Finance Manager

Zenzero Solutions Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Generous holiday allowance + a day off

Flexible working patterns

Enhanced pension contributions

Regular social events

Job summary

Zenzero Solutions Ltd is seeking a Finance Manager to own financial management, reporting and control across multiple legal entities. Reporting to Group Financial Controller, you will provide clear financial insight and challenge to operational leadership while developing Accounts Assistants and working with a centralised shared services function.

You will drive accurate reporting, strengthen governance and improve processes to understand revenue, margins and profitability.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification with strong accounting capability.
• Experience with month-end close, management accounts and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Clear, credible communication with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly close and management accounts for multiple entities.
• Lead P&L oversight and provide analysis to leaders and budget holders.
• Improve analysis of revenue, margins, profitability and KPIs.
• Review balance sheets, accruals, prepayments and month-end journals.
• Manage and develop a small team of Accounts Assistants and support growth.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts and support external audits; oversee VAT and tax duties.
• Drive finance projects, automation and process improvements.
• Support acquisition integrations and broader business change activities.

Skills

Month-end close

Management accounts

Financial reporting

Excel

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Job description

Requirements

Essential

About Zenzero

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

Desirable

• 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

Benefits

• Private health insurance.
• Generous holiday allowance + a day off on your birthday.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Enhanced pension contributions.
• Regular social events across all our offices.