and adjustments on a monthly basis.
7. Manage intercompany invoicing and reconciliations across all entities.

Controls & Systems

1. Own and enforce a strong internal control environment across finance processes and ERP.
2. Be the systems lead for Dynamics BC – owning access control, workflows and financial data quality.
3. Lead process design and automation within ERP to improve speed, efficiency, and accuracy.
4. Challenge inefficiencies in processes across the business, not just within finance.

Audit & Compliance

1. Take full ownership of the year-end audit process from planning to sign-off, including financial statement prep.
2. Apply learnings from prior audits to future-proof the department.
3. Partner with tax accountants to meet compliance deadlines.

Stock, Margin & Supply Chain Accounting

1. Own inventory valuation, landed cost reporting and related judgements/provisions.
2. Partner with the operations team to improve reporting, controls and decision-making on stock.
3. Align with supply chain to drive accuracy and clarity around goods movement and cost control.

Cashflow, Treasury & Risk

1. Monitor and report on 16-week cashflow forecasts – highlighting surpluses/shortfalls and proposing action.
2. Lead working capital monitoring across payables and receivables.
3. Track and manage FX hedging strategy and report monthly.

Team & Planning

1. Support the Finance Director with departmental planning, prioritisation, and resource allocation.
2. Help drive the finance calendar – ensuring audit, reporting and tax milestones are never missed.
3. Support budgeting and forecasting with accurate, timely data and models.

Our Ideal Candidate Would Be Someone Who...

1. 10+ years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a Controller-level role or reporting directly to a Finance Director/CFO.
2. Has led and improved fast-close processes (ideally under 5 days) in a growing business.
3. Deep experience in managing ERP systems – ideally Microsoft Dynamics BC – with confidence designing controls and improving processes.
4. Brings a strong understanding of inventory, landed cost and supply chain accounting.
5. Experience in retail, e-commerce or physical goods is essential. Experience with Amazon, international sales, or marketplace models is a major plus.
6. Strong business partner – can collaborate with Ops, Commercial and Tech teams to influence outcomes.
7. Commercially-minded – doesn’t just report the numbers, but helps drive better ones.
8. Highly structured, organised and calm under pressure.
9. Track record of transforming finance processes and stabilising reporting environments.

One Retail Group

One Retail Group is an international online retailer, brand owner, and marketplace specialist. Our story is humble, growing from a single product launched in 2013, we now own multiple brands in the home appliance, lifestyle and personal care categories. Our future is exciting as we strive to launch onto new platforms and expand our operations even further across the globe.

We work at pace, we learn fast, where necessary we fail fast. This role will provide you with the chance to leave your mark and make a difference to a very exciting company. We’re proud of our collaborative team and continued high standards as we work together to achieve our shared ambitious goals.

Benefits

Apart from working with great people and enjoying a fast-paced, fun, diverse, collaborative, and supportive culture, you’ll also receive:

• Access to our Bupa Healthcare Cash Plan (post probation)
• 33 days of annual leave (inc. UK Bank Holidays).
• Employee discounts on all our brands
• Access to our Cycle to Work scheme via CycleScheme
• Quarterly team socials (recent events include a speedboat trip on the Thames, cocktail making, and roller disco)
• Bagel Tuesdays, and fresh fruit through the week