Financial Planning & Analysis Lead - 6 Month FTC to Perm

Hi, we’re Bloom & Wild. We don’t just send flowers. We help our customers to care wildly. Caring wildly is celebrating the little things we all do for each other every day. Not just the big occasions. It’s being there for the highs. Stepping up for the lows. We care wildly about people and our planet. Which is why we’re so proud to be a certified B Corp™ – committed to making long‑term positive change for our community, and the world around us.

Founded in 2013, our mission back then was to make sending and receiving flowers the joy that it should be, by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We announced £75 million Series D funding in 2021 and that same year acquired bloomon in the Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. Together, we’ve fulfilled and delivered over 20 million orders (and counting!), making us the largest direct to consumer flower business in Europe. Now home to a family of 3 beautiful brands, we’re driven by our vision to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. And we won’t stop at flowers and plants. Starting with the Bloom & Wild brand, we’re expanding our gifting offering to other categories like cakes, candles and cocktails. This is all part of our ambition to build Europe’s #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.

Finance at Bloom & Wild group is organized around three main teams which are led by our VP of Finance, though we collaborate closely as one function and work with other teams across the business too:

• Financial Control & Reporting – runs all things financial control and reporting, including compilation of month end reporting, payroll, accounts payable and receivable.
• Financial Planning & Analysis – manages our budgeting and forecasting process for the company, together with regular analysis of financial performance. They are also responsible for building financial models for a variety of uses across the company and working closely with other teams to do so.
• Financial Change & Compliance – performs the majority of group functions across our 3 locations including but not limited to PSP and treasury management, controls and compliance and all things tax. They are also responsible for spearheading any process improvements or transformational projects.

The focus of this role will initially be centred on our UK COGs (a maternity cover position), with potential for extension into Group treasury management and central cost ownership. Our FP&A team strives to provide valuable financial information to the business, so we’d love for this person to be able to build strong stakeholder relationships. This role will initially be responsible for the following:

• Assist in preparing the annual budget and ongoing forecasting for UK COGS, working closely with teams across the business to align on metrics (including operations, range & commercial teams).
• Report on weekly and monthly related metrics, including working alongside relevant teams to refine reporting.
• Monthly analysis of month‑end accounts, in particular the detail behind UK gross margin and aiding in presenting financial performance to the business.
• Establish business relationships across the organisation and have clear ownership for areas of responsibility.
• Identify key trends and potential risks and opportunities.

With longer term potential for:

• Ad hoc analysis and model creation. This will include business partnering with relevant stakeholders across the company.
• Treasury management; including short & longer term cash management and detailed cash forecasting.
• Ownership of central costs budgeting, ongoing forecasting and month‑end analysis.
• Project support in the implementation of an FP&A tool and optimising the use of our ERP system Netsuite.

You’ll love this role if you:

• Qualified in Accounting or Finance, with at least 3 years’ relevant FP&A experience.
• Experience using and optimising Netsuite.
• Have strong Excel and financial modelling skills, with a high attention to detail. In particular a strong proficiency in cashflow modelling.
• Proactive and comfortable taking ownership of significant areas of work.
• Organised – you take a thoughtful approach to planning and prioritising your work to meet tight deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excited about problem‑solving, and love to take a logical and collaborative approach to finding solutions and communicating conclusions.
• Enthusiastic, passionate and keen to get stuck in to deliver impactful results.
• You’re a solid team player who truly believes in the value of diverse and inclusive teams.
• You have a collaborative style that enables you to work with a range of different people and teams.

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross‑business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working.

We really believe in the power of connection. For us that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter. We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you’ll agree this with your manager. Whether it’s through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an afterwork social – we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. We’re big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day:

• Lead change for good: we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most.
• Think deeply, act swiftly: we make sure there’s thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas.
• Care wildly: we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference.
• Stay open, be curious: we’re open about what we’re doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other.

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day. Our perks and benefits include:

• Flexible working & work from abroad
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year
• 1 Volunteering day each year
• Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme
• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1

For more information on our perks & benefits, please see www.bloomandwild.com/careers.

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we’re keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we’re the right move for you. If your application is successful, you can expect the following process:

• Quick 30 minute chat with Billy to run through your experience, motivations and the role
• Interview with Sara, our Group Accounting Lead, to go into more detail
• Show us how you work through a task and present back your ideas to Emma, our Head of Financial Control & Reporting, and Sara
• Final interview with Dominique, our CFO

We believe in leading change for good, so if there’s anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience.