Finance Assistant

Zinc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Birthday off

Early finish Fridays

Annual company retreat

Work from anywhere (30 days)

Pension with NEST

Zinc shares ( EMI )

Therapy access

Company socials

Job summary

Zinc in London seeks a Finance Assistant to own day-to-day AP/AR processes, mailbox management, and debt chasing. You’ll work closely with the Senior Finance Manager and help turn a multi-day process into a matter of hours, with a clear path into broader finance roles.

The role is hands-on and detail-heavy, offering growth opportunities as you contribute across the finance team and leverage AI tools to optimize workflows.

Qualifications

• 6 months - 1 year of experience in a finance role such as AR/AP Assistant or Finance Assistant
• Working knowledge of Xero (or similar accounting software), reconciliations and month-end close (accruals, prepayments, VAT)
• Comfortable adopting AI tools (Claude) as part of daily workflow
• A university degree is sufficient
• Diligent with high attention to detail; small errors have knock-on effects
• Personable and proactive; able to chase customers and colleagues tactfully
• Ambition to build a career in finance; role is initial grunt-heavy with growth potential

Responsibilities

• Own the shared Finance Mailbox, respond to and resolve queries daily
• Handle daily AM-Ops requests; finance contact for Account Management team
• Manage subscription creation and billing setup weekly
• Run weekly reconciliations across accounts
• Own debt chasing to keep debtor days down
• Deliver monthly invoicing and manage overages
• End-to-end accounts payable: process supplier invoices, payment runs, coding and approvals
• Assist with closing books to tight cadence: OPEX by WD1, revenue by WD3
• Assist with VAT returns and routine statutory filings
• Use Zinc's tools (Xero, HubSpot, Stripe, Sigma) and Claude to work efficiently

Skills

Finance experience

Xero experience

AI tools usage

University degree

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Career ambition in finance

Education

University degree

Tools

Xero

HubSpot

Stripe

Sigma

Claude AI

Job description

Finance Assistant

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Zinc - London

Reporting To: Michael Omoregbee

Compensation: £35,000 - £40,000 / year

Description

Zinc is growing fast, and our finance operations need to keep pace. Right now, day-to-day AP/AR, mailbox management and debt chasing sit with our Ops Analysts — brilliant generalists, but not finance specialists, and it's pulling them away from the work they're best at.

We're hiring a Finance Assistant to take full ownership of this. You'll be the person who keeps invoices moving, mailboxes clear, and debtors chased, turning a process that currently takes days into one that takes hours. It's a hands-on, detail-heavy role to start, working closely with our Senior Finance Manager, with a genuine path into a broader finance career for the right person.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the shared Finance Mailbox, responding to and resolving queries daily
• Handle daily AM-Ops requests, acting as the finance point of contact for the Account Management team
• Manage subscription creation and billing setup on a weekly basis.
• Run weekly reconciliations across accounts
• Own debt chasing, working proactively to keep debtor days down.
• Deliver the monthly invoicing cycle and manage overages.
• Owning accounts payable end-to-end — processing supplier invoices, raising payment runs, and ensuring correct coding, approvals and timely payment
• Help close the books to a tight cadence: OPEX by WD1, revenue by WD3
• Assisting with VAT returns and other routine statutory and compliance filings.
• Use Zinc's tools (Xero, HubSpot, Stripe, Sigma) day-to-day — and lean on AI tools like Claude to work efficiently, rather than defaulting to manual spreadsheet work

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 6 months - 1 year of experience in a finance role such as AR Assistant, Credit Controller, AP Assistant or Finance Assistant (this is the perfect finance 2nd job!)
• Working knowledge of Xero (or similar accounting software), reconciliations and month-end close (accruals, prepayments, VAT)
• Comfortable adopting AI tools (we use Claude) as part of your everyday workflow we're more interested in how you think than how fast you are in Excel
• A university degree is enough - we don't require a professional accountancy qualification
• Diligent with a genuinely high attention to detail, small errors in this role have real knock-on effects
• Personable and proactive, you'll be chasing people (customers, colleagues) regularly and need to do it with tact
• Real ambition to build a career in finance, this role will be grunt-heavy for the first six months but there is huge scope for growth, the right person will be willing and keen to take this opportunity with both hands!

What we offer

• 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
• £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
• Early finish Fridays (16:00)
• Yearly company retreat abroad
• 30 days to Work from anywhere
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (13 weeks full pay, 17 weeks half pay, then SMP for maternity, 1 month full pay for paternity/adoption)
• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
• Unlimited access to Spill Therapy
• Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
• Celebrated Zinc anniversaries