Karo Healthcare

Financial Controller UK

Karo Healthcare  •  Maidenhead, GB (Onsite)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.

Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Financial Controller for our office in Maidenhead.

What’s in it for you?

  • Own and shape financial performance in a fast-growing, international FMCG-like environment
  • High visibility role with exposure to senior stakeholders across markets
  • Hands-on impact with opportunities to improve processes and drive change
  • A dynamic, entrepreneurial culture where you can grow and develop your career

What you’ll be doing

  • Take ownership of the balance sheet and P&L for UK legal entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance
  • Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes in line with group timelines
  • Act as a key finance partner, collaborating closely with shared service teams (AP, AR, GL) and business stakeholders
  • Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting outputs
  • Perform P&L and balance sheet analysis, including variance and fluctuation analysis
  • Ensure compliance with IFRS and local GAAP, including tax, VAT, and statutory reporting
  • Manage relationships with auditors, tax authorities, banks, and external advisors
  • Oversee fixed assets, intercompany reconciliations, and payment approvals
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives across finance processes and ways of working
  • Support audits, annual reports, and corporate tax filings

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in finance or accounting, ideally within FMCG, retail, or other fast-paced environments
  • UK-recognised accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
  • Strong understanding of IFRS and UK GAAP, with experience in statutory and tax reporting
  • Experience working with ERP systems and end-to-end finance processes (O2C, P2P, R2R)
  • Advanced Excel and strong analytical capabilities
  • Hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, changing environment
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and geographies
  • Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a drive for continuous improvement
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Benefits

  • Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
  • Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
  • Flexible schedule and life work balance
  • Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
  • Very positive work environment in a young, international, and motivated team
  • Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values

  

Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.

Karo Healthcare

About Karo Healthcare

Karo Healthcare delivers smart choices for everyday healthcare.

We own and commercialise branded, original over-the-counter products and prescription medicines across a range of everyday categories, including intimate health; skin health; digestive health, foot health; pain, cough and cold; wellness; and specialty products.

Our products are available in more than 90 countries and sold through pharmacies, retailers and via healthcare providers. We have our own sales organisation in more than 10 European countries, with the Nordic region as our core market.

Karo Healthcare is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and owned by KKR since 2025.

Industry
Beauty & Wellness
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Stockholm, SE
Year Founded
1987
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