FinOps Lead | SaaS | Series A

Zanda; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Zanda, a London-based AI software business backed by leading investors, is seeking a Head of Finance to own the ops finance function from day one. You’ll drive month-end close, balance sheets, cash flow, and compliance while shaping the ERP roadmap and automation roadmap to scale with growth.

You’ll engage closely with the CFO, lead treasury across UK/US, and mature from accounting into FP&A and business partnering as the function expands.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in finance, from a practice or start-up background or in-house finance operations.
• Part-qualified or qualified (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
• Hands-on month-end close experience; management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations from day one.
• ERP experience, ideally an implementation; understanding of clean quote-to-cash.
• Experience building automations; no-code to code when needed.
• Baseline UK payroll and compliance awareness.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS revenue recognition (IFRS 15) and equity accounting (IFRS 2).
• SQL or Python experience; HubSpot–ERP integration is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational finance function end-to-end, reporting to the CFO.
• Lead month-end close, management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Oversee treasury and cash management across UK and US entities.
• Manage quote-to-cash from HubSpot to invoicing and collections with live ARR.
• Ensure UK/US payroll compliance, VAT, audit prep and share scheme administration.
• Own ERP roadmap and drive automation improvements across finance processes.
• Explore AI-native workflows to push automation in live finance operations.
• Grow into business partnering and FP&A with a long-term trajectory.

Skills

Month-end close

ERP implementation

Automation

UK payroll

IFRS 15

IFRS 2

SQL

Python

HubSpot integration

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Zanda is an Executive Search partner working exclusively with high-growth start-ups and scale-ups as they strengthen their organisations with senior talent. Zanda partners with VCs, Founders, CEOs, and CFOs to deliver critical leadership appointments, on both an interim and permanent basis, at pivotal moments of growth.

WHO IS THE BUSINESS

A London-based AI software business, backed by $50m+ from some of the strongest names in the market, including Molten Ventures and IQ Capital. They’re building AI-powered automation for enterprise clients and have taken the same philosophy into their own finance function: lean, highly automated and genuinely AI-native.

The finance team is deliberately small, using a sophisticated automation stack, which means this is a role with significant ownership, exposure and scope. It’s not a position where you’ll be one of many; you’ll be close to the CFO and central to how the function evolves as the business scales.

They’ve also just gone live with a new ERP, with the first close on the new system taking place in September. That makes the timing particularly compelling: you’d be joining at a pivotal stage, with the opportunity to help shape the finance function, processes and infrastructure for the next phase of growth.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Reporting directly to the CFO, you’ll own the operational finance function end-to-end, with significant responsibility from day one.
• Month-end close: full ownership of the close process, including management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Treasury & cash management: ownership of treasury and cash flow forecasting across the UK and US entities, ensuring clear visibility of the group’s liquidity position.
• Quote-to-cash: responsibility for the full process from HubSpot through to invoicing and collections, with ARR maintained as a live, accurate and fully reconciled metric.
• Compliance & controls: UK and US payroll compliance, VAT, audit preparation and share scheme administration, alongside managing day-to-day relationships with external advisors.
• Systems & automation: the expectation is not simply to operate these processes, but to continually improve and systematise them. You’ll own the ERP roadmap and identify opportunities to automate wherever possible.
• AI-native finance: you’ll have the opportunity to build AI-driven workflows directly into live finance processes, pushing automation beyond traditional finance tooling and helping define what a modern finance function can look like.
• Scope to grow: as the function becomes increasingly automated and scalable, the role will naturally broaden into business partnering and FP&A, with a clear long-term trajectory towards taking ownership of the wider finance function.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• 3–5 years in finance, from a practice or accounting outsourcing background, or in-house start-up finance operations
• Part-qualified or qualified (ACCA, CIMA or ACA), or a clear equivalent track record
• Hands-on month-end close experience; management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations from day one
• Real ERP experience, ideally through an implementation; you know what clean quote-to-cash looks like
• You build automations, comfortable from no-code (n8n, Zapier) through to MCP and code when a workflow needs it
• Baseline UK payroll and compliance awareness
• SaaS revenue recognition (IFRS 15), equity accounting (IFRS 2), SQL or Python, and HubSpot–ERP integration are all advantages