Finance Manager

London, full time, hybrid work (3 days a week in the office). Salary between £55k - £60k

A Bit About Wonderbly
Wonderbly is the world’s leading personalised publishing company.  We conceive, design, promote, sell and make wonderful books for wonderful customers all over the world.  Our books are designed to instil a sense of boundless self-belief in the children that read them. We’ve sold over ten million books worldwide and we want to sell hundreds of millions more so we can encourage the next generation to be more curious, kind and courageous than any that has come before.

The Role of Finance Manager
Join our ambitious team as Finance Manager and play a pivotal role in driving change within the team and across the business! In this position, you'll be responsible for all things month end and work closely with our Finance Director to make the finance processes best in class. This is your chance to make an impact in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Wonderbly month end: Ownership of production of management accounts, working closely with the finance assistant and finance analyst. Overall responsibility of the process, which includes reviewing the team’s work, as well hands on ownership of sales tax, COGS and intangible assets. 

• Management reporting: Consolidate group accounts and assist with production of board reports.

• Payroll: Responsible for preparation of payroll, relevant taxes and all deadlines associated with them. 

• Global sales tax & VAT: Manage filings to all relevant tax authorities and subsequent payments/refunds. 

• Treasury management/FX: Manage cashflow, forecasting daily/weekly as is necessary in peak and non-peak seasons.  Responsible for oversight of payment runs, reserve accounts and credit cards, and therefore cash implications.

• Audit: Assist with the annual audit and manage the process. 

• Operational management: Monitor and manage the financial controls and systems within the business. 

• Ad Hoc: Support the FD and CFO on any ad hoc projects.
  

Key requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

• 2+ years experience working in a finance department, ideally E-commerce

• Consolidation and multi-stream revenue experience

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment

• Keen to drive improvements and comfortable implementing new processes 

• Strong Excel and data manipulation skills, as well as knowledge of Xero

• An excellent communicator, who works well in a collaborative environment

• A proactive problem solver   

• Have time management and organisational skills

Desired but not required:

• E-commerce experience

• Multi-country revenue experience

About us

Oh hi! We’re delighted that you’re interested in working with Wonderbly, the UK Children’s Publisher of the Year 2021.

Wonderbly is the world’s leading personalised publishing company. We conceive, design, promote, sell, and make wonderful books for wonderful customers all over the world.

Our mission is to make people feel extraordinarily special, and bring them closer to the people they love, through the power of personalised stories. So far we’ve shipped over 10 million books to over 150 countries. We’ve done this in just ten years, and we’re just getting started.

Getting personalised books to all those millions of customers requires a multidisciplinary team. Our wonderful people have experience across editorial design, research, production, software engineering, marketing, e-commerce, data analysis, print-on-demand manufacturing, shipping… the list goes on.

This means that Wonderbly is a collaborative and creative place to work, with lots of opportunities for growth and development across a broad range of skills.

We’re based in London, where we have a gorgeous, light-filled studio for working together. But like many digital-first companies, we have a hybrid operating model, with many colleagues working from home and further afoot some of the time.

Benefits at Wonderbly

Private Healthcare cover 

Five weeks remote working per year 

£500 budget for training on Learnably 

Mental Health support with Spill 

Subsidised gym membership with Nuffield Health 

Free breakfast daily (and a very well stocked fridge) 

Monthly lunch and learns with incredible speakers 

Weekly free yoga session 

Perkbox

Fantastic socials (next one is our summer party at Regents Park Open air theatre) 

Quarterly meeting with presentation, catered food and drink 

Our values

Wonderbly’s values were born from the three qualities at the heart of ‘Lost My Name’ - our original and best-selling personalised children’s book. These values are Courage, Curiosity and Kindness. And although they naturally have a child-friendly ring to them, these are deeply human values that we believe everyone should live by.

Courage means taking calculated risks and trying things that no one else would. It means setting audacious goals, seeing them through, and being willing to be wrong.

Curiosity means investing in learning, never losing sight of the ‘WHY’. Curiosity allows us to ask silly questions, explore our blind spots, and dip into other disciplines for inspiration.

Kindness is at the heart of our culture: it’s no coincidence that deep friendships form here every day. Kindness means making space for one another, inclusivity as standard, and clear, direct communication. It does not mean “good vibes only”: the kindest conversations are often the hardest.

Equal opportunities employer

Our team is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, disability, family structure, socio-economic status, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis (it's the law, but it's also just the right thing to do).

If you have a disability, caring duties, or any other additional needs that require consideration, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate them during the application process. 

To see more about our business and products, you can visit us at Wonderbly.com