Senior I.T Manager

• Description
• Join Zepz: Breaking Down Borders, Together

At Zepz, we're all about breaking down barriers for our customers and our teammates.

Our purpose is deeply personal, we provide a lifeline and deliver opportunities to cross-border communities that need it most through cutting edge finance and tech.

Zepz is the power behind World Remit and Sendwave, driven by the mission to celebrate the incredible impact migrants have, both at home and abroad.

We're not just moving money; we're building a world that truly recognizes and supports global connections.

Who You'll Be Joining We look for mission-driven builders who thrive in a fast-paced environment connected to a true purpose.

We’re an always developing team of experts that enjoy problem solving and bring clarity to tough challenges.

At Zepz, we are Relentless Learners, always seeking feedback, and

Responsible Owners, treating company resources like our own. We depend on Transparent Communicators who keep the team aligned through open, honest talk.

• Our Core Commitments
• — What We Live By

Our vibrant and truly diverse culture is built on three core commitments, that guide how we work and interact:

• Integrity: We always do the right thing. It’s simple, but it’s the foundation of everything we build for our customers and each other.
• Outcomes: We work for our customers. Their success and prosperity are the results we focus on delivering.
• Velocity: We are fast! We maintain high energy levels and make smart decisions quickly, keeping us nimble and ahead of the curve.

Perks of Joining Our Team

We believe in empowering colleagues because we genuinely trust our team.

Our culture is founded on this high trust, which naturally encourages the high ownership that drives us to meet our shared high expectations and deliver high performance.

While we have all the tools to work remotely, we value the purpose and benefits of in-person connections so we expect our teams to come to the office on a regular basis, and therefore be within a comfortable commutable distance from our

London office .

Alongside a great office environment, think unlimited annual leave , great healthcare benefits, and employee discounts.

We want you to thrive and focus entirely on making your biggest impact!

In turn, we expect you to bring high ownership and commitment to your work.

This is a place where we value trust and high performance, and we'll provide the environment and support needed for you to excel

About the role

This is an on-site role based in London and reporting into the VP of Security, Infrastructure, and Corp IT.

You will be the Operational Manager for our Corporate IT platforms that are globally distributed and utilized.

You will be responsible for building, running and managing a distributed team of IT engineers to ensure operational best practices are applied across the team. You will be responsible to support services including end user computing, application access control, local file and print – as well as the people, process and systems to support these services.

This is a great opportunity for a Senior IT Leader to play a pivotal role in supporting the scaling of a global Fin Tech organization in a vibrant, challenging, exciting, fast-growing business.

• What you will own
• Reporting to the VP of Security, Infrastructure, and Corp IT, you will:
• Be responsible for global operational user support processes, operational best practices and supporting your team of global engineers to ensure operational excellence, system availability and key support 18/7
• Implement operational best practices and vision to support the Corp IT operational strategy.
• Be responsible for teams that support our end user’s computer (Mac/windows laptops/chromebooks) and collaboration tools (Google Workspace, JIRA, Slack, Okta, M365, VPN, File servers).
• Be responsible with your team to manage the Identity and Access Management (IAM) program
• Provide and monitor operational support metrics (KPI’s) and provide regular operational structured reporting to provide Snr management statistics.
• Optimize and automate
• Joiners, movers, and leavers

(JML) tech requirements/ and process.

• Support our end users base, be an advocate for our corporate technologies and drive adoption, educate our user base (Google Workspace, Okta, Slack, Jira ...)
• Have a customer centric approach to all stakeholders while assisting the service desk team to be proactive and unblock gates and challenges.
• Have a positive attitude to help our service desk team thrive and unblock the team members from blockers they encounter.
• Mentoring and coaching for all staff and fostering a culture of high performance, accountability, innovation and team building, ensure they are coached and motivated to their full potential, provide career growth/professional development counsel and opportunities.
• Engage and establish solid business relationships to help understand their challenges and how Corporate IT can support and drive the business process and efficiency.
• Work closely with Sr. Management in strategic planning and tactical execution regarding IT roadmap initiatives, financial planning, and compliance mandates.
• Supplier relationship experience and service management experience for Corporate IT provided services.
• Proactively identify areas of improvement and work with the various teams to implement these initiatives.

What you bring to the table Technical Skills

• The ideal candidate must have 7 to 10 years experience managing complex Technology environments including leading people, processes and technology.
• Bsc, Btec (required) Bcom or business related degree an advantage.
• Experience and /or certified in supporting and implementing Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Confluence, and Okta.
• Experience with working, implementing and optimizing IT General controls (ITGC) for all audits
• Experience and certifications in Amazon’s AWS and/or Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Experience with optimizing controls and driving operational excellence.
• Experience in a Fintech would be a great advantage
• Experience managing IT costs
• Bonus points
• Sec+ or Network+ Certified
• Okta certification
• AI Literacy & Tools

As Zepz, we're building AI into how we work. We're on a journey to making AI utilisation streamline what we do. "For this position we are looking for:

• Proficient depth of knowledge around automation, AI and how those can be applied in your area of work — from accelerating analysis and insight generation, to improving how we design and deliver processes and communications.
• Practical experience using AI tools in a professional context — whether to connect information, draft content, build frameworks, or create insights from data.

We want people who actively use AI to increase productivity, not those who are waiting to be told to.

• Strong AI literacy — an understanding of what AI assistants can and cannot do, how to prompt effectively, and how to critically evaluate AI-generated output before using it.
• Awareness of the ethical considerations and responsible use of AI in the workplace, particularly in the context of sensitive data, customer experience, and compliance.
• Prior experience using Claude (Anthropic) is a nice-to-have but not essential — what matters most is that you are genuinely engaged with AI as a tool, comfortable experimenting, and eager to share what works with your wider team

If you want to join us in our journey to help break barriers in financial access and improve lives globally, there's no better place or time to join.

Our global team of 800+ people is spread across six continents.

We aspire to hire the best mix of people from former Olympians to You Tube influencers and we speak over twenty languages.

This incredible diversity isn't a bonus; it's the engine that lets us serve the world.

Ready to Apply? Let’s Go.