Junior Management Accountant (Associate) - Central Costs, 12 Month FTC

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.

Team Finance at Bloom & Wild group is organised 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.

What you’ll be doing

• Preparation of monthly management accounts: execute all aspects of the month-end close process for central costs, including preparing and posting journals, and investigating and resolving any discrepancies.
• Variance analysis and commentary: perform detailed analysis of actual results against budget and forecast, providing clear and concise commentary on key variances to stakeholders.
• Business partnering: conduct regular financial review meetings with budget holders across various central cost centres, providing financial insights and ad-hoc support to aid decision-making where required.
• Liaising with FP&A: collaborate closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis team to support the budgeting and forecasting processes, providing relevant information and insight.
• Balance sheet reconciliations: prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, specifically focusing on accruals and prepayments, ensuring balances are accurate and supported.
• Implementing process improvements: identify and drive opportunities to streamline and improve existing accounting processes, enhancing efficiency and accuracy and helping to shorten our month end timetable.
• Audit: support the external audit process by providing necessary documentation and explanations.

You’ll love this role if you

• Have at least 2 years experience in a Management Accounting role (qualification not essential).
• Care - you care about the detail, you’re methodical and precise and deliver to a consistently high standard.
• Proactive - you take responsibility and initiative to get things done, and are willing to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.
• Stakeholder management - you love to collaborate and are at your best when working cross functionally with other teams.
• Communication - you have collaborative style that enables you to work with a range of different people and teams and articulate financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Organised - you take a thoughtful approach to planning and prioritising your work.

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.

Belonging @ Bloom & Wild

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.

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.

Work that works for you

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.

Getting hired

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:

1. Quick 30 minute chat with to run through your experience, motivations and the role.
2. Interview with Sara, our Group Accounting Lead, to go into more detail.
3. Show us how you work through a task and present back your ideas to Emma, our Head of Financial Control & Reporting, and Sara.
4. Final interview with Sophia, our VP of Finance.

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.