Financial Controller
- Recruiter
- FLOWN
- Location
-
London
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 11 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 11 Mar 2021
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
About FlownEven before COVID, working in open–plan offices full of distractions was not the best environment for producing our best work. Studies show that our best productivity and creativity comes when you get a chance to do 'deep work' – uninterrupted focused time working on something significant. Post–COVID, the need for places to work ergonomically away from your office – either as an individual or as a team – is even greater. FLOWN is the first global brand seeking to provide the ideal physical and mental spaces for us to think and work more creatively and productively.FLOWN will offer a marketplace of spaces suitable for individuals or teams to get away from their day–to–day to concentrate, contemplate or collaborate. We'll offer not only physical spaces – think Airbnb for Work – but mental spaces through our app and online services. Available to individuals and companies as a subscription, to be offered as an accompaniment or replacement to traditional office rental.FLOWN is led by successful serial entrepreneur, Alicia Navarro, founder of Skimlinks (acquired by Connexity April 2020), and backed well–known entrepreneurs and angels such as Greg Marsh (OneFineStay), Taavet Hinrikus (Transferwise), Tom Allason (Shutl). FLOWN is seeking to create social impact by democratisating access to the kind of spaces that can best unleash our human potential, so we can not only solve real global problems but also live more meaningful lives.About The RoleFLOWN is looking for a Financial Controller to manage the company's accounting and reporting functions, as well as our member and host payments.We're looking for someone who is very analytical and able to report on data, and draw insights. Equally we are looking for someone who has recent and hands–on experience in manually managing high–volume payments for an early–stage business.This is a great opportunity to join a founding team, help set–up a finance function from scratch, and in time, lead this finance function.ResponsibilitiesHere's some of things you'll be responsible for Managing the accounting and bookkeeping process, working closely with our external accountants where necessary, and/or bringing things in–house where it makes sense to. Working with our Operations and Tech teams to optimise our payments tools and processes. Owning the host payments process, making sure hosts receive the accurate and timely proceeds of their bookings, and that our processes scale as the company grows. Owning our solution for member payments and credits, ensuring our members have a positive experience when signing up to FLOWN, and booking properties. Being the point of contact to resolve any payment issues or modification requests from our members or hosts. This will likely involving speaking directly with users, troubleshooting issues, updating support tickets where necessary, and putting plans in place to avoid future issues from occurring. Maintaining the company's financial forecast model and reporting regularly on cashflow and expenditure. Partnering with key stakeholders across the company to ensure that the modelling assumptions are reasonable and current. Producing reports and providing insights that inform the company on key metrics such cost per property acquisition, return on investment per property, average booking value, member LTV etc. Providing recommendations on how to leverage or optimise these metrics. Applying for R&D tax credits and other innovation grants. Supporting on strategic tasks related to VAT, international set–up, and fundraising (with support from advisors where required) RequirementsWe think you'll need the following experience or qualifications in order to succeed in the role Minimum one years' experience in setting up and handling a high volume of complex payments/billings. Experience using and setting up Xero and Stripe to handle high–volume payments. In particular you will feel comfortable setting up automations and integrations. Accounting and analytic experience gained in a fast moving environment. Good understanding of business metrics and analysis. Ideally you'll have had some experience using an analytics platform. Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics or a scientific discipline. Strong analytic ability and proficiency in Excel/GoogleSheets, knowledge of SQL and/or Python is a plus. In addition, here are the core attributes we think you'll need to succeed in the role Clear and collaborative communicator – you understand that your financial insights enable management to understand what's working and what needs to change. You actively solicit information to improve your understanding, and are able to produce reports and recommendations that are easily understood. You engage well with teams when expressing your views and optimising processes. Organised, resilient, with a high attention of detail – you thrive in a fast–paced team, prioritise a busy workload, juggle multiple tasks, and work to quick–turnaround deadlines. You are unfazed when there's a lot on your plate, things are ambiguous, or curveballs are thrown your way. You are meticulous in everything you do. You understand that getting a payment wrong could disappoint a FLOWN user and negatively impact our brand. You care about getting it right, and can do this quickly and passionately. Analytical – you gather and consider information and use this to inform your decisions. You are comfortable manipulating and presenting data in a way that has meaning for non–financial team members. Operational with a scale–mindset – you are comfortable handling tasks manually, and you know when to automate or optimise a function to enable scale. You can design flexible and simple processes to achieve this. Curious and passionate – you actively seek to learn new skills, trends and tools, and brings these to the table. You are passionate about FLOWN's mission and are keen to develop the company's financial planning & analysis capabilities. BenefitsWe want to practice what we preach, and build a company and team that works creatively and productively. Here are some of the benefits you'll gain from this role Scope and influence – you're joining the founding team and will be involved in shaping our product, what we do, and how we work. A focus on deep work – we exist to support deep work among our members, so we support our staff in developing their own distraction–free deep work practice. A strong team – we are led by a proven CEO & Founder, and the rest of the team is equally highly experienced. We also have a high–calibre of investors with a good amount of runway. Fully dispersed, flexible working – we are a remote–first company, and we've got lots of perks, tools and processes to make sure that works for everyone. We encourage individuals to establish working hours that enable them to work as productively as possible, and we understand that everyone needs a work/life balance. Team socials – we get together regularly to collaborate and have fun. We also embed virtual activities and other surprises into our working days.
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