Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

Location: Nine Elms, London - Full-time

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.

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.

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.

• 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 / BigQuery a plus). Xero experience is a plus.
• Discretion, sound judgement and integrity are non-negotiable.

• 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.