Growth Controller

COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The brand has an elevated aesthetic that embodies luxury with an emphasis on craftsmanship, innovation and compelling fashion movements.

The Growth Controller develops and drives financial strategies that support sustainable business growth and expansion. Acting as a key financial partner to the Growth function, the role provides financial planning, performance analysis, investment evaluation, and decision support, ensuring growth initiatives are commercially viable, strategically aligned, and deliver long-term value.

What you will do

Growth Strategy & Financial Planning

Develop and support financial plans, forecasts, and investment strategies that enable sustainable business growth. Evaluate growth opportunities and provide recommendations that support informed decision-making and long-term business objectives.

Investment Analysis & Business Cases

Assess expansion opportunities, capital expenditure proposals, and growth initiatives through financial modelling, scenario analysis, and return-on-investment evaluations. Ensure investments are supported by robust financial assumptions and business cases.

Performance Management & Commercial Insights

Monitor business performance against financial targets, KPIs, and growth objectives. Analyse commercial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, providing actionable insights that improve business performance.

Financial Governance & Control

Ensure financial plans, forecasts, and business cases are accurate, compliant, and aligned with financial guidelines. Support effective financial decision-making through sound controls, risk management, and performance monitoring.

Cross-Functional Business Partnering

Partner with Growth, Commercial, Merchandising, Expansion, and Finance teams to support strategic initiatives and business priorities. Build strong stakeholder relationships and provide financial expertise that enables effective decision-making.

Continuous Improvement & Business Development

Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, planning methodologies, reporting capabilities, and performance management practices. Share learnings and recommendations to support continuous business growth and operational effectiveness.

Financial Management

The ability to develop financial plans, manage budgets, evaluate investments, and provide financial insights that support sustainable business growth and performance.

Business Analysis

The ability to interpret financial, commercial, and operational data to identify trends, evaluate opportunities, and support informed business decisions.

Strategic Thinking

The ability to assess long-term opportunities, connect financial performance to business objectives, and support decisions that drive sustainable growth.

Stakeholder Management

The ability to build trusted partnerships across functions, influence decision-making, and align stakeholders around shared business objectives.

Business Acumen

The ability to understand commercial drivers, market opportunities, and financial performance, translating insights into actions that support sustainable growth and business objectives.

Leadership capabilities

Purposeful, Sets clear direction and communicates a compelling, inspiring vision.

Passionate, Customer centred and committed to excellence, resilience and continuous improvement.

Outcome driven, with strong prioritisation, collaboration and execution skills.

Commercially creative and agile, able to solve problems, adapt quickly and make sound decisions.

Caring, authentic, inclusive leader who develops teams, builds trust and gives honest, constructive feedback.

This is a full time permanent contract based at our Head Office in London .

If you feel this opportunity is exciting feel free to apply by sending in your CV and Portfolio in English as soon as possible. Due to data policies, we only accept applications through our career page.

We value collaboration and believe that great ideas thrive when we work closely together. Therefore, this role is primarily office-based, with 4 days per week at the office to foster teamwork and engagement. 1 day per week, you’ll have the flexibility to work remotely.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with broad development opportunities. All our employees receive a staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to this UK- based colleagues also receive

Up to 25 days holiday

Annual health checks

Pension scheme

Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym membership

Employee assistance via retail trust

Private health & dental care

JOIN US

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things – our inclusive and collaborative culture, our strong values, and opportunities for growth. But most of all, it’s our people who make us who we are. We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair, equitable, and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application.