The Finance Manager will oversee month-end processes, manage accounts payable and payroll, produce financial reports, ensure compliance, and support financial planning.
Whereabouts: We are fully-remote, global and hours agnostic. Please be aware that everyone in the Finance and Operations team is based in Europe. This means you will generally need to have at least 5 hours of work cross-over with CET and GMT. Read more about our approach to Remote working here.
Interviews: Around 4 hours over a few weeks, including some paid practical work
Salary: Starting at £40,000 globally
Reporting to: Head of Finance & Operations
Ask us anything: [email protected]
✨ What Whereby is all about
Our Vision: A world in which anywhere works
Our Mission: Empower telehealth and other businesses to connect seamlessly through video calling, enabling them to unlock their full potential.
📍 Our global HQ is in Norway, but our users (and team) are worldwide - Whereby has been used in nearly every country in the world by millions of people. 🌏
To succeed in this role, you will need to be a highly skilled communicator, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate remotely with our global team.
Benefits include unlimited holiday, flexible, remote working setup, home office budget, enhanced parental leave and more.
🌎 We believe in everyone
We fundamentally believe talent is distributed to all of us in equal measure. We open our doors (physical or URL) to everyone and we see our differences as a strength; it’s this philosophy that drives us towards our mission.
This means we see your unique history as having value money cannot buy; we believe in the strength of every intersection of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity.
🔍 What we're looking for
We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to provide maternity cover, supporting the full spectrum of Finance and Operations activities at Whereby, including overseeing month-end processes, managing AP and providing additional support on projects. This role covers all areas of finance, and as an integral part of our team you’ll also have the opportunity to expand your skill set beyond your core responsibilities to explore other areas of finance and operations through diverse projects and cross-departmental collaborations.
The ideal candidate will be hard working, ambitious and willing to learn with a fine eye for detail, consistently producing high quality work. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, but highly skilled team and develop your career in a fast-growing business.
⚒️ Key Responsibilities
- Bookkeeping and Accounting
- Ownership of the entire month end process ensuring closure in a timely manner, including booking of transactions and journals, as well as preparation of monthly management accounts including balance sheet reconciliations for multiple entities
- Creation and delivery of financial reporting including investor reporting
- Identify and implement process improvements, continuously enhancing operational efficiency
- Finance Operations
- Ownership of the Accounts Payable function, ensuring efficient cash flow and effective treasury management
- Management of the monthly payroll process for multiple entities
- Oversee and manage the Accounts Receivable function, ensuring accurate collection, and reconciliation of payments
- Audit, VAT and Compliance
- Liaise with external auditor and external accounts support staff for the timely completion of annual audit and approval of financial statements, including acting as the primary point for contact for audit queries
- Preparation of periodic VAT returns ensuring compliance with regulations
- Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations and standards
- Forecasting and Analytics
- Ownership of cost control initiatives such as monthly variance analysis to identify trends and opportunities for efficiency improvements to support strategic decision making
- Assist the Finance & Operations Lead in analysis, business planning and forecasting
- Collaborate with other teams to support financial planning and budgeting processes
Your previous experience
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in accounting or finance
- Fully or partially qualified accountant
- Solid understanding of accounting principles and IFRS
- Experienced in using accounting software (Xero preferred)
- Excellent Excel/Google Sheets skills (vlookups, pivot tables, charts, querys etc)
- Experience in a dynamic environment of startups/scale ups in the B2B/SaaS sector is a plus
Skills & Competencies
- Independent problem-solver who thrives in collaborative environments
- Proactive self starter with ambition to learn and grow and a passion for continuous learning
- Excellent communication skills with ability to work collaboratively across the wider team
- Organised and detail-oriented with consistent delivery of high-quality work
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
You've read all this way... you may as well apply! 🙌
If you have any more questions, take a peek at our Recruitment FAQ on Notion or drop us an email to [email protected]. You can always read more about Whereby here on our open handbook.
Background checking: We perform background checks on certain roles. For more information about how and why we carry out background checks, this document is a great starting point. For anything further, please email [email protected] or your Talent Partner. Whereby’s background checks will be carried out by Zinc.
Top Skills
Excel
Google Sheets
Xero
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