Management Accountant, Wolf & Badger
£45-55k
3+ days a week in office (Soho, London)
Retail platform for independent, ethical and unique brands
Open for applications
Retail platform for independent, ethical and unique brands
101-200 employees
Open for applications
£45-55k
3+ days a week in office (Soho, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
Wolf & Badger's mission is to introduce their stylish customers to limited-edition, sustainable and high-quality products while providing a much-needed platform for independent brands to thrive.
Role
Who you are
- Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a passion for problem-solving and innovation? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to make an impact in an ethical and forward-thinking business? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
- Proven work experience in a fast paced environment within finance roles
- Experience with financial systems and software e.g. Xero, Looker (Google), NetSuite desirable
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Completed a professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- 2:1 or above Bachelor’s Degree - highly desirable
- Passionate about ethical and conscious consumerism
- If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to make an impact in an ethical and forward-thinking business, we’d love to hear from you!
Desirable
- Problem-solver & innovator - Able to breakdown challenges, think critically and find creative solutions. Motivated to continuously improve
- Effective communicator - Can clearly articulate financial insights (verbally and in writing), build relationships across the business, and collaborate effectively
- Well-organised - Ability to understand priorities and manage workload effectively to stick to deadlines
- Analytical with strong attention to detail - Comfortable working with numbers, spotting patterns and ensuring accuracy
- Motivated & curious - Eager to learn, improve and take initiative in a dynamic team
- Honest and self-aware - Open to feedback, collaborative and willing to learn from others
What the job involves
- Wolf & Badger is looking for a highly motivated, qualified Management Accountant to join our growing team
- In this role, you’ll play a key part in managing financial operations including, accounts payable and receivable processes, cash flow forecasting, reconciliations, and cross-functional business partnering, ensuring financial efficiency and accuracy across the company
- Owner of UK and non-UK tax and compliance related filing, leveraging our local advisors where needed, ensuring compliance with local regulations
- Support the management and execution of the external audit process, providing necessary documentation and being a key contact for our auditors
- Prepare and oversee the weekly cash flow forecast, ensuring adequate short-term liquidity
- Identify and resolve variances in cash flow reporting, proactively working through discrepancies
- Assist with and oversee month-end financial close activities, including reconciliations and reporting, ensuring a timely and accurate completion of all assigned responsibilities
- Lead on Accounts Payable (AP) processes, ensuring timely and accurate brand payouts and operational spend tracking
- Oversee Accounts Receivable (AR) processes, including membership fee collection and revenue reporting
- Provide Finance Business Partner support to the Brands team, helping to drive efficiency in revenue collection
- Manage financial aspects of brand and customer service claims, working closely with internal teams to resolve discrepancies
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Wolf & Badger is a multi-channel retail platform for the finest independent, ethical and unique brands from around the globe. Wolf & Badger was founded with the intention of disrupting the deteriorating high street, and solving the problems of physical retail in a digital world. It provides a platform which takes the effort out of finding and sourcing sustainably and ethically produced jewellery, fashion, accessories, homeware and beauty, without compromising on quality and design.
It aims to foster all things innovative, from avant-garde fashion to store design to business practice. The company wants to create a forward thinking global community built upon the age-old pillars of skill, craftsmanship and quality.
Consumers have become increasingly aware of the need for sustainable and ethical retail practice. Wolf & Badger aims to ensure that the future of retail is a responsible one, where independent designers are incentivised to manufacture and source sustainably and ethically and that they, as a retailer, uphold these values. Wolf & Badger is now home to over 1000 fashion and design brands.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2019
$5.9m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $5.9m
Company benefits
- We are a London Living Wage Employer
- 25 days paid holidays in addition to 8 bank holidays
- Paid volunteering leave, pet-ernity leave and heartbreak leave
- Quarterly Wellness Wallet - to spend on products and services which are meaningful to you
- Subscription to Yulife health and wellbeing app
- Opt in health insurance plan
- Ample paid sick leave to support mental and physical health
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff discount across Wolf & Badger, in store and online
- Flexible hybrid working policy with access to a creative work environment in central London
- Excellent career opportunities in a rapidly growing international business
- Meaningful work! We are a B-Corp leading the movement in responsible retail
Company values
- Conscious business - We sell commodity products in a way that is sustainable for the planet and for all stakeholders
- Ethical sourcing - We put into action a formalised framework to ensure that designers are incentivised to source and manufacture sustainably and ethically
- Transparency and communication - We are making a conscious decision to strive for honest, fact-checked content, and fully vetted products and brands
- Global community - We aim to foster a global community of local brands in order to create a more human-centred approach to retail
- Longevity and quality - We develop lasting relationships with our brands
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
George Z Graham
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously Director & Co-founder of Raw Press and Strategy Consultant at PwC UK for 1 year.
Henry Graham
(Creative Director & Co-Founder)In addition to being the Co-Founder of Wolf and Badger, they are also the Creative Director of the company.
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