About the Company
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skin care, and our newest brand, rhode, a line of curated skincare essentials, formulated for a variety of skin types and needs with high performance ingredients, it’s a daily routine that nourishes your skin barrier over time.
In our Fiscal year 25, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 29 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last six fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.
Title: Senior Accountant
Status: Full Time Employee
Department: International
Location: London
Reporting Relationship: Accounting Manager, International
About the Role
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our Finance team. This role will take ownership of the General Ledger function, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timely delivery of financial reporting for the UK entity.
You will play a critical role in month-end close, reconciliations, statutory audit support, and financial analysis, while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
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- Perform a magnitude of different tasks for month-end and year-end closing;
Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness for assigned areas - Maintain complete documentation and support for all accounting entries and balance sheet accounts
- Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and subsequent analytical reviews of any discrepancies;
- Manage and review intercompany journal entries and their reconciliations;
- Maintain and update accounting policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with GAAP and company growth
- Maintain fixed asset master data, ensuring accuracy across asset class, cost centre, useful life, depreciation areas, and accounting assignments
- Oversee CIP internal orders from setup through close‑out, ensuring correct settlement rules, classifications, and capitalization
- Maintain strong SOX controls, documentation standards, approval workflows, and audit trails across fixed assets and internal orders
- Review and document asset impairment reviews, providing evidence and support for internal and external audit requirements.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve controls, and drive efficiencies within the finance function
- Tracking and managing trade spend, allocating invoices to promotions, monitoring invoice/accrual balances, and supporting actions to reduce aged or unallocated items.
- Coach and develop team members to strengthen technical capability and process discipline, implement consistent review, feedback, and knowledge-sharing routines
- Working with stakeholders to investigate variances and resolve root causes, using data to explain what’s happened and what it means.
- Support ad hoc reporting, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives as required
Qualifications:
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- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) at least 2 years PQE
- Strong management accounting experience with proven ownership of month-end close
- Extensive experience of statutory audit and controls (testing, implementation, documentation)
- strong awareness of UK GAAP and Companies Act reporting requirements.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems such as SAP,
- Ability to multitask and jump in and help where needed
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- A collaborative mindset with a proactive and continuous improvement approach
The base salary range for this role is listed above.
Total compensation includes base salary, annual company-based performance bonus, and equity. Under e.l.f.’s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off. The amount of total compensation (including base salary) offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including geographic location, experience, specific skills, and qualifications.
Compensation components are subject to change at the company’s discretion
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.
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