Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we’re a friendly bunch!

We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Powered by data and a love of food, we’re a recipe box company that’s disrupting the sector, and we’re passionate about our diverse team and our customers.

All of our people are responsible for the success of Gousto, and we’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment for all to thrive. Our guiding values - Dream, Deliver and Care - show our commitment to innovation, our ambition to hit goals at speed, and our deep respect for the people we work with.

Location: Hybrid, London office presence required 

We have an exciting opportunity in the form of a Commercial Finance Analyst in the Commercial Finance team! Reporting into the Finance Manager (Choice Tribe) you will be responsible for partnering the Buying, Packaging & Recipe Development teams within the Choice Tribe here at Gousto!  

Our Choice tribe is at the heart of everything at Gousto ensuring a wide range of recipes are on the menu each and every week. From designing our delicious recipes to create a delectably varied menu to procuring all the high quality ingredients, the team has a crucial role and Finance is a key part of this.

Core Responsibilities 

• Own weekly reporting processes, including providing analysis into key performance drivers to support timely management decisions.
• Own the month end and monthly performance processes, ensuring accurate recognition, reporting and understanding of financials.
• Support monthly re-forecasting, collaborating with and challenging key business partners to ensure delivery of commitments.
• Business partner the Buying & Packaging teams to advise, challenge and identify opportunities for performance improvement.
• Manage the continuous improvement of existing financial models, dashboards and templates to ensure efficient and timely insights to support analysis.
• Own the process for setting recipe targets, identifying cost opportunities, whilst balancing non-financial metrics, and holding business partners accountable.
• Support financialisation of key Choice proposition business cases, working collaboratively on cross-functional projects and briefs. 

Who You Are: 

• Studying towards or qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA
• Successful, proven experience in a similar Commercial Finance role
• Strong Excel and/or GSuite skills
• Data savvy, experience with or interested to learn SQL basics
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset, which supports you in prioritising your work, as well as prioritising what’s right for our customers
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to succinctly summarise complex financial information in an easy-to-understand manner for stakeholders of any level / function.
• Drive for development, with guidance from others. You’re self-aware and looking to learn and grow. 
• Curious and proactive. We seek to understand problems deeply and are proactive and fast in anticipating future needs (business and customers). Speed and clarity matter!
• Tremendously ambitious: Think big. The opportunity is what you decide to make it. We want brave individuals who question “how can we?” and inspire the rest of the business to do the same

Benefits

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Equal Opportunities 

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner!

Whether it is creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation. At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner. 

If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

If you like what you’ve read about Gousto and want to find out more please click I’m interested below to apply!

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