At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial planning, month-end close, and partner with teams to drive performance.
- Company: Join Zapp, London's top premium on-demand retail platform, disrupting the market since 2020.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, 25 days holiday, private health insurance, and flexible working.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for career growth and exposure to senior leadership.
- Why this job: Be part of a fast-growing company and make a real impact in finance.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with 2+ years experience and strong finance skills.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 £ per year.
- Senior Finance Manager
- About Zapp
Zapp is London's leading premium on-demand retail platform.
Founded in 2020, our vision is to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar on-demand retail market, currently dominated by major players, by developing best-in-class customer-centric technology and fulfilment solutions.
Zapp partners with some of the world's leading brands to deliver an exclusive range of hand-picked products 24/7, delivered in minutes.
Overview
This is a broad, hands-on role spanning financial planning, the month-end close and business partnering.
Working closely with Zapp’s finance leadership you will support all of Zapp’s financial planning activity, help deliver an accurate and timely close, and act as a finance partner to teams across the business.
You will also provide the actuals and analysis behind corporate activity, including fundraising, M&A, partnerships and key contract negotiations, so you will see every part of how Zapp’s finance function works.
Zapp is growing fast, and finance grows with it.
You’ll work in a high-calibre team with direct exposure to senior leadership.
Your remit will flex with the business, so there’s always room to take on more as we scale.
What You Will Do
- Financial planning and analysis
- Lead all financial planning activities, including the annual budget, quarterly reforecasts and the rolling cash forecast.
- Own parts of the three-statement model, keeping it accurate, up to date and linked to the latest actuals.
- Run variance analysis against budget and forecast, isolating the key drivers and translating them into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
- Management accounting and month end
- Support the month-end close, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations, to the Financial Controller’s timetable.
- Prepare and review the monthly management accounts and the commentary that explains performance.
- Help strengthen month-end processes and controls, shortening the close and improving accuracy.
- Business partnering
- Partner with teams across the business, including commercial, operations, marketing and product, to drive performance against profitability and EBITDA targets.
- Act as a trusted finance partner to department heads, aligning their budgets and plans with overall business objectives.
- Prepare and present clear, insightful reporting to senior leadership, surfacing the KPIs and financial metrics that matter.
- Corporate activity
- Provide the actuals and analysis that support the Principal, Finance (Head of Finance) on fundraising, M&A, partnerships and key contract negotiations.
- Support due diligence and data room preparation when transactions are live.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA), ideally audit trained, with 2+ years’ post-qualification experience.
- Entrepreneurial mindset - comfortable in a fast-moving environment, able to take responsibility from day one and work independently by following processes and own directions.
- Strong hands-on finance experience spanning FP&A and management accounting, gained in industry (retail or high-growth consumer experience a plus, but by no means essential).
- Has built and maintained financial models, including three-statement models.
- Has delivered month-end closes and management accounts.
- Commercially minded, comfortable turning analysis into recommendations on pricing, margin, growth and cost.
- Exposure to fundraising, M&A or corporate transactions is an advantage.
- Able to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
- Adaptable: comfortable stepping in anywhere in the function as priorities change.
- Advanced Excel; comfort working with large data sets (SQL / Big Query a plus). Xero experience is a plus.
- Discretion, sound judgement and integrity are non-negotiable.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- 25 days of holiday per year, plus all bank holidays.
- Private health insurance.
- Zapp Credit for testing the Zapp service and experience.
- Lunch provided 4 days a week at HQ.
- Extended sick pay and maternity/paternity leave pay.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Flexible/hybrid working arrangement.
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Senior Finance Manager employer: Zapp
Zapp is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Nine Elms, London, where innovation and growth are at the forefront. With a strong focus on employee development, competitive benefits including private health insurance and generous leave policies, Zapp fosters a culture of collaboration and high performance, making it an ideal place for those looking to make a significant impact in the convenience retail sector.
