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About the Role

The Senior Finance & Strategy Manager will act as a core commercial and strategic partner to leadership, combining financial planning and analysis with broader strategic finance. This role owns the forecasting and budgeting cycle, drives the business towards profitability targets, and shapes analysis for pricing, subscription, and other commercial/strategic activities. It offers rare end-to-end exposure in a fast-scaling business with high impact and autonomy.

Responsibilities

Own the company's forecasting cycle end to end, including rolling cash forecast, quarterly reforecasts, annual budget, and long-range financial plan.
Build and maintain robust, scenario-based financial models to support operating decisions and long-term strategy.
Run variance analysis against budget and forecast, identifying key drivers and providing actionable recommendations.
Partner with commercial, operations, marketing, and product teams to drive performance against profitability and EBITDA targets.
Support financial analysis for pricing, promotions, subscription economics, and unit economics.
Identify margin, mix, and efficiency opportunities and build business cases for action.
Support investor reporting and relations, preparing board materials and investor updates.
Assist with corporate activities including fundraising, due diligence, and transaction processes.
Manage and maintain the cap table, modeling dilution and equity impact.
Prepare and present clear, insightful reporting to senior leadership on KPIs and financial metrics.
Act as a trusted finance partner to department heads, aligning budgets and plans with business objectives.

Requirements

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
Strong hands-on finance experience in FP&A and strategic finance, preferably in retail or high-growth consumer industries.
Proven track record of building scenario-based financial models from scratch.
Commercially and strategically minded, capable of translating analysis into recommendations.
Experience with investor reporting, fundraising, or corporate transactions is advantageous.
Demonstrated ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
Highly motivated, confident self-starter thriving on autonomy in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced Excel skills; comfort with large datasets (SQL / BigQuery a plus).

Skills

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Strategic Finance
Financial Modeling
Scenario-Based Modeling
Variance Analysis
Commercial Finance
Profitability Analysis
Investor Relations
Corporate Finance
Cap Table Management
Business Partnering
Excel
SQL (plus)
BigQuery (plus)

Location

Nine Elms, London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary

Benefits

25 days of holiday per year (plus all bank holidays)
Private Health Insurance
Extended sick pay
Extended maternity/paternity leave pay
Cycle to work scheme

About the Company

Zapp is London's leading premium convenience retail platform, founded in 2020.
Vision is to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar convenience retail market.
Develops best-in-class customer-centric technology and fulfilment solutions.
Partners with leading brands to deliver exclusive products 24/7, delivered in minutes.