Reporting to: Head of Financial Planning and Control, with regular exposure to the CFO and CEO
Location: 4 days a week in their Shoreditch Head Office
Industry: ConsumerTech / DTC / Subscription
Job type: Full-Time, Permanent
ABOUT ZANDA
Zanda is an executive search partner that works exclusively with high-growth start-ups as they look to scale their business with senior talent. Zanda partners with VCs, founders, CEOs, and CFOs to deliver key senior appointments.
WHY THIS COMPANY AND ROLE
Zanda is partnering with a fast-growing DTC subscription consumer brand that is expanding internationally and embedding AI-enabled ways of working across its data and finance processes. The business has a strong subscription model, real commercial traction and is at a meaningful point of change as it scales.
This is a hands-on Financial Controller seat reporting into the Head of Financial Planning and Control, with one direct report and regular exposure to the CFO and CEO. You will own the monthly close, Board pack narratives, statutory reporting, VAT, audit, cash and working capital, and AP operations, while also contributing to FP&A and financial modelling. The business is bringing AI into its finance processes and wants a Controller who is genuinely on board with that shift, not just tolerating it.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN
- Owning the monthly management accounts close end-to-end, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reconciliation
- Writing Board pack narratives across P&L, cash, KPIs, unit economics and acquisition performance, with direct leadership exposure
- Building and maintaining forecasting models for retention, revenue, costs and cash flows, and translating outputs into clear variance commentary
- Developing expertise in customer retention trends and providing actionable insight on cancellations and reactivations
- Owning the annual statutory accounts process under FRS 102 and managing the external audit relationship
- Leading international accounting, tax and compliance across subsidiaries
- Overseeing AP operations and driving improvements to AP visibility and control
ABOUT YOU
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven ownership of a full management accounts close and Board reporting cycle
- Background in a DTC, subscription or fast-moving scale-up environment
- Strong technical accounting grounding across UK GAAP and IFRS: lease accounting, revenue recognition, fixed assets and stock
- An AI-first mindset, comfortable adopting and working with AI tools in a finance context
Due to the volume of applications we typically receive, we are only able to respond directly to candidates we could shortlist for interview.
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