Finance Manager

Zenzero; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Generous holiday allowance + a day off

Enhanced pension contributions

Regular social events across all our;"

Job summary

Zenzero is hiring a Finance Manager to lead financial management across multiple entities, reporting to the Group Financial Controller. You will manage a small team of Accounts Assistants, deliver accurate reporting, and collaborate with central services to support decision-making.

You will drive governance, improve processes, and oversee VAT and statutory accounts, while partnering with operational leadership to optimise profitability and performance.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong technical accounting capability.
• Experience with month-end close, management accounts and accurate financial reporting.
• Experience analysing revenue, margins, profitability and operational KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close and management accounts for multiple entities within the business unit.
• Lead P&L oversight, providing insight to operational leaders and budget holders.
• Drive analysis of revenue, gross margin, profitability, WIP and KPIs.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and month-end journals.

Skills

Technical accounting

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Multi-entity experience

VAT & tax governance

Excel proficiency

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Excel

Job description

Zenzero is one of the UK's fastest-growing technology companies. Named a Top 8 Technology Company at the British Business Awards 2026, recognised by Deloitte as a Best Managed Company, and featured in the Sunday Times Hundred (an annual ranking of the UK's fastest-growing private companies) in both 2025 and 2026, we hold Microsoft Solutions Partner status across all six designations, putting us in the top tier of UK Microsoft partners. The accolades reflect something real: a business that is scaling fast, executing well, and building something that lasts.

We're on a mission to make technology genuinely work for mid-market businesses, covering managed IT, cyber security, cloud, and AI solutions that actually move the needle. The demand is growing, and so are we.

We're also a certified B Corp and Scale Up Award winner. That combination matters to us: high growth and high standards aren't in conflict here. Fast growth, high standards, real impact. If that sounds like your kind of place, keep reading.

About the Role

We are looking for an ambitious and commercially minded Finance Manager to join our growing finance team. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will take ownership of the financial management, reporting and control of a significant business unit operating across multiple legal entities.

This is a broad and highly visible opportunity where you will be the key finance contact for operational leadership, providing clear financial insight, constructive challenge and support for decision-making. You will lead and develop 2–3 Accounts Assistants while working closely with a centralised shared services function responsible for transactional processing.

Success will mean delivering accurate, well-controlled reporting, strengthening financial governance and improving the processes and analysis that help the business understand revenue, margins, profitability and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close and management accounts process for multiple legal entities within an assigned business unit, ensuring accurate and reliable financial reporting
• Lead financial oversight of the business unit P&L, providing insight and constructive challenge to operational leaders and budget holders
• Drive stronger analysis and control across revenue, gross margin, profitability, work in progress and operational KPIs
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and month-end journals to maintain the integrity of the control environment
• Manage and develop a small team of Accounts Assistants, setting clear expectations and supporting their growth
• Lead the preparation of annual statutory accounts, support external audits and oversee VAT returns and wider tax compliance activities
• Drive process improvements, automation initiatives and finance projects that improve efficiency, accuracy and insight
• Support acquisition integrations and wider business change activities, helping to embed effective financial management and controls

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, with strong technical accounting capability and commercial awareness
• Strong experience of month-end close, management accounts and maintaining accurate financial reporting
• Practical experience analysing revenue, margins, profitability and operational KPIs
• Experience preparing or reviewing statutory accounts and supporting external audits
• Strong knowledge of VAT compliance, balance sheet control and financial governance
• Experience managing and developing junior finance colleagues
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills
• Clear and credible communication with finance and non-finance stakeholders, including the ability to explain financial information and influence decisions
• Training within accountancy practice before moving into industry
• Experience working within a multi-entity group structure
• Experience in the technology, managed service provider, software or professional services sectors
• Experience supporting acquisition accounting and integration activities
• Private health insurance.
• Generous holiday allowance + a day off on your birthday.
• Enhanced pension contributions.
• Regular social events across all our offices.