Finance Operations Specialist, Zen Educate
CA$62-73k
3 days a week in office
Education recruitment platform
Be an early applicant
Education recruitment platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$62-73k
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make a positive impact and bring about meaningful change within the education recruitment sector.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an analytical operator who is passionate about efficiency and user experience.
- You aren't satisfied with just "getting the job done"—you want to know how to do it better next time
- Data-Driven: You are comfortable manipulating large datasets to find answers. You don't just see a late payment; you analyze the data to understand why it happened
- Systems Thinker: You seek to automate and structure workflows. You build guardrails, not just workarounds
- Collaborative Problem Solver: You can communicate complex financial issues to non-finance stakeholders (like Account Managers) to resolve client disputes quickly
- US Market Experience: You have worked with US billing nuances, sales tax, or cross-border complexities
- Excel Mastery is Essential: You should be highly proficient (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, managing large datasets)
- Tech-Forward: Experience with Xero or large-scale ERPs is great, but an aptitude for learning new tools quickly is better
- Bonus: Experience with visualization tools (Looker, Tableau) or SQL is a strong asset, though not required
- If you are a Finance Operations or AR professional who loves data, enjoys building systems, and wants to support real-world outcomes in education—we’d love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Finance Operations Specialist based in Vancouver to take ownership of our US revenue cycle
- This is not a traditional AR role where you simply process invoices
- We need a systems thinker with strong data skills who can look at the big picture
- You will proactively identify trends in our billing data, partner with our Account Managers to solve upstream issues, and build scalable systems that ensure we get paid on time
- If you love digging into data to fix broken processes and want to build the financial infrastructure of a high-growth tech company, we want to meet you
- Architect the AR Lifecycle: Own the billing and receivables process for US partner schools, ensuring the system can handle increased volume as we scale
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Monitor aging reports and billing data to identify negative trends or recurring issues. Proactively flag risks to leadership before they become problems
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as the financial strategic partner to US Account Managers. You will help them navigate billing hurdles to maintain healthy relationships with our school partners
- Process Optimization: Continuously audit the Order-to-Cash cycle. Identify bottlenecks and implement data-backed solutions to streamline invoicing and cash reconciliation
- Customer Success: Manage inquiries regarding billing issues with a focus on root-cause resolution, ensuring a seamless experience for our schools
Application process
- Initial Chat: A quick screen to align expectations, discuss your data/systems experience, and answer questions
- Secondary Chat: With Annie, our Head of Finance in the US
- Interview & Technical Task: A session in our Vancouver office to walk through your career, plus a practical task to assess your ability to handle data and solve operational scenarios
- Values-Based Conversation: With a member of leadership to discuss mindset, alignment, and growth goals
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.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2025
$17.7m
SERIES B
May 2024
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $103.6m
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
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
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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.
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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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