Management Accountant (maternity cover)

Key Responsibilities

• Month-end & financial reporting — Own the month-end close process end to end, including journals, accruals,prepaymentsand reconciliations, deliveringaccuratemanagement accounts to a tight timetable.
• Contribute to preparation ofmonthly management accounts (P&L, balancesheetand cashflow)
• Year End – Preparation ofyear end accounts in line with statutory and regulatory reporting requirements
• Financial control — Maintain robust financial controls and reconciliations across the ledgers, ensuring the integrity of the balance sheet.
• Manage the day-to-day bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable, and banking within Xero.
• Cashflow management — Contribute tocashflow forecasting and reporting, monitoring working capital, runway and liquidity, and flagging risks and opportunities early.
• Manage payment runs, supplier relationships and credit control to keep cash moving efficiently.
• Business partnering — Support budgeting, forecasting and business partnering, providing the numbers and analysis leadership needs to make decisions.
• Compliance — Assist with VAT returnsand US sales tax returns, payrollinputsand year-end audit preparation, liaising with external accountants and auditors as needed.
• Process improvement — Continuously improve finance processes,controlsand reporting as the business scales.

What we’re looking for

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.
• Proven experience in a startup or high-growth environment, comfortable with ambiguity, pace and wearing multiple hats.
• Strong, demonstrable knowledge across financial control, financialreportingand cashflow management.
• Hands-onproficiencywith Xero (essential).
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence handling and interrogating data.
• Excellent attention to detail, well organised, and able to manage your own workload and deadlines while working remotely.
• A proactive,commercially-mindedcommunicator who can translate numbers into insight for non-finance colleagues.

Nice to have

• Experience in FMCG, food & beverage or a physical-product business.
• Exposure to inventory accounting and multi-channel (DTC + wholesale/retail) reporting, including USA sales tax reporting
• Familiarity with tools that integrate with Xero (e.g. inventory,expenseor payments platforms).

What we offer

• 12 monthsFull-time employment at a fully remote organisationwith a friendly ambitious team.
• A genuinely broad, autonomous role with real ownership of the finance function.
• The chance to make a tangible impactbuildingan exciting, emergingDTC brand during a key period.
• Remote based role with1-4 dayspermonthin-person, in London (travel + co-work spaceexpenses paid)
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Monthly phone allowance
• Monthly work-from-home allowance
• Cycle to Work Scheme eligibility
• Generous PTO and flexibleworking:
  • Holidays: 25 (plus bank holidays)
  • Rejuvenation Days: 4(one per quarter)
• Co-working access
• All the premium soda you can drink

Our values

We are curious

We accept we don’t know it all. We explore, and we’re excited to discover. We treat inward-facing curiosity as the spotlight for personal growth.

We act with courage

We challenge the norms. We may fail, we will learn, and we go again.

We embrace change

We adapt constantly, to ourselves and to our environment. We think abundantly (there are always many options) rather than scarcely.

We consume consciously

Everything is finite. We are rigorous about using our resources efficiently.

Equal opportunity

Something & Nothing is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law, and we make all employment decisions on merit. We’re committed to building a team of people who don’t all think the same way. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any stage of the process, or to perform the role itself, tell us and we’ll work it out with you.