Job Details
- Full time, flexible
- Company Share Options
- Hybrid working
- Location: Bristol
- Applications close as soon as desired applicant found
- Start time: Flexible
- Salary: £45k-£52k
Overview
We’re looking for an exceptional and ambitious Financial Controller to join Temple at a critical time of growth. You will be joining early in the business’s growth phase and have the task of building a structure around you. Whilst you will need to especially be hands-on in the early months (working with our in-house accountant/bookkeeper and accounting partner Harwood Hutton), you will be laying the foundations to create strong controls and cash forecasting processes, as both costs and sales ramp up and we scale the business.
After the foundations have been put in place, you will spend a significant proportion of your time using market leading data analytical tools to support the management team with commercial reporting and insight, building a strategy to enhance the business progress and improve financial efficiencies. Along with year-end duties, you will help set annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, with key input into the design of monthly management reports. Joining the company at these early stages of growth will give you a unique opportunity to contribute significantly to the success of Temple Cycles. As the company grows and becomes much more established, we see this role as having the potential to develop into a FD position.
The Company
As societies transition to green modes of transport, bikes will be a big part of the future. Temple is a UK based designer and maker producing a range of high quality bikes and electric bikes. Founded in 2015, Temple has been growing year on year, with the mission to become an iconic and global bicycle brand with an emphasis on sustainability, timeless products, and encouraging more and more people to find the joys of cycling.
The Role
We’re looking for someone exceptionally talented to join our team who is determined to help the company excel, taking things to the next level. You will need both time and commitment, and the energy and enthusiasm to be hands-on in leading the drive for establishing robust financial systems, controls and efficiencies. We are looking for someone who is laser-focused on improving the business and adding exceptional value.
We’re seeking to work with someone who is creative, innovative and entrepreneurial in their approach.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the company Founder, COO, Accounting partners and in-house accountant/bookkeeper as we grow the business and gear up for a Series A fundraising, ensuring we’re on track to meet our business goals
- Building robust systems and processes to aid the companies growth and forecasting
- Clear and concise reporting to aid top-level business decision making
- Constant analysis on the company’s financial activities, always looking for improvements and carrying out change
- Year-end duties
Requirements
Our ideal candidate will have the ambition and drive to grow a purpose driven business, constantly looking for improvements and efficiencies, and be excited to work for a company such as Temple. The role will suit someone who is looking for a high-paced and exciting work environment where the whole team works on a common mission. They need to be a self-starter when it comes to planning and implementing.
- Business savvy, innovative and commercially driven
- CCAB qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar)
- Wide range of industry experience gained in practice within the industry, or purely from industry
- Rigorous financial modelling skills to assist with business planning
- A very good knowledge of accounting standards, tax, and VAT legislation
- Good IT skills for manipulation of data, and presenting to both internal and external parties
- A self-starter who gets projects delivered efficiently, even without perfect resources or a large team to rely on
- Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
Perks and Benefits
Temple Cycles is a growing community of excellent staff who work together to deliver products and services at the cutting edge of the cycling industry. We are passionate and enthusiastic about Temple Cycles as a brand, the products, and the working environment is rich with opportunity, learning from experts and developing talents alongside company growth.
We offer our staff a range of excellent benefits on top of an amazing work environment including, but not limited to:
- Company Share Options
- Hybrid working
- Discount on a Temple bike and an internal cycle-to-work scheme
- Family and friends discount on Temple bikes
- Professional growth opportunities and a comprehensive professional growth programme
Selection Process
We will contact successful applicants to arrange an introductory phone call to discuss the opportunity. We will then have a maximum of two in-depth interviews. A presentation may be part of the process in some cases. If you have any questions, please email them to careers@templecycles.com
Application
Please send a covering letter and CV to careers@templecycles.com
