FP&A Accountant, Oddbox
£38-44k
Sustainable fruit and vegetable box subscription
Job no longer available
Sustainable fruit and vegetable box subscription
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£38-44k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To fight food waste, one curvy cucumber at a time.
Role
Who you are
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA pre-qualified with 2+ years’ experience in a similar environment (consulting, industry) or QBE with 6 years+ experience
- Advanced Excel skills including data manipulation and working with and building complex forecasting models and with the ability to interpret and present this information in a visual manner
- Preparing budgets and forecasts including balance sheet and cash flow modelling
- Experience in querying and analysing data as well as drawing conclusions on the bigger picture and how that can affect commercial decision making
- Excellent critical analysis and thinking skills
- Obsessed with numbers and able to see through the detail
- Experience working in a dynamic practice and/or a subscription based company would be ideal
- Can easily move from close detail to high level, and work to tight deadlines when needed. Effective challenger, always looking for a better way of doing things
- Strong interpersonal skills - able to work as part of a team and alone, in a fast paced environment and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities
- Strong problem solving and ability to make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis
- High integrity and openness combined with commitment to good governance
- Energetic, highly motivated, with an enquiring mind
- Articulate communicator with good written and verbal English
- You should be passionate about our mission to end food waste
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced and talented FP&A accountant to join the Oddbox team
- This position will report to the Finance Manager and will be responsible for the financial modelling and analysis within Oddbox working with both management and teams across the company, the development of the forecasting and budgeting process and scenario analysis
- This role has great potential for growth, personal development and future opportunities and is a critical role in supporting the Finance Manager and the wider senior team. We’re a small team and this is also a hands-on role where you’ll be expected to lead on assisting teams on their modelling work
- Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecast process in collaboration with the Finance manager, Finance Business Partners and senior stakeholders. Building the model across P&L, BS and Cashflows
- Provide appropriate challenge and support to the Business Leads in order to deliver forecasts and financial plans which are challenging yet achievable
- Work with the Financial accountant and budget managers to analyse variances of actual spend vs. budget on a monthly basis
- Work closely with the Finance manager and individual team to produce financial models and and accurate costings of planned activities
- Lead on automation of forecasts and cash flows from our data warehouse and BI platform
- Provide analysis to support key revenue and cost business initiatives potential expansion initiatives and activities
- Develop and track financial KPIs across all locations in collaboration with the Financial accountant
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Oddbox is tackling food waste head-on by offering sustainable fruit and vegetable subscription boxes. The company partners with local farmers to source produce that would otherwise go to waste - often due to imperfections or surplus - ensuring that misshapen fruit and veg gets a second chance.
As a Certified B Corporation, Oddbox not only help sreduce food waste but also works towards a more sustainable food system. So far, the company has rescued the equivalent of over 121M meals, showing the significant impact of its mission.
Despite facing challenges in the past due to shifting market conditions for DTC brands, Oddbox is optimistic about 2025. With its path toward profitability in sight, the company is poised for a strong comeback, making its next steps into growth and expansion an exciting one.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$0.1m
GRANT
Aug 2021
$21.2m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $25.4m
Company benefits
- 33 days holiday per year (incl. Bank Holidays)
- 4 'Not-Sick' Days per Year
- Access to Health Cash Plan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Learning & Development Budget
- 2 days Volunteering Allowance per year
- Discount on Oddbox fruit and veg
- Employee perks via Perkbox & Charlie HR
- Flexible Working Hours
Company HQ
Nine Elms, London, UK
Leadership
Emilie Vanpoperinghe
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Girl Effect for 5 years, first as Finance Manager then as Director of Finance and Operations. Prior to that, they worked at BT as a Senior Finance Manager and at 3M, India as a Financial Analyst and Accounting Manager.
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