Group Reporting Lead (12 month FTC)

Hi, we’re Bloom & Wild. We don’t just send flowers. We help our customers to care wildly. Caring wildly is celebrating the little things we all do for each other every day. Not just the big occasions. It’s being there for the highs. Stepping up for the lows.

Care has been at the heart of our business from the start. From the products we source, and the packaging we send them in, to the way we look after our colleagues, our customers, our planet, and the communities around us. 

Founded in 2013, our mission back then was to make sending and receiving flowers the joy that it should be, by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We announced £75 million Series D funding in 2021 and that same year acquired bloomon in The Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. Together, we’ve fulfilled and delivered over 20 million orders (and counting!), making us the largest direct to consumer flower business in Europe.

Now home to a family of 3 beautiful brands, we’re driven by our vision to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. And we won't stop at flowers and plants. Starting with the Bloom & Wild brand, we're expanding our gifting offering to other categories like cakes, candles and cocktails. This is all part of our ambition to build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination. 

🛠️ Finance @ Bloom & Wild Group

We care about our financial wellbeing and collaborate across the whole business to support them in doing what they do best - inspiring our customers to brighten lives and homes. Led by Sophia, our VP of Finance, we’re organised across three core teams and based in the UK, the Netherlands and France. 

Financial Control & Reporting - we look after all of the reporting for Bloom & Wild Group, which includes the compilation of our month-end reporting, payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable. 

Financial Planning & Analysis - we manage the financial budgeting and forecasting process with collaboration across teams. In addition, analysing financial performance and building financial models to help other areas of the business on a variety of projects and initiatives.  

Finance Operations & Compliance - we perform the majority of group functions across each of our locations, think: PSP and treasury management, controls and compliance, and all things tax. We are also there to spearhead process improvements or transformational projects.

💻 What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for a Group Reporting Lead to join our team in London to cover a period of parental leave starting in May.  Reporting to Sophia, our VP of Finance,  you’ll get the chance to help shape how we work, while working within a close-knit and knowledgeable team. There’s stacks of room to make your mark by applying your initiative, expertise and experience to help us realise our finance roadmap.

Our team strives to provide accurate financial information to stakeholders, so we’d love for this person to be able to build strong working relationships and thrive in a dynamic, start-up environment. 

⚙️ Focussing on our B&W and bloomon brands, responsibilities will include:

Ensure all statutory accounts for our UK parent company and UK subsidiaries are prepared in compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements, and filed ahead of statutory filing deadlines Manage statutory reporting for overseas subsidiaries (our brands operate through multiple entities in 8 countries), working with external advisers where applicable Lead and manage the statutory audit process, acting as the main point of contact for external auditors to ensure the process runs smoothly Prepare calculations and papers for significant balances and key accounting judgements, liaising with professional advisers as required Prepare group consolidations on a monthly basis ensuring internal and external stakeholders’ requirements are met. Manage and prepare reporting to third party lenders and investors Provide technical support to the team on complex accounting issues and producing ad hoc technical accounting papers Monitor new and existing accounting and regulatory policies and standards to ensure compliance Lead on all technical group accounting areas such as intercompany, capitalisation of tech salaries, warrants, loans and share based payments Drive development of information flows and reporting as required, such as intercompany

✅ You’ll love this role if you…

Are a qualified accountant with 4+ years of post-qualification experience Have experience in audit and external reporting Possess strong technical accounting experience including good working knowledge of UK GAAP Are comfortable with multi-currency multi-national group consolidations Have experience with Netsuite (ideal but not essential) Excellent written and verbal communication skills Care about the detail - you’re methodical and precise and deliver to a consistently high standard Organised - you take a thoughtful approach to planning and prioritising your work Proactive - you take responsibility and initiative to get things done, are willing to roll up your sleeves get stuck in

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

🧭 Our ways of working

We do things a little bit differently. From inventing letterbox flowers to founding The Thoughtful Marketing Movement. We’re big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day:

Lead change for good: we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most

Think deeply, act swiftly: we make sure there’s thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas 

Care wildly: we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference

Stay open, be curious: we’re open about what we’re doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other

We really believe in the power of face-to-face connections - be that through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an after work social - and trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. Our working patterns are flexible and vary across the business, depending on the type of work, need for collaboration, and personal and wellbeing circumstances.  

🏡 Belonging @ Bloom & Wild Group

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers.  We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team.

🌟 (Some of) The good stuff

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day. 

🌻 Work that works for you 

- Flexible working : our core hours are 10-4, but outside of these hours you can start or finish your day when works best for you

- Work Abroad for up to 30 days each year 

- 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 that’s close to your heart

🌴 Time off

- 25 days’ holiday + your birthday and bank holidays each year

- Option to buy an extra 5 days’ holiday each year 

- Flexible bank holidays - trade a bank holiday for another day that fits your beliefs, values and celebration calendar

🌱 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 or virtual yoga every week

- Cycle to work scheme

- Electric car scheme

- Our office kitchen is stocked with drinks and snacks to keep you going

- Financial wellbeing support through Bippit

- Workplace pension contributions

🌳 Growth & Development

- A flexible training framework for every stage of your career development through our Bloom & Learn programme

- Access to the Goodhabitz learning platform

- 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

💐 Moments that matter

- Social & wellbeing monthly calendar

- Summer and End of Year events, team lunches and post-peak celebrations

- Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!