Senior Strategic Finance Manager

Zilch; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic payment tech company in Greater London is seeking a senior role to lead commercial oversight of acquisitions and growth. You will collaborate closely with growth and product teams to optimize customer behavior and evaluate acquisition initiatives. The ideal candidate has over six years of experience in strategic roles and possesses strong commercial judgment and analytical skills. This position offers comprehensive benefits and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Income Protection

5% back on in-app purchases

Private Medical Insurance

£200 for WFH Setup

Unlimited mental health sessions

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in a strategic, growth or commercial role.
• Experience in strategy, finance, consulting, or commercial roles.
• Strong commercial judgement and analytical rigor.

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial oversight of Acquisitions & Growth.
• Act as a senior partner to optimize customer lifecycle behavior.
• Drive faster execution of high-impact opportunities.

Skills

Commercial judgement

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving abilities

Stakeholder influencing

Education

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Finance/Economics

Tools

SQL

BI tools such as Looker

Job description

Zilch is a payment tech company on a mission to create the most empowering way to pay for anything, anywhere. Combining the best of debit, credit and savings, we give our customers the option to earn instant cashback or spread the cost of pricier purchases, completely interest free and with no late fees. Pretty great, right?

We started in 2018 with a small team and a big dream - to make credit accessible to all. Since then, we've achieved double unicorn status and taken on more than 5 million customers. There are some exciting projects coming up and we’ve got big growth plans.

About the team.

The Strategic Finance team’s core mission is to help Zilch make effective decisions, with the aim of building long‑term customer and company value. We achieve this by steering the company strategy through understanding and sharing the drivers of our business, all while managing risks and keeping an eye out for opportunities. We work with teams across the business to answer key questions that are often ambiguous in nature.

Day to day responsibilities.

• Own the commercial oversight of Acquisitions & Growth, ensuring efficient deployment of a significant annual marketing budget through rigorous CAC, payback, and incrementality analysis
• Act as a senior commercial partner to the Growth and Product teams, to optimise customer lifecycle behaviour through challenging our strategy on pricing, paid incentives, and channel mix with a value‑led lens
• Size, prioritise, and evaluate acquisition initiatives and experiments, focusing on GP impact, unit economics, and speed to value
• Drive faster execution of high‑impact opportunities, ensuring commercially positive initiatives are identified early and pushed through to delivery
• Support and guide the analytics teams in the area with experimentation and delivery of actionable insight
• Grap helping to guide effective use of capital
• Experience in strategy, finance, consulting, or commercial roles, with direct exposure to acquisitions and growth in a startup or scale‑up environment
• A curious, first‑principles problem solver who enjoys tackling ambiguous, high‑impact commercial questions
in a fast‑growing business, balancing speed with analytical rigour
• Strong commercial judgement, including experience evaluating trade‑offs and guiding effective allocation of capital
• An excellent communicator, able to synthesise complex analysis into clear, compelling recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Finance/Economics fields
• Advanced complex financial modelling and data querying skills (experience with SQL and/or BI tools such as Looker would be an advantage, but not mandatory)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem‑solving abilities in the face of ambiguity
• Experience influencing stakeholders at senior levels
• Ideally 6+ years of relevant experience in a strategic, growth or commercial role

Benefits. Compensation & Savings:

• Income Protection.
• Permanent employees enjoy access to our Share Options Scheme.
• 5% back on in‑app purchases.
• £200 for WFH Setup.
• Private Medical Insurance including;
• GP consultations (video, telephone or face‑to‑face).
• Prescribed medication.
• In‑patient, day‑patient and out‑patient care.
• Mental health support.
• Physiotherapy.
• Advanced cancer cover.
• Employee Assistance Programme including:
  • Unlimited mental health sessions.
  • 24/7 remote GP & physiotherapy.
  • 24/7 helpline for emotional & practical support.
• Savings & discounts on everyday shopping.
• 1:1 personalised well‑being consultations.

Family Friendly Policies:

• maternity pay.
• Enhanced paternity pay.
• Enhanced adoption pay.
• Enhanced shared parental leave.

Learning & Development:

• Professional Qualifications.
• Professional Memberships.
• Learning Suite for e‑courses.
• Internal Training Programmes.
• FCA & Regulatory training.
• Hybrid Working.
• Casual dress code.
• Workplace socials.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV along with a cover letter.

Zilch Technology is an equal opportunities employer and we encourage all applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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