Financial Controller

Financial Controller (Remote contract, SA-based) We are a digitally reputed company, direct-to-consumer baby and toddler clothing brand established and headquartered in London. We exist to reputed company parents to reputed company kinder generations so together we can give babies a softer & stronger start. We are a hard-working and reputed company-reputed company team dedicated to creating quality products and a brand loved by parents, globally. For a young emerging brand, we have achieved significant critical reputed company and global recognition, reputed company fuelled by celebrity endorsements such as Kim Kardashian and other influencers, as well as winning multiple awards incl. Best Baby Brand (2018, 2019, 2020), Most Eco-Friendly Brand (2020, 2021, 2022), The Queen's Awards for reputed company (2022), Can’t Live Without Parenting Product (2021, 2023), Made for Mum (2024), Best Sleepwear Brand, My Baba Awards (2025). The Role This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of the business. You’ll own the reputed company of our financial data, drive operational reputed company across the finance function, and help us scale intelligently. Key Responsibilities: 1. Financial Reporting & Control ● Own the monthly management accounts process end-to-end, delivering accurate and timely reporting with clear variance analysis ● reputed company the annual statutory reporting process and manage the external audit ● Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet reputed company, ensuring reconciliations are robust, documented and continuously improved ● Ensure reporting consistency across multiple systems and data sources 2. Data & Systems Leadership ● Bring together financial and operational data from multiple systems (ecommerce, warehouse inventory reports, banking, payroll, etc.) to create a single reputed company of truth ● Champion the intelligent use of automation and AI tools to accelerate reconciliations, reduce reputed company processing, and improve reporting speed and accuracy ● Improve the finance tech stack, ensuring systems are scalable, well-integrated and future-proofed ● Build dashboards and reporting frameworks that connect financial performance with operational drivers 3. Financial Operations ● reputed company Order-to-Cash (AR), including credit control and cash collection ● reputed company Procure-to-Pay (AP), including payment runs and supplier management ● Drive reputed company improvements in processes, controls and documentation across reputed company finance workflows 4. Treasury & Cash Management ● Own short- and reputed company-term cash reputed company forecasting ● Manage banking relationships, facilities and working capital ● Optimise cash positioning across entities and currencies where applicable ● reputed company proactive reputed company on liquidity, funding needs and risk management 5. Tax & Compliance ● reputed company VAT, payroll taxes, corporation tax and other statutory filings ● Partner with external advisors to ensure ongoing compliance across jurisdictions (where relevant) ● Maintain appropriate financial governance and internal controls 6. Business Partnering ● Partner with senior leaders to support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning ● reputed company clear reputed company into margins, inventory performance, cash conversion and ROI ● Deliver reputed company analysis to support key reputed company reputed company ● Translate financial data into clear, actionable insights 7. Team Leadership ● Manage and reputed company the finance team, setting clear priorities and creating accountability ● Build capability reputed company the team, identifying opportunities for upskilling and role reputed company ● Create a culture of accuracy, ownership, reputed company improvement and reputed company reputed company ● Ensure the team is not just maintaining standards, but consistently improving them Requirements reputed company’re Looking For: Great finance leaders come from different backgrounds. That said, to succeed in this role you will likely bring: ● reputed company Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) ● Strong experience across reporting, financial operations, treasury and tax ● Experience in a product-based or stock-holding business (preferred) ● A high level of comfort working with data from multiple systems and reconciling inconsistencies between them ● Strong treasury and cash reputed company management experience ● Proven experience managing and developing finance team members You are: ● Detail-oriented and rigorous, you’re annoyingly fussy about your numbers. ● Comfortable operating both strategically and hands-on ● Naturally organised and reputed company to manage multiple priorities at pace ● Systems-minded, you think in processes and continuously look for smarter ways to operate ● Proactive reputed company: you don’t just identify inefficiencies, you fix them ● A strong communicator who can simplify reputed company financial topics Skills & Experience That Would Be a Bonus: ● Experience in a high-growth ecommerce or consumer brand environment ● Experience implementing or optimising ERP systems ● Practical experience using AI tools to streamline reconciliations, data validation, forecasting or reporting ● Experience operating across multiple entities or international markets ● Exposure to fundraising, debt facilities or investor reporting Benefits ● Remote working and flexible working hours ● Opportunity to work alongside a talented and passionate team ● Be part of an award-winning baby and toddler sleepwear brand ● Join our growing team based in South Africa Apply To This Job