Financial Planning & Analysis Assistant

Who we are:

 At Pasta Evangelists (PE), we deliver fresh pasta dishes of restaurant quality across the UK. We provide our customers with fresh, handmade pasta, the finest sauces & beautiful garnishes from Italy, inviting them to prepare a 5-star pasta dish in the comfort of their own home.

We deliver our product across three channels:

1) Meal kits through a digitally native DTC brand, www.pastaevangelists.com;

2) Takeaway meals through physical sites and dark kitchens including Harrods and Boxpark;

3) Retail products through online retailers including Ocado, Getir and Gorillas

Today, Pasta Evangelists is one of the fastest-growing food tech companies in the UK, having increased revenues by 30x in the past 3 years.

We have recently been acquired by Barilla, the biggest pasta company in the world. We continue to operate independently with the same start-up culture and energy, whilst benefiting from the backing of one of the largest food groups internationally.

Finance at Pasta Evangelists:

The finance team at PE is split into two main teams which are led by our CFO, however we collaborate together as a function and work closely with others across the company:

Financial Control & Compliance- this team runs all things financial reporting, including weekly KPI reports, compilation of month end reporting, payroll, accounts payable and receivable.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)- this team partners with the business and manages our budgeting/forecasting process for the company, together with regular analysis of financial performance.

The FP&A assistant we are recruiting for sits in our FP&A team and will have specific focus on our high growth takeaway business. This is a great role for someone what wants to move into a more commercial and analytical role within finance.  

The main tasks are:

A: Financial Control

The role will incorporate elements of financial control and management accounting so that we can provide timely profit and loss (P&L) accounts to all sites on a weekly and monthly basis. These include:

• Oversee Daily Cash Reconciliations of POS operated sites.
• Maintenance of prices and recipes on our inventory system.
• Manage rental and utilities agreements with all sites.
• Weekly sign off on labour scheduling per site.
• Support on our month-end close process.

B: Financial and Commercial Analysis

Key to this role is analysing our weekly site P&L and recommending improvements to the team leaders. Note that this will involve some site visits. Areas of analysis and improvement includes:

• Like-for-like sales.
• Discount strategy.
• Refunds and clawbacks.
• Food and packaging margins
• Wastage costs.
• Labour costs.

C: Forecasting

As a growing business, we do quarterly re-forecasts. In addition to this we do profitability models of all prospective sites. This person will be supporting the team in building these models.

Who you are:

•  Part qualified or Accountancy & Finance Graduate
• Previous hospitality industry experience skills are key
• Strong Excel skills
• A strong emphasis on accuracy and quality
• Ability to multitask and to coordinate a series of different jobs concurrently
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• Competent oral and written communication skills, with ability to evaluate queries and advise the teams in a timely and professional manner
• Previous use of Xero and Centegra preferable

What we can offer:

• Competitive salary + a meaningful equity package with significant upside potential
• Join a dynamic, fast-moving & diverse team in a vibrant Central London working office
• Regular team socials and pasta tastings, as well as occasional trips to ‘il bel paese’
• Free Pasta Evangelists products
• Italian lessons; discounted gym membership; cycle to work scheme etc.
• 25 days of paid annual leave (plus bank holidays)