Finance Business Partner

4 weeks ago

Frimley Surrey, United Kingdom Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) Full time

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method, Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, Babyganics and Ecover. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you're into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

Location: Frimley

Contract type: Permanent

People Leader: Head of FP&A

Function: Finance

Internal Job Title: Associate Manager, FP&A

What's in it for you?
  • Competitive pay & benefits
  • Flexible working hours + compressed week hours (1/2 day off on Fridays)
  • 'Build your own' learning programme
  • Free breakfast & snacks
  • 25 days annual holiday + additional days after service
  • Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance & income protection
  • Volunteering days
  • Season ticket loan
  • Wellness days
Join our innovative team at Method and Ecover We're on the lookout for a dynamic individual to join us as a Finance Business Partner to our Innovation team. This role is pivotal, as it involves partnering closely with the team to drive the delivery of our Innovation pipeline, which represents a staggering 50% growth. We're seeking someone with a knack for redefining how finance fuels innovation in our organization. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and driving growth through innovation, we want to hear from you

Responsibilities:

Business Partnership:
  • Forge strong, meaningful relationships within the Innovation team.
  • Provide support and constructive challenge, ensuring accountability.
  • Articulate financial business cases to the Europe Leadership team with confidence and flair.
Decision Support on Innovation Priorities:
  • Assess and value the Europe pipeline alongside the Head of Brand and Innovation leads.
  • Conduct strategic analysis of the regional pipeline, steering corrective actions when necessary.
  • Offer visionary insights on enhancing performance metrics in scale and sustainability.
Decision Support on Innovation Projects:
  • Conduct rigorous, unbiased financial assessments of intricate, cross-market projects through scenario planning.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimize profit and loss statements.
  • Provide guidance and knowledge transfer on financial matters to team members as needed.
Support to Head of FP&A:
  • Assist in producing insightful month-end, budget, and quarterly forecasts.
  • Craft compelling EU presentation decks for review with the US leadership team.
Experience You'll Bring:
  • Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 5 years PQE and a stellar academic track record.
  • Deep understanding of Innovation processes and effective performance communication.
  • Sharp commercial acumen with an innate grasp of consumer and customer dynamics.
  • Strategic visionary with the ability to evaluate alternatives and drive impactful decision-making.
  • Cultivator of influential relationships and catalyst for transformative change.
  • Articulate communicator, adept at distilling complex information into clear, compelling narratives.
  • Proactive, self-directed individual with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
About us:

We are the people behind method + ecover. We've always done things differently - we're fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small but we have big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colourful place. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

Let's get one thing straight - you're not coming here to just sell soap, or cleaning products. You're joining us to move the hearts, souls and minds of others all over the world that see the world differently. We think about cleaning as an act of creative expression, a gesture of rebellion, and, yes, an escape from the normal. We take cleaning seriously - but not ourselves.

Alongside our friends Mrs Meyers and Babyganics, we are collectively known as Lifestyle Brands and are part of the SC Johnson family.

Application:

It's a big, beautiful, colourful world out there and we should celebrate that. That's why we're working hard to be a fully diverse and inclusive place to work. Every day we strive to create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, listened to, supported and where we can do our best work. Sure, there's always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.

We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates. If you have a disability or a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our vacancies, please visit their Career Hive - careers support for disabled candidates delivered by careers professionals with lived experience of disability. Find out more at

We are happy to adjust our hiring process to ensure we are accessible to everyone - please let us know what we can do to support you.

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.

Sure, there's always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome.

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.

Sure, there's always more that can be done. But together with our team, partners, customers and community, we can make everyone welcome. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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