Financial Control Projects Manager: FTC 6 months

Financial Control Projects Manager

Shiseido UKI

FTC 6 months

Closing date for applications 29th September 2026 

WHO WE ARE

Operating in 120 countries with 42,000 employees and 70 nationalities, Shiseido offers a unique selection of Skincare, Makeup and Fragrance brands with a projected turnover over £7.0bn in 2022.  Founded in 1872 in Japan, Shiseido Group is within the Top 5 leading cosmetics companies in the world and aims to inspire a life of beauty and culture.

Through our heritage, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe and innovative cosmetics and develop brands deeply loved by people from all over the world, in line with our mission: Beauty Innovations for a Better World.   

YOUR NEXT ROLE : Financial Control Projects Manager

This position sits within the Financial Control team and will be responsible for delivering a number of key finance projects, supporting process improvement initiatives and providing flexible support across the wider finance function during peak workloads

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this role is suited to a qualified accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge and a hands-on approach to driving change within a dynamic business environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders across Finance to improve processes, strengthen controls, enhance reporting capabilities and support key operational activities as required.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Financial Control Projects Manager, Lead and support a range of finance transformation and process improvement initiatives, including but not limited to:

• Automation and enhancement of balance sheet reporting
• Development of management reporting including Travel & Entertainment (T&E) reporting.
• Review, documentation and optimisation of key finance processes and controls
• Review month end processes sat within commercial finance with the aim to streamline and move into financial reporting team
• Creation and maintenance of Risk and Control Matrices (RCMs) to support a robust financial control environment.
• Identification of opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce manual intervention and increase reporting accuracy.

Support the Wider Finance Team

Provide flexible support across the finance function during periods of peak workload including:

• Supporting the month-end close process, including balance sheet reconciliations and review activities.
• Assisting with year-end and interim audit requirements
• Providing cover and support across Financial Reporting and Transactional Finance teams as required.
• Assisting with process improvement initiatives
• Supporting business-wide requests for financial information and analysis.

YOUR BACKGROUND

We value diversity and creativity in all that we do. Your suitability will come through arrange of experiences and backgrounds. Specifically we encourage experiences from the below:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or equivalent) with a minimum of 3 years' post-qualified experience.
• Strong technical accounting and financial control knowledge.
• Background in external audit with subsequent industry experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas, data analysis and reporting automation.
• Experience working with ERP systems, ideally SAP S/4HANA.
• Proactive, pragmatic and solution-focused approach

BENEFITS YOU’LL LOVE

• Generous product allocation & discount to spend on our gorgeous products!
• Supporting the delicate work/life balance with enhanced time off through 26 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday day off + time off for when you get married or move house PLUS enhanced parental allowance for those big life moments and the chance to buy more through our holiday buy scheme
• Plan for your future with our enhanced pension offering
• We operate an annual bonus scheme, based on personal development plans and business performance
• Flexible Fridays, so you can focus on what is important to you
• Flexible & hybrid work patterns to suit all backgrounds with 60% of your time being in the office 
• Wellbeing programmes including mental health first aiders, free counselling, access to digital GP’s
• Financial support via exclusive retail discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme via Wisdom – health and wellbeing, financial support at your fingertips.
• Monthly access to L&D opportunities to help your continuous development

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