Financial Controller (UK - Remote) | Part-Time

About Spotted Zebra

At Spotted Zebra, we're building something we genuinely believe in: an AI-native end-to-end hiring platform that helps the world's leading organisations find the right people, faster and fairer than ever before. In short, we're making hiring something everyone loves again - both talent teams and candidates alike.

We're a multi-award-winning Series A company giving talent leaders the solution they've always needed. Skills science native. AI-amplified. Built by people who've lived and breathed TA and knew there had to be a better way.

What we do

Spotted Zebra brings Interview Intelligence, Skills Assessments, and AI Interview Agent together in one powerful platform, designed for intelligence and action. One powerful agent and assistant: Spot. Working the way talent teams need it to, always with humans in control.

The result is talent teams get the insight to predict who will succeed, the speed to move before competitors, the governance to defend every hiring decision, and the capacity to focus on the human moments that matter most.

But our product is only part of the story. Spotted Zebra isn’t just building an AI-native product; we’re building an AI-native company.  AI is changing how we build, sell, support customers and make decisions. We use it to move faster, stay closer to customers, reduce unnecessary processes, and give talented people more leverage in their roles.

That means joining Spotted Zebra isn’t just a chance to work on the future of hiring. It’s a chance to help shape what the future of work looks like inside a scaling company: compact, ambitious teams using AI to collaborate better, make decisions quickly, and deliver meaningful impact at speed.

The FTSE100 and Fortune500 companies trusting us include British Airways, NIQ, Domino's, Lidl, Merlin Entertainments, AWE, United Utilities, and Paramount. We've been named Personnel Today's Talent Acquisition Supplier of the Year 2025, secured gold across multiple industry awards, and were recently named on the UK Top 100 Startups List.

But what we’re most proud of is the team. People join Spotted Zebra because the mission is real, the product is genuinely exciting, and the opportunity to shape the future of hiring is huge. What makes it special is the way we work: smart, committed people in compact teams where trust is high, decisions happen quickly, and everyone has the chance to make a visible impact.

If that sounds like the kind of place you want to do your best work - read on.

Our Dazzle (That's Our Team!) 🦓

Fun fact: A group of zebras is called a dazzle – and ours truly is dazzling!

We create a culture in which our team thrives and gallops ahead.

As we roam free and empower our dazzle, we gallop ahead on the journey to achieving our goals. We understand this journey will pose challenges along the way, yet we brighten the trail with our positive mindset and encouragement of others. The dazzle continuously moves, gaining knowledge and skills so that we can graze new grounds.

About the role

Spotted Zebra is growing quickly. With more customers, a larger team and more complex decisions, finance now needs to become a stronger part of how we run and scale the business.

We are looking for a part-time Financial Controller to take on that responsibility, working around two days per week and reporting directly to our CEO. This is a broad and visible role, giving our leadership team and board a clear, trusted view of performance, cash and risk, and helping us make confident decisions.

We already have an outsourced finance partner, established processes and financial models that have supported us to this point. The opportunity now is to build on that foundation, updating and adapting our finance systems, models, controls and processes to reflect where the business is today and where it is going next.

You will bring our accounts, cash flow, budgets and forecasts into a single reliable view of the business, turning the numbers into clear insight for the decisions we need to make.

This is an opportunity to shape how finance works inside a growing company. It will suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail but is equally motivated by improving how the business operates and creating a financial foundation that can scale with us.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review our existing finance systems, models, controls and processes, then update and adapt them to reflect where the business is today. You will build on what is already in place and make sure it remains reliable and scalable as Spotted Zebra grows.
• Own the month-end timetable and manage the working relationship with our outsourced finance partner, making sure everyone understands what is needed and when.
• Review the monthly management accounts in detail, checking revenue, costs, accruals, prepayments, deferred income and other material judgements. You will also identify missing invoices or incomplete information.
• Resolve issues with the relevant people across Spotted Zebra, maintain a clear action log and make sure corrections are completed before the accounts reach the CEO.
• Own and maintain our rolling cash-flow forecast, keeping assumptions and actual performance up to date and surfacing risks early.
• Lead the annual budget and regular re-forecasting process, working with leaders across the business to agree assumptions and explain material variances.
• Model the cash and profit impact of planned hiring, changes in customer timing, investment decisions and other scenarios, helping the CEO understand the implications and trade-offs.
• Prepare the financial section of the board pack, including the supporting spreadsheet and slide deck. You will explain performance, cash, runway, forecast, relevant SaaS measures and the main risks or decisions.
• Oversee commission plans and calculations, make sure approved commission is paid accurately and on time, and support commercial and hiring decisions with clear financial analysis.

