Finance Analyst

Remote role based in Manchester, UK

Role Overview 🚀

Are you an aspiring finance professional eager to kickstart your career in a vibrant and fast-paced environment? If you're passionate about gaining hands-on experience in finance and accounting within the industry, our Finance Analyst role at Uncapped is the perfect opportunity for you!

Join our Finance Team and contribute to the heart of our operations. This role is designed for individuals who are keen to develop their finance skills and support the management of accounting and cash operations. As a Finance Analyst, you will assist with the preparation of management accounts, and financial operations, and play a supportive role in audits and reporting. You'll be instrumental in enhancing our finance function, contributing to the success of a high-growth international startup.

About Uncapped 👫

Founded in 2019, Uncapped is the fastest, most affordable way for growing online businesses to fund marketing and inventory. The company was born out of frustration with the limited financing options available for UK and European entrepreneurs to finance growth.

Uncapped provides working capital loans to brands and retailers around the world, doing between $10m and $100m in turnover.

Uncapped has raised VC funding from most notable investors including Lakestar, Mouro Capital, Global Founders Capital, White Star Capital, Seedcamp, and All Iron Ventures.

What you will do ✍️

• Assist in preparing management accounts for all group entities, ensuring accuracy and adherence to accounting standards;
• Support key financial operations, including cash and balance sheet reconciliations, accounts payable, payroll, ERS, VAT, and other relevant global taxes;
• Contribute to statutory and other audits, offering support across multiple entities;
• Assist in the reporting for our SPV entity and liaise with capital providers as needed;
• Help maintain documentation for accounting policies, transfer pricing policy, and related items;
• Aid in resolving issues and promote controls and process improvements, utilising data and automation where feasible;
• Collaborate with the business to enhance understanding of financial actuals and variance analysis to budget.

Requirements

Who you are 👀

• Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) eager to grow your career;
• Experience working in a top accountancy firm or in a high growth company (Fintech would be a plus!);
• Familiarity with accounting principles and comfortable with the basics of financial accounting, ideally previous exposure to financial instruments;
• Experience with accounting software and tools such as Xero, Quickbooks, Netsuite, Dext, Pleo, GoCardless;
• Proficient in Excel / GSheets, comfortable with managing data sets and formulas;
• A motivated individual with a keen eye for detail, who thrives in a startup environment;
• Able to work well both in a team and independently;
• Interest in SQL or willingness to learn new skills and self-develop.

Benefits

What we offer 🎁

At Uncapped, our people make us successful. We are a start-up with big goals, and we work hard, so we want to give everyone the benefits they really want. We are continually adding to this list as new people join -- here are some of the things you can expect:

• Unlimited holiday: we believe that well-rested and happy people make the best employees
• Competitive compensation plan
• Personal growth fund: Raise your game from great to spectacular
• Monthly recognition and awards: Celebrate wins big and small
• The opportunity to make a big impact every day on the lives of European and US entrepreneurs.
• Optional workspaces in Warsaw, London and Atlanta