Job Description

As we continue our mission to make people and nature happy through chocolate, we're looking for a

Cash Cycle Senior Finance Manager

to join our

Finance

team on a

permanent

basis.

Role level 4

Salary paying up to a maximum of 75,000, based on experience.

We're looking for a Cash Cycle Senior Manager to own and drive the effective management of cash across the organisation -- from forecasting and planning to analysis and value creation. This high-profile role partners with senior stakeholders including our CFO, Finance Director, and leaders across Commercial, Supply, and Group Finance, while also overseeing a Transaction Processing team of 7 across Payables and Receivables. If you're a hands-on finance leader with a passion for simplifying complexity, holding teams accountable, and delivering continuous improvement, this is your opportunity to make a tangible impact in a business that's as ambitious as it is unique.


As well as a competitive salary and company benefits, you'll receive

50% discount on all products, and a delicious

70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia.


Here at Hotel Chocolat, we've adopted a

hybrid working

pattern where appropriate. For this role it means working

3 days a week on site

, with the other 2 days spent working remotely, from home or wherever you like! The on-site location for this role is our

Head Office 'Mint House'

in Royston, Hertfordshire, our home since 1994; just off the A505, ten minutes' walk from Royston Train station and commutable from London Kings Cross.

What You'll Be Doing....

Lead on periodic reporting delivery and process efficiencies to enable accurate and effective analysis and understanding of cash performance. Lead the co-ordination of weekly and periodic cash forecasting in collaboration with the various owners across the business (eg AP and AR teams, owners of inventory and capex). Lead the relationship with Mars and the alignment with their Cash Centre of Excellence program, leveraging best practice and deploying in HC in a fit-for-purpose way. Lead and develop the Transactions Processing team. Build a KPI suite to monitor cash performance and drive process improvements including business training and ensuring process adoption. Support the planning and delivery of all main financial processes from a cash perspective - IVCP, AEP and quarterly rolling forecast processes, year-end estimates, collaborating with the FP&A team to meet HC needs and Mars requirements. Co-ordinate the HC Group's investment approval process (mainly Capital expenditure).

Who You are...

Essential

Qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) Experience of planning and reporting of cashflow and working capital Strong business acumen - understanding of different areas of the business, key drivers and performance metrics High attention to detail and ability to make the complex simple A great collaborator; team player; resilient Strong stakeholder management Excellent communication skills Demonstrable people leadership experience

Desirable

Retail and / or Manufacturing experience Experience of using Microsoft D365 and Anaplan

Who We Are...

We're one of the UK's favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser(TM).


A cacao pod takes years to grow - it can't be rushed if it's going to be just right for our products. The same can be said for Hotel Chocolat, which originally started as a mint production company before we realised it was luxury chocolate that we were really passionate about.


Now, we're market leaders in the industry. What began as an online-only business grew to 135 stores across the UK, and we're still growing... Today, we're multi-category, multi-channel, and multi-territory, and our customers, colleagues, cacao farmers and suppliers all benefit from the success we make together.


To learn more about us and read about our People Pledge - our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion - click here: hotelchocolat.com/uk/engaged-ethics/our-people.html