Management Accountant

Vollzeit
Berlin, Germany
vor 8 Monate

We're thrilled to be bringing our fresh dog food to Germany. We are looking for a Management Accountant to join us at this exciting part of our journey, building our brand presence and sharing the benefits of fresh food with pet parents across Germany. You’ll play a pivotal role transforming our proven mission and brand into a household name for dog owners across the nation.

📣  A bit about the role.  

We're thrilled to be bringing our fresh dog food to Germany. We are looking for a Management Accountant to join us at this exciting part of our journey, building our brand presence and sharing the benefits of fresh food with pet parents across Germany. You’ll play a pivotal role transforming our proven mission and brand into a household name for dog owners across the nation.

In this role, you will be working closely with the Company’s top management as well as with the international Finance team, being responsible for key accounting and reporting activities, with a focus on a robust control environment that allows us to scale sustainably on the German market.

This role will report to our Head of Finance Europe but it will work closely with a wider range of stakeholders across the business. The role will be seated in Berlin, with a possibility of occasional travels to the UK, the Netherlands or Poland.

🌱 In this role you can expect to:

  • Take responsibility for production of period end GER mgmt accounts
  • Control the local entity balance sheet (including stock reconciliations)
  • Initially process transactions (i.e. posting journal entries to the accounting system)
  • Liaise with external advisors to ensure statutory compliance
  • Implement local financial controls & processes
  • Sign off local payroll monthly alongside CM & local People manager
  • Sign off weekly payruns to be approved & paid centrally
  • Take the role of a Business partner to Country Manager and support FP&A with budgets & reforecasts:
    • Deliver ad-hoc commercial analyses based on current needs;
    • Conduct the Core Finance role in GER PBRs;
    • Be ready to identify, present and track the key risks & opportunities

👋  A bit about you. 

  • Qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent (incl. in progress)
  • 5 years of audit and/or Finance Business Partnering role
  • Experience with D2C and/or subscription sales is a nice-to-have
  • SAP/SAP B1 experience desirable
  • You are self-sufficient and independent, pay attention to details
  • You are passionate about start-ups and obsessed with dogs, just like us!
  • You are fluent in German and English.

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions.

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company that cares about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

  • 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
  • 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
  • €500 personal learning & development budget 
  • Butternut Box employee discount 
  • Enhanced parental leave

❗️A few things to note: 

  • Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
  • As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.