Management Accountant – Northern Europe

📣 A bit about the role.

At Butternut Box, we are on a mission to deliver health and happiness to dogs everywhere. As we continue our rapid international expansion we are seeking a commercially-minded Management Accountant to join our high performing Finance team, taking full ownership of the accounting and reporting for our Northern European markets. Initially you will be focused on the Netherlands and Belgium but you will be embedded in our upcoming Nordics launch, helping drive the financial setup and strategy to ensure its success. Once live, these markets will become a permanent part of your remit, giving you full financial ownership as our Northern European footprint expands.

Reporting into the Group Head of Finance, this is a pivotal role that balances technical financial control with active business partnering, providing a comprehensive view of regional performance. You will own your regions from a financial perspective and play a visible, hands-on role in the commercial success of our European operations through the delivery of precise numbers, actionable insights and proactive support.

This role is ideally suited to a qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) making their first move from practice into a commercial environment, or someone with strong industry experience ideally gained within a product-led industry.

🔎 A bit more detail

Key Responsibilities -

Financial Ownership & Reporting

• Lead the end-to-end month-end process for the Benelux and Nordic regions, ensuring the accuracy and timely delivery of management accounts.
• Own and report a periodic balance sheet with robust reconciliation and insightful commentary.
• Direct the weekly payment run process and maintain excellent ledger hygiene, ensuring our financial foundations are scalable for rapid growth.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external tax and accounting advisors, navigating multiple European jurisdictions to ensure seamless, on-time filings and total compliance.
• Proactively identify and implement best-in-class control improvements, streamlining the month-end cycle to boost data integrity and reporting speed.

Business Partnering & Commercial Analysis

• Act as the dedicated finance partner for Regional Leads in Northern Europe, translating complex financial data into a clear, commercial narrative that drives decision-making.
• Provide detailed and commercially insightful commentary on performance against budget, identifying key drivers and potential risks or opportunities.
• Partner with department heads to support in budget and forecasting activities, collaborating with our FP&A team
• Work with the wider finance team to develop and track regional KPIs that support sustainable growth in these territories.
• Identify, quantify and help deliver on LTV improvement, profitability enhancement and working capital optimisation initiatives.
• Play a key role in the planning and execution of further expansionary efforts across the Northern European region, ensuring our financial model scales seamlessly into new territories.

👋 A bit about you.

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified. Finalists will be considered with relevant experience.
• Highly curious and ambitious individual who naturally strives for better every day and wants to grow alongside a scaling business.
• Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, busy growth environment and enjoys the challenge of evolving processes on the go.
• A love of Dogs is essential!
• Experience:
  • Background in a fast-paced practice environment or a similar multi-entity industry role.
  • Must be a highly competent MS Excel user (Advanced formulas, Pivot tables, and data manipulation). SAP/SAP Business1 experience would be a plus
  • Proven ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with stakeholders outside of the finance function.
  • While English is our primary business language, European language skills especially Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish would be highly advantageous

📢 Our interview process:

• Application review
• Skills interview (60 minutes): In-person interview with our Group Head of Finance, who will want to learn more about you, your skills and how they align to the requirements of our role.
• Commercial interview: This will be a remote interview with the regional P&L director and one of our FP&A team, testing your commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Behaviours interview (45 minutes): In person interview in our office in White City where you will meet with our CFO, who will be assessing your alignment to the behaviours required to be successful in this role.

ℹ️ Logistics:

• This team works 3 days per week from our West London office (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday), and 2 days from home. This is non-negotiable so please only apply if you’re within a reasonable commute of London.
• We reserve the right to close the position if we receive a lot of applications. We’re a small recruitment team so do bear with us - we aim to respond to all applicants personally.
• We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
• We are not looking for recruitment agency support for this role.

 

 

🐶 A bit about us. 

At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions. #LI-Hybrid

As a B-Corp certified company; you can be sure you are joining a sustainable company who care about our people, product and our impact on the environment.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us. 

 🙌 A bit about what we offer.

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and an additional day for every year of service 
• 5 paid 'paws' days per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget 
• Butternut Box employee discount 
• Enhanced parental leave (52 weeks’ maternity leave inclusive of 26 weeks fully paid and 6 weeks fully paid paternity/secondary leave)
• Best office ever
• Cycle to work scheme
• Pension with NEST
• Private Medical Insurance with Axa
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss
• Paid sabbaticals for squad members with 5 or more years at Butternut
• Discounted gym access through MyGymDiscounts
• Lots of office dogs (Chief, Basil, Jammy, Peggy, Pip, Winnie and many more….)

❗️A few things to note: 

• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.

#LI-Hybrid