Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, Zen Educate
£90-100k
+ Stock options
SQL
Excel
Google Sheets
Senior and Expert level
London
3 days a week in office
Education recruitment platform
Open for applications
Education recruitment platform
201-500 employees
B2BMarketplaceEducationRecruitment
Open for applications
£90-100k
+ Stock options
SQL
Excel
Google Sheets
Senior and Expert level
London
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
B2BMarketplaceEducationRecruitment
Company mission
To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.
Role
Who you are
- We want someone who uses FP&A as a strategic lever, not just a reporting function. You will excel if:
- You’re highly analytical and comfortable digging into the detail, but can communicate the story clearly
- You thrive in high-growth, ambiguous environments and enjoy building new processes
- You’re commercially minded, curious, and comfortable challenging assumptions
- You partner brilliantly with cross-functional leaders and bring clarity to complex decisions
- You’re excited to build a best-in-class FP&A function in a scaling international business
- If you are someone who thrives in ambiguity, loves building from scratch, and wants to drive real impact, this could be the perfect next step
- Exceptional Excel / Google Sheets expertise is essential
- Experience with data tools (SQL, modelling tools, FP&A software) is highly beneficial
- If you're an analytical and commercially minded FP&A leader who wants to build something meaningful - and help transform how schools access great educators - we’d love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We’re searching for a Head of FP&A who can take full ownership of our planning, forecasting, and strategic financial insight as we scale rapidly across the UK and US
- This is a critical and highly visible role. You’ll lead our financial planning processes, build robust reporting frameworks, partner with senior leaders, and shape the financial narrative of a fast-growing, mission-driven tech company
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and scenario modelling across the UK and US
- Design and maintain Zen’s KPI frameworks, dashboards, and performance reporting
- Improve forecasting models, automate reporting, and develop tools to enhance visibility and accuracy
- Deep-dive into unit economics, cohort behaviour, marketplace efficiency and customer profitability
- Work closely with our CFO, CEO and Commercial leads to drive strategic decision-making
- Provide clear, insightful commentary that translates financial performance into business action
- Support our board and investor reporting
- Shape the long-term financial strategy of the company
- Influence senior leadership and board discussions
- Build and develop the FP&A capability as the business grows
- Have clear progression into Director-level responsibility as we scale
- We care deeply about development. You’ll receive honest feedback, autonomy, and the opportunity to stretch into new areas
Application process
- We hire with pace and transparency:
- Intro call – A short chat with our talent team to align expectations and answer questions
- Intro video call with our Anna, our CFO - To dive deeper into the position and your experience
- Interview + technical case – Deep dive into your experience, approach to FP&A, and real Zen scenarios
- Values conversation – A discussion with a member of leadership focused on mindset and growth
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With UK schools under immense financial pressure, Zen Educate is providing a smarter approach to education staffing. Recruitment in schools often relies on inefficient and expensive practices. Zen Educate is focused on tackling the pain points in the industry and providing a way to ensure schools get the best teachers possible.
It provides an online platform as an alternative to recruitment agencies, which is the only online platform accredited by the UK's Department of Education, helping schools fill staffing needs quickly and cost-effectively. Schools using the platform have reportedly saved 20-30% on supply cover costs.
On top of this, the company has also raised significant funding to support acquisitions in the UK and the US, plus the expansion of its operations and offering.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2025
$17.7m
SERIES B
May 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $104.7m
Company benefits
- Macbook and tech equipment provided
- Regular "lunch 'n' learns" every month on a range of topics
- Investment in your professional development
- Regular socials
- Ownership in the company
- Pension scheme
- 25 days of holidays + all UK public holidays off
- Central London dog-friendly office with perks like fresh fruit, bike parking, showers, and an on-site gym and café
- Life insurance
- Vitality health insurance and benefits
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
Company values
- Commit to the mission- We commit to our mission, our customers, and our teams. We work hard because we care more
- Choose greatness over comfort- Greatness and comfort rarely coexist. We seek greatness. We understand success takes grit & determination so we seek colleagues that possess it
- Act like an owner- We all take responsibility for driving the company forward and making it a success. If we see something that could be better, we fix it. We offer stock options to all employees
- Help each other be better- Every person at Zen is someone we can respect and learn from
- A culture of trust- We hire people who are great at their jobs and we let them get on with it while being there to lend a hand when needed
- Challenge the status quo- We take action when we can see opportunities for improvement. We are in it to make our customers' lives better and to fix a broken system
- Embrace learning over perfection- We make decisions quickly and we don't hesitate. We may disagree with a decision, but we support the team and the mission by committing to it. We embrace making unknowable mistakes and learning from them
Company HQ
HQ, London
Articles
Leadership
Slava Kremerman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a member of the Leadership Team at Nutmeg a FS startup, they also worked at Barclays and Aon.
Oren Cohen
(Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer)Ran the UK office of Optimizely, a Silicon Valley tech company. Prior to this, they worked at G-STAT and Intel.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zen Educate
- 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
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