Overview
Location: Nottingham
Position: Finance Assistant
Type: Part-Time Temp Contract. 3 days a week (8 hours a day)
Compensation: £20 - £30 per hour dependent on experience
About Zen
Zen Educate is a technology company that matches schools with temporary educator staff. Our mission is to change the world of education recruitment. We aim to help schools pay less while educators earn more, and we invest in both personal and professional growth for our team.
We are a high-growth startup on the ground floor, with a collaborative culture and opportunity for career growth. We have recently raised Series B funding of $37m.
What We’re Looking For
We want someone with great attention to detail who is passionate about delivering the best experience to our educators. Key qualifications and traits:
* You’re hands-on and pay attention to detail
* You’ve experience working in a finance function for a minimum of 2 years
* You seek to improve and automate, not just maintain
* You communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders, including Schools and Candidates
What You’ll Be Doing
* Ensuring teachers and teaching professionals using our platform are paid on time and in full; respond to related queries
* Process payroll amendments each week
* Deal with school invoice queries and process credit notes
* Credit control and chasing outstanding debt
* Daily allocation of cash to invoices
* Assist with month-end reporting and reconciliations
Tools & Systems
We use Xero as our accounting system. Familiarity is helpful but not required — adaptability and a tech-friendly mindset are more important. A love of Excel is essential.
Our Culture
* Finance team is distributed across the UK, Europe and North America; we are a tight-knit, collaborative team
* You’ll help shape systems, not just maintain them
* Diversity and inclusion matter—we’re still learning how to do better; if you’d be the first of something on our team, we want to support you
Hiring Process
* Initial chat – quick screen to align expectations
* Secondary chat with Hannah, Head of Finance in the UK
* In-person meeting with Hannah in the Nottingham office
Note: This job posting contains information about the role and the company as described by Zen Educate. It is intended for applicants and internal use only.
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