Financial Controller - Growth to CFO

BLOSSHOLM - Financial ControllerRemote (Europe) • Full-Time • FinanceAbout BlossholmBlossholm is a Danish design brand based in Copenhagen. We design and sell premium portable lamps, mirrors, and objects for the home — direct to consumers across Europe and the US.We're a team of 20 people, with a management team of 4 across operations, finance, marketing, and product. The team is young — mostly in our twenties and thirties — paired with experienced individuals in key roles. It's a combination that gives us the energy of a startup with the ambition and experience to meet our expectations.We are a rapidly growing business that is developing new product categories and sophisticated systems across marketing, product development, supply chain and finance that will allow us to scale to our ambitions without losing the quality that defines the brand.The next 12 months are some of the most important in our trajectory, and we need the right people on the team to make it happen.What it's like to work hereWorking at Blossholm is demanding. We move fast, we push hard, and we hold ourselves to a high standard. It's not for everyone and that's deliberate. We're building a team with ambition, and the people who thrive here are the ones who want to be pushed, who care about the details, and who find energy in doing meaningful work at pace.You'll have ownership, exposure, and more impact than you'd get in most roles at this stage. There's a lot of opportunity at Blossholm for people who want to accelerate their careers and we actively invest in the people who show up with that mindset.The roleThis is a Financial Controller position with a clear path to CFO as the business grows. You'll sit between bookkeeping and our current CFO — owning the budget model including forecasts, and financial controls that keep the business moving in the right direction.You won't just be reporting numbers. You'll be in the detail — pulling sales data from Shopify, reviewing entries in our accounting system, building rolling forecasts, and finding opportunites for savings. Over time, you'll have the opportunity to shape the financial strategy of the brand.The first few months will be about understanding the business, cleaning up data, and building the models we need. From there, you'll systemise processes with the help of AI and make it yours.What you'll be working on:Budgets, KPIs, and rolling forecasts — improving and maintaining the financial model that drives our decisionsPulling Shopify sales data into the budget model alongside actuals — understanding the commercial performance of the business at a granular levelControlling bookkeeping accuracy — reclassifying miscoded entries, ensuring clean data, and working closely with our outsourced bookkeeperCost optimisation across the business: payment processing fees, subscriptions, conversion costs, and marginsInventory planning and demand forecasting — working with the operations team to align stock with growthReporting financial performance to the management team and founders in a way that drives action, not just informationWhat we're looking forEssentialA finance or accounting degree with professional exams completedStrong fundamentals in accounting and financial controlExperience in a post-graduate finance role — audit, graduate scheme, or in-house financeStrong pattern recognition in numbers — you spot what doesn't look right before anyone else doesComfortable doing the detailed, manual work before building the systems that automate itHigh integrity — this role has full visibility of the company's finances, and trust is everythingBased in EuropeFluent EnglishNice to haveExperience in e-commerce, consumer goods, or D2C brandsExperience, interest and an understanding of using AI in financeFamiliarity with Shopify or similar platformsDanish or another Scandinavian languageAs an individualWe're looking for someone early in their career who has the foundations locked in and is ready to build on them. You should be self-directed, hungry to learn, and comfortable taking ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do.This role starts hands-on and grows into something strategic. If you're the kind of person who wants to understand every line in the P&L before building a forecast on top of it, that's the mindset we're after.Blossholm rewards people who bring energy and initiative. If you're looking for a place where your effort directly shapes the trajectory of the business — and your own career — this is that kind of environment.GrowthWe're hiring this role with the long term in mind. As Blossholm grows, so does this position — the path from Financial Controller to CFO is real, and we'd rather develop someone into that role than replace it later.You'll work directly with the founder and the management team. You'll have visibility across every part of the business. And as the company scales into new categories and new markets, you'll be the person shaping how we finance that growth.What you getOwnership of the finance function at a fast-growing brand with serious ambitionsA direct line to the founders and management team — you'll be in the room for every major decisionA clear growth path from Financial Controller to CFORemote flexibility — based anywhere in EuropeThe chance to build systems and processes from scratch, not inherit someone else'sA team that cares deeply about what they're building — and the people they're building it with———Looking forward to hearing from you.