Scout Hiring for Finance Manager Job at London, England Full Time

About Scout

Scout is the on-demand, “plug and play” talent team of choice for the likes of TrueLayer, Pleo, Callsign, Multiverse, Moneybox, Beauty Pie and many other exciting startup businesses. We’re on a mission to democratise hiring for founder led start-ups, and give everyone a fair, equal and affordable opportunity to hire the best talent. Since our launch in late 2020, we’ve grown to a team of over 50+, saved clients over £5m in hiring costs, and we feature on FLEXA CAREERS Top 100 list of the most flexible companies in the world to work for. We’ve done all this in under 2 years, imagine what we can do over the next 5. Come join us on our journey!

About the role

You’ll be joining Scout to take ownership of all things finance, currently being managed by the CEO and COO. You’ll be an all-rounder, looking after all things finance related, from day-to-day tasks, to more strategic financial forecasting. You’ll be implementing new processes and improving existing ones, looking to create a streamlined and efficient finance function. You’ll be ensuring the accuracy of invoicing and accounting processes, providing financial information to senior leadership as well as a deep dive analysis of financial performance on an ongoing basis.

Aside from the hands-on management of the finance department, it’s important to us that you truly embed yourself into the culture of Scout, getting to know the wider team and building strong relationships.

This is a genuine and exciting opportunity to shape, define and lead our finance function here at Scout and have a genuine impact on a fast-growing business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Improving current processes and where necessary, implementing new processes/software in line with best practice

• Managing the day-to-day company financials

• Managing monthly payroll, end-to-end

• Managing accounts payable/receivable, and ensuring overdue invoices are chased and rectified promptly

• Financial forecasting – ensuring that budgets and forecasts are accurate and realistic and prepared in a timely manner with regular updates

• Generating month end/year end reports

• Liaising with our external accounting firm on day to day queries around payroll as well as yearly management accounts.

• Experience with multicurrency and intercompany accounts (specifically US entity experience desirable but not essential)

• Handling VAT returns, PAYE and Tax

• Contribute to the growth, and shaping of the scout business as we continue our journey to becoming a leading name in the embedded talent space.

About you:

We’re pretty open minded, but we think you’ll likely be able to show the following experience:

• Previous experience in a generalist Finance Manager role, in a lean finance team

• You’ll likely be qualified/part-qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

• Evidence of process implementation and improvement

• Previous experience working in a finance role in a start-up business, setting the function up from scratch.

• Experience using Xero (desirable)

• Super organised

• A need to ‘over communicate’

• Team Player – a ‘less me, more we’ attitude

• A proactive, positive mindset

Benefits

We’re still very young, but are already proud to be able to offer:

• Competitive salary

• 30 days Holiday (+ Your Birthday Off! )

• Enhanced Parental Leave

• Savings on nursery costs via TEDS.

• Free eye tests, and £50 towards your new glasses

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Deliveroo Fridays- Virtual lunch, and it’s on us!

• We’re a fully flexible business. You can choose from working at home or the office

• Expensed travel to client sites, UK & abroad

• Company Laptop

• Home Set Up budget (£500)

• Annual Wellbeing Budget (£500) to spend on the gym, Zumba or any other kind of sport or wellbeing initiatives

• Annual L&D budget (£500) to spend on your professional or personal growth & development

• Christmas Season working hours- weeks either side of Christmas

• Quarterly ‘Scoutstanding’ Award – You decide who in the team deserves a £500 treat for being awesome

• Scout Socials- we have regular meet ups- a mixture of in-person & virtual including awesome lunches, sports events, Putt shack, Bounce, Flight Club and so on…

Want to find out more about us? Check out our Public Playbook for a closer peek at our Culture, Values, and Perks.

We’re committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We actively encourage applications from everyone; regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

We also encourage people to apply for the above role, even if they don’t meet every single requirement.