Finance Analyst, ZeroAvia
2-5 days a week in office (Paddington)
The first practical zero-emission aviation powertrain
Job no longer available
The first practical zero-emission aviation powertrain
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
2-5 days a week in office (Paddington)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To supply the world’s breakthrough zero-emission engines and the infrastructure and fuel to power a revolution in green flight.
Role
Who you are
- A few years experience in finance, FP&A, or a related area
- Previous working experience in a manufacturing or engineering business advantageous
- Part/Fully qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent
- Using data analytic tools such as NetSuite Planning and Budgeting suite, tableau, Cognos BI, IBM BI
What the job involves
- As a Finance Analyst, you will report to the FP&A director, and you will be an integral part of the wider finance team assisting, among other things, in the Company’s fundraising activities, short- and long-term financial modelling, budgeting, financial and management accounting, Company’s financial strategy and any potential M&A activities
- Your core responsibilities will include providing financial insights and projections to the FP&A director and wider corporate finance team
- You will provide reliable data and analysis to be used in decision- making and planning by the CFO and extended executive team
- Provide finance support to the accounting and business teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and KPI metrics in a timely manner
- Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions
- Partner directly with the finance and business teams to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews
- Support investor reporting/analysis and modelling
- Dive deeply into financial data and become a subject matter expert to provide additional insights
- Work on corporate projects and initiatives as finance representative
- Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made
- Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The aviation industry is one of the largest in the world, estimated to be worth above $100 billion, and at its core are the aircraft that make air travel possible. Up until now, these aircraft have relied entirely on traditional fossil fuels, which are problematic for two key reasons. On the one hand, they are expensive, driving the cost of running planes - a cost borne by both businesses and consumers. On the other hand, these carbon-rich fuels are responsible for a considerable chunk of the world's greenhouse emissions - 2.5% in total - something the world quickly needs to reduce if it is to achieve environmental sustainability.
This is where ZeroAvia comes in. Its product - a renewably powered hydrogen-electric aircraft drive chain - aims to disrupt the market for powering air transport. ZeroAvia estimates that its first-of-its-kind powertrain has 75 percent lower fuel and maintenance costs, resulting in up to 50 percent total cost reduction per trip. It is no wonder, then, that the company has received considerable funding from the likes of Amazon, Shell, and Horizon Ventures.
That being said, ZeroAvia's solution to the fossil fuel problem in aviation is not the only one in consideration. For example, some research suggests that biofuels such as converted vegetable oils could cut carbon pollution from airplanes by upwards of 60 percent. Furthermore, considerable energy is also being put towards alternative approaches, such as technology that extracts emissions from the atmosphere, rather than preventing their release in the first place. A key challenge for ZeroAvia, then, will be ensuring that its tech stands out from the crowd, and proving this quickly will be paramount (the company hopes to provide its first commercial offering in 2024).
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Nov 2025
$24.7m
GRANT
Sep 2024
$26.2m
SERIES C
Total funding: $395.2m
Company HQ
Hollister, CA
Leadership
Valery Miftakhov
(CEO)Also the founder and ex-CEO of eMotorWerks, Valery has previously worked at Google, as Head of R&D, and at McKinsey, as a Management Consultant.
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