Zanda
Finance Manager | CPG | Seed
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Zanda is an Executive Search partner working exclusively with high-growth start-ups and scale-ups as they strengthen their organisations with senior talent. Zanda partners with VCs, Founders, CEOs, and CFOs to deliver critical leadership appointments, on both an interim and permanent basis, at pivotal moments of growth.
WHO'S THE BUSINESS
We are supporting a rapidly scaling, founder-led consumer brand operating across the UK and EU, with complex logistics, multi-entity structures and high-volume inventory at its core. The business is entering a critical phase of growth and requires a commercially minded Finance Manager to maintain financial integrity, support performance insight and strengthen day-to-day controls. This role sits within the finance function reporting to the Founders, providing hands-on financial management as the business scales.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- You will manage the core finance operations, maintaining robust forecasting, controls and reporting to support UK and EU growth. This is a hands-on role combining financial rigour, commercial awareness and operational control.
- Support the annual budget and rolling 12-month forecast, working with clear assumptions across sales, pricing, COGS and overheads.
- Produce margin and profitability analysis by product, channel and market, flagging areas for improvement.
- Support financial modelling for capex and logistics changes as required.
- Manage the month-end and quarter-end close, delivering accurate management accounts.
- Monitor working capital, including inventory, receivables and payables, supporting cash flow management and stock risk control.
- Support statutory reporting, VAT/tax compliance and multi-entity consolidation across the UK and EU.
- Help implement scalable processes, controls and SOPs across the business.
- Act as a key ERP user, ensuring accurate integration between stock and financial ledgers.
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EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Fully qualified accountant: ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent preferred.
- CPG/FMCG background (essential).
- Minimum 2+ years' experience in a finance manager or senior finance role within CPG/FMCG. Solid practical understanding of COGS, landed costs, variance analysis and high-volume stock management.
- Experience with multi-currency accounting and consolidations. Strong Excel and Office 365 capability, including Power Query and Power BI. ERP experience essential; Unleashed experience advantageous.
- A hands-on operator comfortable working within existing controls and improving them incrementally, translating financial data for non-finance founders.
- Comfortable operating at pace, with a solid grounding in cash flow and margin discipline.
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