Graduate program, finance in Oxford

Join to apply for the Graduate program, finance role at Bending Spoons. At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareholders at an extraordinary rate, while adhering to high ethical standards. To achieve this objective, we execute a strategy that involves acquiring digital businesses with untapped potential, leveraging our platform of expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and culture, and investing back into improving the platform and acquiring new businesses. We combine investor‑style capital allocation with a hands‑on operator approach. For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That’s our promise to such a candidate.

A few examples of your responsibilities:

• Due diligence and post‑M&A integration: Oversee financial and tax due diligence for acquisitions and related restructuring activities. Support and lead post‑M&A integration, ensuring smooth financial, operational, and reporting alignment.
• Accounting, reporting, and financial planning: Prepare accurate financial statements and reports, maintaining precision across all financial records. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to manage budgets, align spending, and achieve financial objectives.
• Investor relations and fundraising support: Help prepare board meetings and minutes. Own financing to support M&A, engaging with banks, investors, and institutional stakeholders.
• Compliance: Ensure accuracy and compliance of financial statements with accounting standards, tax regulations, and fiscal requirements. Establish and enhance internal controls to ensure financial integrity and operational efficiency. Facilitate both external and internal audit processes.
• Equity plans: Optimize and manage our equity plans, ensuring effective implementation. Provide support to Spooners by addressing questions and requests related to their equity plans.
• Fiscal optimization: Identify fiscal incentives and design the group’s intercompany flow strategy.

What we look for:

• Reasoning ability: You solve complex problems by applying first principles, structuring ideas sharply, resisting biases, and focusing on the details that matter.
• Drive: You’re extremely ambitious in everything you do and match that ambition with initiative, effort, and tenacity. You feel deeply responsible for your work and hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
• Team spirit: You give generously, support others’ ideas, and help your team without expecting immediate returns. You’re reliable, honest, and transparent.
• Proficiency in English: You read, write, and speak English at a high level.

What we offer:

• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams: Small, result‑oriented, autonomous teams alongside some of the brightest people in the field.
• An exceptional opportunity for growth: We put outstanding potential in ideal positions; Spooners in their 20s lead products worth hundreds of millions of dollars and play essential roles in major projects.
• Competitive pay and access to equity: Typical salaries start at £85,797 in London and €66,065 elsewhere in Europe; for more experienced candidates, salaries range between £112,189 and £196,764 in London, and €107,837 and €188,848 elsewhere. Compensation varies by location and impact and grows rapidly with experience. You can also receive company equity at a discounted price.
• All the benefits: Flexible hours, remote working, unlimited support for learning and training, top‑of‑the‑market health insurance, generous relocation package, parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location.

Commitment & contract: Permanent or fixed‑term. Full‑time. Location Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote.

The selection process: If you pass our screening, we’ll ask you to take on a few tests designed to assess how you approach unfamiliar problems. They’re challenging and may take several hours to complete. If you’re successful with those, we’ll invite you to a series of interviews. We set the bar high and won’t extend an offer until we’re convinced we’ve found the right candidate. This is why a job may stay open for months or be reposted several times.

Bending Spoons is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all applicants and provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities—just let us know through this form.

Before you apply: If you’ve applied before but didn’t receive an offer, we recommend waiting at least one year before applying again. Bending Spoons is a demanding environment. We’re extremely ambitious and hold ourselves—and one another—to a high standard. While this leads to extraordinary learning, achievement, and career growth, it also requires significant commitment. To help you ramp up quickly and set yourself up for success, we recommend spending your first few months working from our Milan office, regardless of your long‑term work location. It’s the best way to rapidly absorb our culture and build trust with your new teammates. We’ll support you with generous travel and accommodation assistance. After that, you’re welcome to work from our offices in Milan or London, or remotely from approved countries—depending on what we agree at the offer stage.

If the role speaks to you and you’re excited to give your best, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now—we can’t wait to meet you.