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Location: Nottingham NG7 2RR, United Kingdom
Type: Full-time
Job Title: Finance Assistant
Salary: ÂŁ30,000-35,000
About us:
Zen is revolutionising education. Schools and nurseries spend over £3bn a year on agency staff, and £900m of that goes straight into the pockets of recruitment agencies. That’s why we’ve built an alternative. Our online platform gives schools instant access to hundreds of profiles of fully vetted teachers and support staff.
Since launching in 2017, we’ve saved schools and nurseries over £10m – money that goes straight back into budgets and increases teachers’ pay. We’ve also recently launched in the US and we have big growth plans.
Zen Educate was placed in the top 250 of the “FT1000” published by the Financial Times reporting on Europe’s fastest growing 1000 companies. We are well-funded by high-profile investors and are led by start-up veterans behind two of London's most prominent tech companies.
The opportunity:
This is your chance to join a high growth tech scaleup on the ground floor as a key member of the Finance Team, reporting directly to the Financial Controller.
We're looking for enthusiastic, mission-driven people who fit our values and are passionate about what we do. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match the job description. We’re passionate about professional development, and we’ll work to maximise your personal and career growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that our teachers and teaching professionals, who work through our platform, get paid on time and in full. Respond to any related queries.
- Relationship management and regular meetings with key stakeholders, including schools and umbrella companies through which we pay our teachers.
- Reporting cash and working capital requirements.
- Dealing with invoice queries and disputes for Zen Educate UK and US and Zen Locum.
- Working closely with our credit controller and assisting where needed in chasing outstanding debt.
- Month end reporting and reconciliations.
Ideal Candidate:
- Part qualified CIMA, AAT or other accounting qualification and/or previous finance/bookkeeping experience.
- Top performer that wants to be part of a high-performing, motivated team
- Personable with a diplomatic and confident phone manner.
- Great numeracy skills and Excel skills.
- Previous use of Xero is preferable.
- Strong bias to action
- Growth mindset — dedicated to growing your skills as a professional.
- Passion for companies that have a positive social impact and the education sector.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- Ownership in the company through stock option plan
- 25+ days of holiday
- Work for a company that you want to talk about
- Fun-loving, tight-knit team solving a problem that makes a difference
- Life and Health Insurance
- Electric Car Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Diversity and Inclusion
At Zen, we strive to build a culture of equity and inclusion, where everyone is respected, valued and appreciated for their unique traits, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and equitable environment where our team can thrive, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, disability, religion or beliefs. We value our differences and believe that practices of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion help us create a fairer, more compassionate environment for all.
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and different experiences and perspectives — just like the staff who teach through Zen and the children at the schools we work with. We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool and creating an inclusive culture where people’s voices are heard and all our team can look forward to coming to work.
We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all. We seek out diverse opinions, beliefs, and experiences because they collectively make us stronger; we’ve had former teachers, pilots, fundraisers, engineers, lawyers, marketers, social media experts and more join our team.