the ideal candidate:

• An experienced Financial Controller or senior finance professional, ideally from a product-led or FMCG business

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (or equivalent)

• Technically strong, process-driven, and passionate about systems, automation, and efficiency

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, able to build structure and controls under pressure

• Commercially astute with excellent Excel and modelling skills

• Detail-oriented and collaborative, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders

• Confident communicator who can influence across all levels of the business

About us:

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…

D&I statement 

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. Non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed. 

Scope of the role

• Delivery of monthly Group accounts (itsu [grocery] and subsidiary accounts), including balance sheet and cash flow 

• Ownership of the year-end process, including the external audit, all tax-related matters, and production of the statutory accounts (for itsu [grocery] and subsidiary)

• Management, mentoring, and growing of the AR, AP and management accounts teams

• Management of month-end reporting to Board and Executive Team, overseeing the management accounts team, including detail shop and cost reporting, monthly reviews with budget holders and budget / forecast setting

• Develop and improve systems, processes, and internal controls to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and profitability within a growing business

• Managing the relationship with key external stakeholders: investors, banks, insurers, and other key providers

• Being responsible for all Taxation and VAT matters

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• Competitive bonus scheme

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays  (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)

• Health insurance

• Company pension scheme

• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)

• Opportunity to work from abroad 

• 50% employee discount in itsu shops

• Free itsu lunch 

• Discounts at major retailers

• Salary sacrifice cycle and electric vehicle schemes 

• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development

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