Senior Finance & Accounting Manager, HOLY
United Kingdom
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Ethical soft drink retailers
Open for applications
Ethical soft drink retailers
101-200 employees
Open for applications
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101-200 employees
Company mission
To become Europe's leading healthier soft drink brand.
Role
Who you are
- Financially fluent and technically strong: You have 5+ years in accounting/finance with experience of setting up finance operations from the ground up
- Cross-border understanding: Experience working with international entities is a plus — ideally with some familiarity with German accounting standards or reporting practices (HGB / German GAAP)
- Process builder: You can design and scale financial operations from the ground up
- Collaborative and autonomous: You thrive in cross-border collaboration while independently managing UK-specific operations
- Tech-savvy: You are comfortable with finance systems, ERPs, payment platforms, and consolidation tools
- Analytical and detail-oriented: You ensure data accuracy and consistency across complex financial processes
- Proactive communicator: You align stakeholders across finance, legal, and operations
What the job involves
- HOLY is expanding its footprint in the UK — and fast. With strong momentum across Europe, we’re now establishing our UK entity to support our next stage of growth
- To drive this expansion, we’re looking for a Senior Finance & Accounting Manager UK to lead the setup and ongoing management of our UK finance and accounting operations
- You’ll ensure our financial processes are robust, compliant, and scalable — enabling transparent reporting, accurate consolidation, and timely compliance across the group
- Lead Entity and Finance Setup: Lead the setup of the UK finance entity, including banking, accounting, and payment infrastructure. Establish compliant accounting processes aligned with UK GAAP and group standards. Collaborate with legal and external advisors to ensure regulatory alignment during entity setup
- Financial Operations: You oversee and execute day-to-day accounting operations, including AP/AR, payroll liaison, and reconciliation processes. Ensure timely and accurate month-end closing, including accruals, intercompany reconciliations, and group consolidation. Implement internal controls to ensure process reliability
- Partner and Tool Management: Manage relationships with external accounting and tax advisors. Oversee and maintain finance systems and tools (e.g., Pathways, PSPs, ERP integrations, AP tools). Drive automation and efficiency across finance processes
- Intercompany & Consolidation: Manage intercompany transactions, settlements, and reconciliations. Support group consolidation by ensuring accurate reporting between entities. Collaborate with central finance on transfer pricing and internal policies
- Compliance & Reporting: Ensure accurate statutory filings, VAT returns, and other tax submissions with the support of advisors. Coordinate with central teams to align reporting, audit, and compliance cycles. Collaborate closely with the group’s central finance team in Germany, ensuring alignment across UK and German accounting principles. Maintain up-to-date financial documentation and audit readiness
- Strategic Finance Collaboration: Partner with teams across HOLY to improve financial transparency and scalability. Provide insights into financial performance, process improvements, and risk mitigation
Application process
- As we are experiencing rapid growth and have ambitious plans, the optimal start date for the position is today. Nonetheless, we are prepared to patiently await the arrival of the ideal candidate, recognizing that quality ultimately yields the best results
- Getting to know you: You will have a 30-minute screening interview with Luca our Talent Partner, where you will talk about HOLY, the position, your experience and see if our expectations match
- Technical Deep Dive: Get to know our finance setup and dive into your experience with Kai, our CFO
- Hiring Manager Interview: You will be meeting Dan, our Head of UK
- Case study & Advanced Discussion: As soon as you have successfully completed the first interviews, you will receive a case study to complete at home. After a successful submission, the team will discuss your case study with you and answer questions
- Founder interview: As a strong cultural fit is important to us, you will have a final meeting with one of our HOLY Founders. This gives both you and us the opportunity for a final check
- Job offer and decision: If everything goes well, you will receive an offer and we are ready to embark you this journey together with you!
- Typically his process should take around 2 weeks
Our take
The soft drinks industry is big business, estimated to reach a value of over $600 billion by 2030. However, many of the biggest brands are full of unhealthy and unethically sourced ingredients that are not in line with the push for more sustainable products. HOLY is a German company that wants to disrupt the soft drink industry with healthier and more ethically sourced alternatives.
HOLY’s two flagship products are its energy drink and iced tea. With sugar and taurine-free ingredients, the products come in powder form which saves 90% on packaging and significantly decreases the amount of CO2 emissions from manufacture and transport compared to canned drinks.
As with many soft drinks, HOLY’s branding is key. Its vivid designs and online presence increase its appeal for the gaming community, who would typically lean toward large competitors such as Monster Energy. With good funding at its back, HOLY is on the right path to compete with well-established rivals, having sold more than 10 million drinks solely via its online marketplace.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2023
$12.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $12.3m
Company benefits
- Join a successful and growing company
- Huge impact and career growth
- Awesome team of colleagues who are ambitious, funny, down-to-earth, and authentic
- Startup culture with flat hierarchies, fast pace, and personal development
- Central office in Berlin Mitte, flexible working hours, and much more
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Mathias Horsch
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously the Founder and Chairman at the Asian-European Society Munich, Researching and Teaching Assistant at Technical University of Munich, Strategy Consulting at the EAC International Consulting and CX Strategy & Benchmarking at Amazon
Frederick Jost
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously Grwoth Equity at Eurazeo, Strategy Consulting at Boston Consulting Group, Investment Management at Holtzbrinck Digital, Online Marketing and Investment Relations at Tillhub GmbH
Phillipp Nass
(Co-Founder & CMO)Previously Director of Marketing at Crealytics, NY KnowGO Conference, Business Analyst Intern at Crealytics and Marketing Intern at HappyFresh
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