Management Accountant (maternity cover) at Something & Nothing in London, United Kingdom
- Company: Something & Nothing
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Posted: Sep 20, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: £40k-45k per annum, pro rata
- Experience: 4+ years
Overview
A company for the curious Something & Nothing is disrupting the global soda category with a range of award-winning premium sodas made for the modern, conscious consumer. Our drinks are sold across the US, UK and Europe, and can be found in some of the world’s best retailers, hotels, cafes and restau…
Job description
- A company for the curious
- Something & Nothing is disrupting the global soda category with a range of award-winning premium sodas made for the modern, conscious consumer. Our drinks are sold across the US, UK and Europe, and can be found in some of the world’s best retailers, hotels, cafes and restaurants.
- We're looking for a hands-on Management Accountant to cover a period of maternity leave. This is a broad, ownership-heavy role in a fast-moving, startup environment - you'll be the day-to-day engine of the finance function, keeping our numbers accurate, our reporting sharp, and our cash carefully managed.
- You'll thrive here if you're comfortable operating with autonomy, rolling up your sleeves, and moving quickly without losing rigour. You'll work closely with the wider finance and leadership team and have real influence over how we understand and grow the business.
Responsibilities
- Month-end & financial reporting — Own the month-end close process end to end, including journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations, delivering accurate management accounts to a tight timetable.
- Contribute to preparation of monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet and cashflow)
- Year End – Preparation of year end accounts in line with statutory and regulatory reporting requirements
- Financial control — Maintain robust financial controls and reconciliations across the ledgers, ensuring the integrity of the balance sheet.
- Manage the day-to-day bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable, and banking within Xero.
- Cashflow management — Contribute to cashflow forecasting and reporting, monitoring working capital, runway and liquidity, and flagging risks and opportunities early.
- Manage payment runs, supplier relationships and credit control to keep cash moving efficiently.
- Business partnering — Support budgeting, forecasting and business partnering, providing the numbers and analysis leadership needs to make decisions.
- Compliance — Assist with VAT returns and US sales tax returns, payroll inputs and year-end audit preparation, liaising with external accountants and auditors as needed.
- Process improvement — Continuously improve finance processes, controls and reporting as the business scales.
Requirements
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.
- Proven experience in a startup or high-growth environment, comfortable with ambiguity, pace and wearing multiple hats.
- Strong, demonstrable knowledge across financial control, financial reporting and cashflow management.
- Hands-on proficiency with Xero (essential).
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence handling and interrogating data.
- Excellent attention to detail, well organised, and able to manage your own workload and deadlines while working remotely.
- A proactive, commercially-minded communicator who can translate numbers into insight for non-finance colleagues.
- Experience in FMCG, food & beverage or a physical-product business.
- Exposure to inventory accounting and multi-channel (DTC + wholesale/retail) reporting, including USA sales tax reporting
- Familiarity with tools that integrate with Xero (e.g. inventory, expense or payments platforms).
Skills
Required
- Xero (essential)
- Advanced Excel
- Financial control
- Financial reporting
- Cashflow management
- Attention to detail
- Organisation
- Remote work and deadline management
- Communication
- Commercial mindset
Preferred
- Inventory accounting
- USA sales tax reporting
Benefits
- 12 months Full-time employment at a fully remote organisation with a friendly ambitious team.
- A genuinely broad, autonomous role with real ownership of the finance function.
- The chance to make a tangible impact building an exciting, emerging DTC brand during a key period.
- Remote based role with 1-4 days per month in-person, in London (travel + co-work space expenses paid)
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Monthly phone allowance
- Monthly work-from-home allowance
- Cycle to Work Scheme eligibility
- Holidays: 25 (plus bank holidays)
- Rejuvenation Days: 4 (one per quarter)
- Co-working access
- All the premium soda you can drink
About Something & Nothing
How we work: read this first We are not a traditional company, and this is not a traditional role. We believe structured hierarchies stifle creativity and curiosity, and both are critical to how this business succeeds. So we do not have one. In place of a formal hierarchy we have an open culture. In practice that means everyone is accountable to the company rather than to a manager. Even though you report to the CFO you will not have a manager. You will have full autonomy and authority to deliver your responsibilities, and decisions get made quickly. Your role is defined by your responsibilities rather than by a title, and those responsibilities link directly to the vision, purpose and strategic goals of the business. You will be able to see everyone else's responsibilities too, so you can see how the whole thing joins up. No one has a job title, because titles limit the scope of what we might need you to do, and both the world and this business move too fast for that. Roles here evolve. We set a high standard. When you push boundaries in pursuit of amazing work, everyone messes up sometimes, and it would be weird if we did not. We take risks, we are accountable for our mistakes, and we learn from them. To help everyone improve we give and receive honest feedback, because we see it as a skill everyone benefits from. We build trust by caring about each other, being clear about our values, and being good at what we do. We are curious, so we ask questions and we listen. This suits people who want real ownership and dislike being managed. It suits people less well if they want a defined career ladder and a title to go with it. Both are reasonable things to want, and we would rather be clear up front. We are curious We accept we don't know it all. We explore, and we're excited to discover. We treat inward-facing curiosity as the spotlight for personal growth. We act with courage We challenge the norms. We may fail, we will learn, and we go again. We embrace change We adapt constantly, to ourselves and to our environment. We think abundantly (there are always many options) rather than scarcely. We consume consciously Everything is finite. We are rigorous about using our resources efficiently.