Synonymous with great British design and heritage, Globe-Trotter is a luxury travel lifestyle brand producing handcrafted luggage and leather collections. Established in 1897, Globe-Trotter makes the most beautiful, durable and recognizable luggage in the world. The business has been Private Equity backed since 2020.
Globe-Trotter is a truly global business trading in more than 80 countries, with significant brand awareness in Japan, Europe and the USA and an increasing footprint in the GCC, China and South-East Asia. The Group has several international subsidiaries, including entities in Japan, USA and throughout Europe.
With exciting growth plans we are looking for an Interim Group Financial Controller.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
As the Group Financial Controller, you will play a key role in establishing the right reporting and controls framework for the Group. You will be hands-on and provide robust financial reporting and assist the operating businesses with all financial matters, providing clear and pragmatic challenge where appropriate.
Requirements of the role
* Qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience.
* Experience of working in an International Group with a good understanding of managing financial reporting across diverse markets.
* Experience of working in production, retail, and multi-site operations.
* You will have experience of using ERP systems.
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be persuasive, engaging and motivating with others in a consistent manner.
* Ability to adapt and embrace change.
* The ability to work at a pace, in a structured way.
Candidate Attributes
* Be accountable - Accountability and always acting like an owner of the business. The successful candidate will have to be a self-starter, driven to ride obstacles, and relentless in the pursuit of challenging objectives.
* Be brave - Delivering value to the business and organization above and beyond expectations and consistently striving to achieve new goals.
* Be pragmatic - Leveraging the best of the existing systems, solutions and resources, with agility and speed, as you develop and lead change.
* Be collaborative – Looking to drive collective success. A positive attitude, assuming good intent in colleagues always.
* Be agile - Proven ability to design and manage change.
* Be entrepreneurial - Acting like an entrepreneur, with a real sense of ownership and urgency in all important matters and able to combine long term strategy and goals, with the short-term results and delivery.