Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller
Wolf & Badger is on a mission to make retail fair. Supporting our community of independent designers from around the globe, we connect customers with ethically sourced fashion, design, home, and beauty through our online marketplace and flagship stores in London, New York City, and Los Angeles.
We are a rapidly growing scale-up business, now entering an exciting new phase of growth, and are looking to expand our team of c.100 people currently between the UK and US.
We are a Certified B Corporation, with social and environmental purpose at the core of everything we do.
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior Finance Manager to join our thriving ecommerce marketplace team. You will lead financial planning, reporting, and analysis activities, ensuring robust financial controls while providing strategic insights to support business growth and decision-making. Working closely with our CFO, this role requires deep expertise in finance and accounting principles, exceptional analytical and management skills, and the ability to effectively communicate complex financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
This role is open to candidates within a commutable distance of Central London. Our team currently works hybrid 3+ days per week with an office based in Soho.
What You’ll Do:
Cash Flow & Financial Reporting
- Strategic Cash Flow & Liquidity Management: Lead treasury function by overseeing cash flow forecasting and ensuring sufficient liquidity to support operational requirements and strategic growth initiatives.
Tax & Compliance
- Compliance & Audit: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors; ensure group-wide adherence to IFRS/UK GAAP and robust internal controls.
- Tax Leadership: Oversee global tax workstreams, including UK Corporation Tax, VAT/GST in the US and EU, and R&D tax credit claims.
Financial Operations & Controls
- Internal Controls: Be a leader for the design, implementation, and continuous evolution of a robust internal control framework, embedding a culture of accountability and rigorous risk mitigation across all business functions.
- Financial Reporting Owner: Lead the end-to-end production of monthly management accounts and statutory financial statements for our global entities.
- Process Transformation: Design and implement scalable financial processes, automating where optimal, to support rapid business growth.
- People Manager: responsible for a direct report and controller of the outsource finance function.