Finance Lead, Bloom & Wild
Operations & Warehousing
Online gifting
Job no longer available
Online gifting
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.
Role
Who you are
- Youâre a fully Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- You have around 5 yearsâ finance experience within retail/manufacturing/ecommerce industries, which includes exposure to warehouse and/or inventory management
- You have strong financial modelling and excel skills with high attention to detail, alongside an ability to interpret and communicate insights
- Youâre proactive and enjoy taking responsibility for significant areas of work
- You love to solve problems and take a logical and collaborative approach to finding solutions
- Outcome driven - youâre enthusiastic, passionate and keen to deliver impactful results
- You're a solid team player with some experience of managing junior team members
- Youâre a strong communicator (in English, Dutch would be an advantage) and have a collaborative style that enables you to work with a range of different people and teams
- Experience using NetSuite would be an advantage
- Experience using stock management software would also be an advantage
What the job involves
- Partnering with key stakeholders in the business, this role will be responsible for ensuring we have accurate management reporting, and robust controls in place across our Operations and Warehouse functions in the UK and the Netherlands
- Weâre open to hiring this role in either London or Amsterdam, and would love to hear from candidates in both locations who are open to regular travel
- Responsible for production, labour and packaging P&L costs & posting month-end journals for each of these areas
- Owner of all Finance-outputs from our fully integrated stock management tool (RF Smart - currently in "test" phases of implementation)
- Responsible for finance coordination of stock counts together with the warehousing team in all in-house and 3rd party locations across the UK & NL
- Responsible for ownership of the month-end stock valuation (UK and NL) and reconciling any variances between NetSuite and warehouse stock counts
- Responsible for all balance sheet reconciliations falling within your stock remit (e.g stock valuation; GRNI; stock prepayments) and supporting the FC&R team with other monthly balance sheet reconciliations on an ad-hoc basis
- Finance partnering with Greg, our Head of Operational FP&A, to review monthly figures and support with analysis relating to procurement, production and warehousing costs
- Business partnering with Marton, our VP of Warehouse Operations, and Jorge, Global Procurement Lead to provide seamless coordination between Finance and all things Production, Procurement and Warehousing
- Key finance contact for our 3rd party warehouse in the UK regarding all non-perishable stock held
- Attending quarterly stock counts in UK and NL locations to advise and implement best practice finance processes
- Assisting with audit requests as part of our group year-end audit
- Travel to our bloomon office in Amsterdam at least once a quarter
Our take
Bloom & Wild is an online flower delivery platform supplying a modern approach for sending flowers to loved ones. Its product approach is to sell flowers as bouquets, with smaller bouquets being able to fit through a typical UK mail slot in a small box, making it extremely easy to deliver.
The company operates across a number of countries, including Germany, France, Austria, and the Netherlands. It has utilised its two acquired businesses - Netherlands-based Bloomon, and French competitor Bergamotte - to expand the range of products it offers and reach new customers. It also launched a subscription service for consumers purchasing flowers for their own homes.
Expanding beyond its digital roots, Bloom & Wild has experimented with physical retail concepts - most notably its launch in Sainsburyâs stores. On top of international expansion, significant funding, and a unique concept, the company has become a recognised brand and surely positioned itself for a bright future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2021
$40.1m
SERIES D
Jan 2021
$100.2m
SERIES D
Total funding: $168.8m
Company benefits
- đ» Work that works for you
- Flexible working (core hours from 10-4pm)
- Work Abroad for up to 30 days each year
- Summer hours: Friday afternoons off during July and August (trialling in 2024)
- Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1
- Enhanced family leave policy and a workplace nursery scheme
- 1 day per year to volunteer on a project thatâs close to your heart
- đŽ Time off
- 25 daysâ holiday + your birthday and bank holidays each year
- Option to buy an extra 5 daysâ holiday each year
- Flexible bank holidays - trade a bank holiday for another day that fits your beliefs, values and celebration calendar
- đ± Health & Wellbeing
- Health cash plan through Simplyhealth
- Mental health support through Open Up, including access to online therapy sessions
- Allies and champions groups
- Mental Health First Aiders and awareness training for our managers
- In person yoga & wellbeing wagon!
- Cycle to work scheme
- Our office kitchen is stocked with healthy drinks and snacks to keep you going
- Financial wellbeing support through Bippit
- Workplace pension contributions
- đł Growth & Development
- A flexible training framework for every stage of your career development through our Bloom & Learn programme
- Mentee and mentor opportunities with our external partners, such as The Women's Association and Future Founders
- Internal & external Speaker Sessions on a variety of different inspirational topics
- đ Moments that matter
- Social & wellbeing monthly calendar
- We love to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other important milestones!
- Summer and End of Year events,, team lunches and post-peak celebrations
- Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
Company HQ
Vauxhall, London, UK
Leadership
Aron Gelbard
(CEO)Previously a consulting manager at Bain & Company. Has an MBA from Harvard.
Ben Stanway
(Board Director)Founder and Partner at Habrok, a global equity hedge fund. Co-Founder & co-CEO at Moneybox.
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