Senior Finance & Strategy Manager

Company: Zapp
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Senior Finance & Strategy Manager you will own the end-to-end forecasting and budgeting process and partner with cross-functional teams to drive profitability. You will translate data into decision-ready insights, shaping pricing, subscription economics, and strategic initiatives in a fast-scaling business. You’ll manage investor reporting, corporate activity, and cap table dynamics, enabling informed funding and growth decisions. This high-autonomy role offers ownership from day one and a direct link to leadership and strategic priorities.

Pay / Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday per year
  • Private Health Insurance
  • Extended sick pay and maternity/paternity leave pay
  • Cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

  • Own the rolling forecasting cycle (cash forecast, reforecasts, annual budget, long-range plan)
  • Build and maintain scenario-based financial models for short- and long-term decisions
  • Perform variance analysis and translate drivers into actionable leadership recommendations
  • Partner with commercial, operations, marketing and product teams to hit profitability and EBITDA targets
  • Support pricing decisions, promotional activity, subscription economics and unit economics with margin impact analysis
  • Identify margin, mix and efficiency opportunities and build business cases
  • Assist investor reporting, board materials, and updates; support fundraising and due diligence
  • Manage the cap table and model dilution/equity impact of funding rounds and option grants
  • Prepare clear, insightful reporting for senior leadership and align budgets with business objectives

Key requirements

  • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
  • FP&A and strategic finance experience in industry (retail or high-growth consumer is a plus)
  • Proven track record building scenario-based financial models from scratch
  • Commercial and strategic mindset with ability to translate analysis into pricing, margin and growth decisions
  • Experience with investor reporting, fundraising or corporate transactions is advantageous
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders
  • Autonomous, self-starter in a fast-paced, complex environment
  • Advanced Excel; comfortable with large data sets (SQL / BigQuery a plus)
  • influencing senior stakeholders
  • commercial and strategic thinking
  • autonomy and self-motivation
  • Advanced Excel
  • SQL
  • BigQuery

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Posted: October 1st, 2026