What success looks like

Success means monthly accounts are accurate, complete and finalised through a dependable process, with routine issues resolved before they reach the CEO. The cash-flow forecast is current and trusted, and hiring or spending decisions can be modelled quickly.

Within your first 6-12 months, we would expect our finance systems, models, controls and processes to have been reviewed and updated for where the business is today. The budget and re-forecast should have clear ownership across the leadership team, board reporting should be consistent and decision-focused, and commission calculations and other material financial controls should be accurate, documented and completed on time.

Requirements

You'll be a great fit if you ✅

• Are a qualified accountant, ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Have worked as a Financial Controller or in a comparable hands-on finance role.
• Have experience in a growing SaaS, technology or other recurring-revenue business.
• Have strong management accounting skills, including month-end review, accruals, prepayments, revenue recognition and variance analysis.
• Can build and maintain cash-flow forecasts, budgets and scenario models.
• Can prepare clear financial information and commentary for boards or senior leadership teams.
• Are comfortable managing an outsourced bookkeeping or accounting partner while retaining internal ownership of the output.
• Understand relevant SaaS measures such as ARR, bookings, revenue, gross margin, retention and cash runway.
• Have strong spreadsheet skills and can improve an existing model without making it unnecessarily complicated.
• Enjoy investigating a missing invoice or incorrect accrual yourself rather than assuming someone else will catch it.
• Can communicate financial information clearly and challenge assumptions constructively with senior colleagues.
• Can work effectively in a part-time role, prioritising the issues that matter while staying close to the business throughout the month.
• Have experience improving finance systems, models, controls and processes as a company grows.

Nice-to-Haves 🌟

• Working in a venture-backed scale-up or helping prepare a business for a future funding round.
• SaaS finance, including recurring revenue, deferred income and multi-year enterprise contracts.
• Preparing financial board packs, including clear narrative and presentation slides.
• Reviewing sales commission structures and calculations.
• Leading annual budgets and maintaining rolling re-forecasts.
• Working in a start-up or scaling technology company.
• Coordinating year-end accounts, tax, payroll and other compliance activity with external advisers.
• Providing commercial decision support for hiring and investment decisions.

Benefits

🤝 Meaningful share options
🏥 Health insurance
💰 Enhanced pension
🍼 Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
🏖️ 25 days holiday, pro rata (excluding bank holidays)
🏠 Remote-first
💻 Work from home budget
🧠 L&D budget
🦷 Dental cover
👀 Eye-care support
🏢 Co-working space budget
🧘 Wellbeing allowance
✈️ Travel insurance
🚗 Electric car scheme

Beyond our core benefits, you'll get access to the latest AI-powered tools and technologies, giving you everything you need to do your best work.

(Some benefits are calculated pro rata based on working hours.)

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion 

At Spotted Zebra, we welcome people of all stripes. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive and diverse culture.

We believe that each and every one of us possesses an extraordinary set of skills and abilities, waiting to be discovered, nurtured, and harnessed for the benefit of all.

We are a team. And no matter your race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, or disability, we will empower you to unleash your superpower to help us create a world where everyone is able to utilise their unique blend of skills and abilities to contribute to the greater good.

Everyone is unique and we encourage you to let us know in your application, or share with your recruiter directly, if there is anything we can do to make your interview experience with us more comfortable and positive.

At Spotted Zebra, everyone is welcome. So even if you don't meet all the requirements, we would still love to hear from you. We are always keen to speak with people who are passionate about our mission.

🦓 Ready to gallop ahead with us? We're a team that moves fast, thinks big, and isn't afraid to challenge how things have always been done. If you're excited about using AI and skills science to transform how the world hires, apply now and a member of our dazzle will be in touch!