Benefits & Perks
Summary
Cubitts is a modern eyewear brand offering bespoke spectacles through retail and online channels. The Commercial Finance Lead acts as the analytical engine, delivering financial reporting, modeling, and commercial insights to drive growth.
What You'll Need
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
- Experience in finance manager or controller roles in SMEs/scale-ups
- Experience in DTC retail or consumer brand business
Job Description
"We're looking for a Commercial Finance Lead to become the analytical engine of Cubitts - turning numbers into narrative, data into direction, and reports into real-world impact.
This is not a role for the faint of heart. It's for someone who wants to get stuck into the gears of a growing business, bringing rigour to our financial control, clarity to our commercial understanding, and discipline to our data. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams (retail, eCommerce, operations, and production) to help Cubitts grow smarter, leaner, and stronger.
Your key responsibilities
Deliver timely, accurate monthly accounts, board packs, and financial reportingOwn and improve cash flow forecasting, cost allocation, and budget trackingIntroduce smarter processes, stronger controls, and better financial disciplineManage statutory accounts, audit, and compliance (with support from our accountants)Tighten working capital — from supplier terms to stock cycle management
What we're looking for:
Commercial Finance
Deepen understanding of COGS, product margin, and profitability by channelBuild practical, intelligent financial models to support retail, eComm, and production decisionsLead cost-benefit analysis for new initiatives (e.g. pricing, new stores, product ranges)Introduce cost-centre budgeting and meaningful variance reportingIdentify opportunities to improve EBITDA through better visibility and insight
Data and Systems
Bridge operational and financial data — and fix what doesn't talk to each otherImprove data quality across inventory, finance, and business systemsSupport selection, implementation, and optimisation of key platforms (Xero, POS, inventory tools)
Business Partnering
Be a trusted partner to the business — not just a reporter of numbersPresent insights, not just data — and shape decisions at the highest levelPrepare materials for investors, board, and external partnersHelp every team think more commercially
Requirements
You'll Thrive in This Role If You...
Are ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified, with experience in a dynamic, multi-channel environmentHave worked in finance manager, controller, or commercial finance roles in SMEs or scale-upsAre excited by complex data, and obsessed with getting to the real story behind the numbersKnow how cost, margin, and profit move in a DTC retail or consumer brand businessEnjoy creating order, building systems, and making things run betterCommunicate clearly and work collaboratively across teamsAre hands-on, proactive, and comfortable in a role that spans the strategic and the scrappy
Nice to Have
Experience in retail, manufacturing, or DTC consumer brandsPrior involvement in ERP or finance system implementationsManaged small finance teams or outsourced finance partners
Benefits
Some nice things you'll get:
Complimentary spectacles, eye examinations and generous discountsOption to buy and sell holidayPaid time away for the important moments in lifeAnnual season ticket loanCycle to work schemeAviva life assurance and Digicare+Subscription to Champion HealthUnlimited Business Skills Training
Contract: Full Time, 40 hours
Location: Brewery Road, Kings Cross London.
Salary: Head of Department - Level 2 £72,252
Reports to: Finance Director"