Finance Assistant, Zinc Work
£35-40k
2 days a week in office
Automated employee reference and background checking software
Job no longer available
Automated employee reference and background checking software
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£35-40k
2 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To change the way people prove their work identity.
Role
Who you are
- 6 months - 1 year of experience in a finance role such as AR Assistant, Credit Controller, AP Assistant or Finance Assistant (this is the perfect finance 2nd job! ⭐️)
- Working knowledge of Xero (or similar accounting software), reconciliations and month-end close (accruals, prepayments, VAT)
- Comfortable adopting AI tools (we use Claude) as part of your everyday workflow we're more interested in how you think than how fast you are in Excel
- A university degree is enough - we don't require a professional accountancy qualification
- Diligent with a genuinely high attention to detail, small errors in this role have real knock-on effects
- Personable and proactive, you'll be chasing people (customers, colleagues) regularly and need to do it with tact
- Real ambition to build a career in finance, this role will be grunt-heavy for the first six months but there is huge scope for growth, the right person will be willing and keen to take this opportunity with both hands!
What the job involves
- Zinc is growing fast, and our finance operations need to keep pace
- Right now, day-to-day AP/AR, mailbox management and debt chasing sit with our Ops Analysts — brilliant generalists, but not finance specialists, and it's pulling them away from the work they're best at
- We're hiring a Finance Assistant 🧾 to take full ownership of this
- You'll be the person who keeps invoices moving, mailboxes clear, and debtors chased, turning a process that currently takes days into one that takes hours
- It's a hands-on, detail-heavy role to start, working closely with our Senior Finance Manager, with a genuine path into a broader finance career for the right person
- Own the shared Finance Mailbox, responding to and resolving queries daily 📩
- Handle daily AM-Ops requests, acting as the finance point of contact for the Account Management team
- Manage subscription creation and billing setup on a weekly basis
- Run weekly reconciliations across accounts
- Own debt chasing, working proactively to keep debtor days down
- Deliver the monthly invoicing cycle and manage overages
- Owning accounts payable end-to-end — processing supplier invoices, raising payment runs, and ensuring correct coding, approvals and timely payment
- Help close the books to a tight cadence: OPEX by WD1, revenue by WD3 🧾
- Assisting with VAT returns and other routine statutory and compliance filings
- Use Zinc's tools (Xero, HubSpot, Stripe, Sigma) day-to-day — and lean on AI tools like Claude to work efficiently, rather than defaulting to manual spreadsheet work 💻
- Reporting To: Michael Omoregbee
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The existing processes for referencing and background checking suffer from notable inefficiencies, marked by biases, time-consuming procedures, and an intimidating experience for candidates. Addressing these challenges, Zinc Work aims to solve these processes by introducing an automated reference and background-checking solution.
Setting itself apart in the market, Zinc Work focuses on the user-friendly design of its solution, its swift integration into existing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and its high level of customisation. With a vision to offer a solution for background checks, Zinc covers a spectrum from criminal record checks to financial, education, identity, employment, and reference checks.
Funding secured in 2023 was led by esteemed financial services investor AVP (AXA Venture Partners) and supported by Seedcamp, and will facilitate the launch of groundbreaking industry initiatives. These include the introduction of the first reusable global Right To Work check, the first Employment verification reference integrated with HMRC, and a background check template library collaboratively contributed to by over 40 Zinc Work customers. This financial injection underscored Zinc's commitment to innovation and reinforced its position as a trailblazer in the realm of automated reference and background checking solutions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
43% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Team energy
"Team energy is great, there is lots of positivity and support. Because we only come in 2-3 days a week, when we are in everyone is engaged and happy..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2023
$6.8m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$1.4m
SEED
Total funding: $8.6m
Company benefits
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
- Apple laptop and latest tech gear for your home workstation
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company Retreat
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
Company values
- Empathy: Seeking to understand your perspective first
- Collaboration: We will work teogether to solve problems
- Empowered: Empowering candidates with information and data
- Speed: We will work to deliver at pace
- Integrity: We are truth seekers, providing transparent information
- Pragmatic: We're a solutions oriented team that seeks to solve
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Charlotte Lucy Hall
(Co-Founder)Previously a Marketing Manager at Superscript, Podcast Producer at Talent Hacks for Scaleups, and a Marketing Executive at ILTM.
Luke Shipley
(Co-Founder)Previously EMEA Head of Technology at Intelletec for 1 year. Has also co-founded stitch Leggings and Lean Lychee.
People progressing
He was a regular soldier in the Army, after leaving and studying he joined Zinc as an SDR (After a spell gold diving in FLorida). Having come in with no experience he has promoted fast through Zinc.
Tiasha joined Zinc way back in 2021, she highlighted that she wanted to work in Account Managment and has worked hard to make this career change happen.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zinc Work
- We currently do not record LGBTQIA+ status: our team is small, which means data is hard to anonymise.
- As of January 2024, 48% of the Zinc team are Ethnic Minorities.
- We offer flexible working for everyone from day one.
- Accommodations are available for everyone, regardless of status and never need to be justified: this is outlined in our DEI Statement which is accessible to all employees.
- We offer prayer space at our co-working offices, and flexible diary arrangements for employees to keep their faith.
- We’ve created a ‘Manual of Me’ page in our company Notion: to help foster understanding and allow team members to advocate for their communication style and work patterns.
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