🌍 Create Joy. Protect Wildlife. Build for Growth.

At Elizabeth Scarlett, we believe work should feel meaningful. We exist to create joyful living while raising funds to protect the world’s most precious wildlife. By 2030, our goal is to contribute £2 million to conservation.

As our first Strategic Finance Associate, you’ll sit at the intersection of finance, strategy, and data — helping us make smarter, faster decisions as we scale a purpose-driven consumer brand growing at 50%+ year-on-year.

💰 Salary: £60,000–£70,000 + discretionary bonus (up to 10%)

🙋‍♀️ Reporting to: Finance Director

📍 Location: Potters Bar (24-min train from Kings Cross)

🏙️ Hybrid: 2 days per week at HQ (or more, if you wish!)

📝 Employment type: Permanent, full-time

Why this role matters ✨

This is a pivotal hire — our first dedicated Strategic Finance role. You’ll help shape the systems, analysis, and insights that fuel profitable, mission-driven growth across the UK and US.

This is your chance to:

• Build and own the FP&A, OKR and analytics cadences that guide our business.
• Partner directly with leadership, turning data into strategy.
• Help us grow efficiently while driving our £2M conservation mission.

What you’ll be doing 🚀

1. Own the FP&A & OKR Cadences

• Build and maintain the financial planning and analysis rhythm across the business.
• Develop robust financial models for P&L, cash flow, and unit economics (UK + US).
• Partner with leadership to set, track and refine OKRs that align strategic goals with execution.
• Deliver variance analysis and actionable insights on performance versus plan.

2. Drive Strategic Analysis & Decision-Making

• Act as the analytical powerhouse behind strategic projects: market expansion, pricing, customer acquisition economics, and product launches.
• Use SQL and BigQuery to extract and connect insights between operational drivers and financial outcomes.
• Build frameworks and dashboards that enable leadership to make faster, data-driven decisions.
• Present clear, compelling recommendations across teams.

3. Tell Stories Through Data

• Analyse customer cohorts, product performance, marketing efficiency, and operational metrics.
• Identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities before they surface.
• Translate complex data into simple, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.
• Partner with Growth, Commercial and Operations teams to optimise performance.

4. Enable Better Processes & Decision-Making with AI

• Champion AI tools to enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and productivity.
• Experiment with emerging AI technologies to automate and uncover new insights.
• Refine processes that leverage data and technology for better, faster decisions.
• Stay ahead of the curve on how AI transforms finance in scaling eCommerce.

5. Build for Scale

• Develop KPI frameworks and financial reporting infrastructure for long-term growth.
• Implement best practices for forecasting, modelling and data integrity.
• Act as the go-to finance partner for strategic questions across the organisation.
• Help shape the future Finance and Analytics team as we grow.

Who we are looking for 🧳

Mindset

• Analytical, curious and forward-thinking.
• Excited about AI and emerging tools that transform finance and operations.
• Balances precision with pace — you move fast and get it right.

Must-have skills

• Strong financial modelling and forecasting skills (Excel/Google Sheets wizard).
• Proficiency in SQL; experience with data warehouses (BigQuery ideal).
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems.
• Outstanding communication — you simplify complex ideas for all audiences.
• Comfort experimenting with AI tools for analysis and automation.

Nice-to-have skills

• Familiarity with NetSuite, Shopify, or similar eCommerce platforms.
• Experience in consumer products or DTC eCommerce.

Experience

• 2–4 years in a finance, strategy, or analytical role.
• Backgrounds we value: investment banking, management consulting, FP&A at high-growth companies, or strategic finance in consumer/eCommerce businesses.

Culture fit

• Kind, collaborative and uplifting.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with both rigour and pragmatism.
• Passionate about joining a purpose-driven brand that blends creativity and commerciality.

What we offer 💡

Salary and bonus

• £60,000–£70,000 base salary.
• Discretionary annual bonus up to 10%.

Flexibility and time

• Hybrid working model (minimum 2 days in office).
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• 1 month “work from anywhere” in a ±2-hour timezone.

Personal development

• Annual Learning & Development budget worth 3% of salary.
• Annual summer retreat (e.g. 42 Acres in Somerset).

Team perks

• £500 of Elizabeth Scarlett products per year + 60% team discount.
• 25% friends and family discount code.

Impact and ownership

• First strategic finance hire — help shape the function and build the future team.
• Direct partnership with leadership on the decisions that matter most.
• Meaningful work contributing to our £2M conservation mission.

Our hiring process 👟

1. Preliminary call with our People & Culture Manager (no video required).
2. First interview with Oliver, our Finance Director.
3. Take-home case study (financial modelling + analytical exercise).
4. Final round: presentation of your case study + interview with CEO.

🌿 Ready to be our first Strategic Finance hire and help drive our next phase of growth?

Apply now and bring your expertise to Elizabeth Scarlett.