Financial Controller, Rapha
+ Company bonus scheme
4+ days a week in office
Cycling apparel brand
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Cycling apparel brand
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Company bonus scheme
4+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to live life by bike.
Role
Who you are
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification
- At least 3 years post-qualified experience with at least 1 year in industry (preferably retail)
- Working knowledge of regulatory and/or tax regimes in UK, EU and US
- Experience managing audit and statutory reporting across a multi entity structure
- Strong commercial and analytical mindset
- Proficiency in working in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic, global business environment
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large data sets eg high volume transactional data
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organisational skills; ability to manage multiple projects in an efficient way
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines
- Energetic, excited to learn with a growth mindset
- Flexible approach to work, acting in the best interest of the business
- An interest in cycling and the business culture is an advantage
What the job involves
- As the Financial Controller, you will play a vital role in leading key areas of the finance function, overseeing management accounting, finance operations and financial compliance/reporting teams. You will ensure accurate and timely financial information is reported to the Board and key stakeholders while driving continuous improvement across our global operations
- Deliver management and statutory reporting across multiple entities, currencies and geographies
- Manage the month end close processes for UK, Europe, APAC and Group
- Support HOF in production of monthly and quarterly board reporting
- Responsible for balance sheet integrity
- Review and challenge cost centre performance with budget holders
- Drive simplification, standardisation and continuous improvement of processes and controls to achieve effective financial reporting and operational processes
- Manage year-end audit process and liaise with external auditors globally
- Oversee tax compliance including VAT, corporation tax and other territory requirements
- Ensure compliance with FRS 102 and other relevant accounting standards
- Support transfer pricing documentation and intercompany processes
- Support the HOF with group tax planning and policy updates as required
- Key point of contact for statutory audit of UK and Group entities
- Manage regional outsourced provider relationships to ensure compliance and value for money
- Take a leading role in ERP optimisation or implementation projects, ensuring the function scales with the business
- Work closely with the Commercial Controller and Tech team to ensure source data from other systems is correctly reflected in finance systems according to relevant accounting standards
- Manage the annual insurance renewal and key point of contact for broker requests and queries
- Proactively builds relationships across the business
- Advise the business on risks and opportunities that present themselves and suitable courses of action to mitigate
- Prepare reports and ad-hoc analysis for presentation to business stakeholders and external parties
- Ability to explain technical accounting to non-finance teams in order to develop and support them
- Support the Head of Finance and Commercial Controller in the leadership of the finance function
- Deputise for Head of Finance as appropriate
- Line management of Finance team members
- Set clear objectives and provide regular feedback and coaching
- Identify development opportunities and support career progression
- Ensure appropriate workload distribution and succession planning
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Rapha is a cycling apparel brand that aspires to create items of the highest possible quality by using advanced manufacturing techniques. Having been the clothing supplier to Team Sky, as well as the women’s UCI WorldTour team CANYON//SRAM, Rapha has worked to align itself with the best names in sport.
The company has seen a series of ups and downs as UK consumer interest in cycling rises and falls. For example, it was able to capitalise on peaks in the market generated first in the wake of the 2012 Olympics, as well as during the pandemic - though it has also faced lulls. Despite this, the company remains positive, and says it has made moves that put it in position to unlock its next phase of growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Access to a Global Employee Assistance Programme
- A variety of resources to support your mental health and wellbeing
- Monthly social events
- Quarterly team away days
- Regular talks and events organised by our Culture Club
- Generous annual leave rising with length of service
- Enhanced parental leave options
- Enhanced pension schemes
- Healthcare
- Lessons to build confidence, inspire and support those at the beginning of their cycling journey (you don't need your own bike to take part)
- Annual testing allowance so you can put our products through their paces
- Significant staff discount
- Flexible working - we just have core hours for collaboration and time with out teams
Company HQ
Archway, London, UK
Leadership
Simon Mottram
(Founder & Director)Previously Brand Marketing Consultant at various companies, including Interbrand, Sapient, Circus and Fourth Room.
Fran Millar
(CEO)Previously CEO at Belstaff, INEOS Hygienics and INEOS Grenadiers Cycling Team.
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