Finance Associate (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

We’re Beauty Pie. We’re the world’s first luxury beauty and wellness buyers’ club. And we’re disrupting the beauty industry, one face cream at a time. 

Before we arrived on the scene, if you wanted really great beauty products, you had to shop at traditional beauty retail - and overpay for all the crazy markups. Now, our members have access to shop from the best-quality beauty and wellness products (from the leading labs in France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc) and get a bigger piece of the Beauty Pie. 

Please note this is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract Maternity Cover

So, what will you be doing?

• Supporting in the preparation of select areas of the monthly management accounts, to include ownership of certain P&L cost lines. This will include calculating and posting accruals, processing invoices and expense claims and ensuring costs are complete. 
• Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations for select balances and looking into and reconciling items
• Perform the weekly bank reconciliation for multiple accounts including various currencies. Associated daily cash balance reporting to the business.
• You will be a specialist in a number of company and finance specific systems and softwares;  (Netsuite, Excel, Solution 7, Asana, Gatekeeper, Webexpenses), training other team members in how to use and  exploring ways to maximise the potential of these systems
• Business Partnering - preparing budget vs actuals reports for a number of teams, and discussing costs and performance together.
• Assisting with processing of employee expense claims and becoming an expert in our software. 
• Working internally and with suppliers to resolve any complex invoice processing issues.
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis requests for the senior finance team and teams across the business
• Identifying opportunity for automation in all of our processes, whilst ensuring the numbers remain reliable and accurate

 

We believe it's all about mindset, great skills, the right attitude and a fantastic work ethic. If you’re aligned to our values, excited about the opportunity, and you’re really good at what you do (even if you don’t tick all the boxes) apply anyway! 

• Intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency
• Comfortable working with large quantities of raw transactional data
• Experience using NetSuite helpful, but not required
• Detail-oriented with strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable having conversations with colleagues at all levels in the business
• Inquisitive mindset
• Ability to think laterally in order to problem solve
• Energy and ambition to make a difference to a business going through an exciting period of change and growth
• Experience in an e-commerce business is beneficial but not essential
• Adaptable and flexible in a fast-paced, agile, scale-up environment

What makes someone ‘Beauty Pie’?

Our culture is our DNA. It defines who we are, how we operate and how we hire. And it all springs from our values, which are very important to us:

• Bring Your ‘A’ Game: Take ownership & accountability. Make sh*t happen. Grow. Support. Evolve. Invent. Be open-minded. 
• Be Intelligently Rebellious: Challenge the status quo. Push boundaries. Embrace change. Think BIG.
• Be Customer Obsessed: Listen & learn. Take ownership. Act fast. Be humble & empathetic. Build & keep trust. Be grateful for feedback.
• It’s All For One (& One For All): Take advantage of collective intelligence. Act with integrity. Support & challenge. Embrace individuality. Do right by our company, our members, our colleagues & our environment.

We’re committed to diversity & inclusion 

As a business that’s based on fairness and self-worth, our commitment to inclusivity runs through the heart of everything we do. We believe that innovation and creativity come from having a diverse workforce, and are committed to building teams with unique identities, from different backgrounds and with individual perspectives.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of June 2024:

Employees who identify as female: 68%

Employees from minority ethnic backgrounds: 28%

Employees who identify as living with a disability: 10%

Employees who identify as female in our Product Engineering teams: 32%

Employees who identify as LGBTQIA+: 13%

A bit about our ways of working 

We foster a high-performance culture, where you are trusted to get the work done. We treat all of our teams like adults in giving them autonomy and flexibility. 

At Beauty Pie we want to support employees to do their best work, have a good work life balance and work flexibly whilst staying connected - and getting the job done. 

In order to encourage in-person collaboration and create a strong team environment, we aim to be in the office 3 days a week, with flexibility built in around role, type of work and personal requirements.  We encourage you to discuss this as part of the interview process to understand the requirements in this role. 

Your piece of the Beauty Pie: 

• Free Membership to Beauty Pie + discount off our products
• Pieshares - all employees receive stock options
• 25 days holiday & your birthday off / 22 vacation days for the US team
• Flexible bank holidays
• Equal leave for all new parents regardless of gender or personal circumstances

• Private Medical Insurance
• Menopause support
• £2,500 / $2,500 to spend on your fertility journey after 2 years service
• 10 therapy sessions through AXA PPP

So, what are you waiting for? Apply now for a chance to be part of an inspirational, international and talented team.

Beauty Pie is an equal opportunity employer. The company will not unlawfully discriminate on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability or age, pregnancy or trade union membership.

Please let us know, if you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the application and/or recruitment process.