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About the role
- Finance Analyst managing financial operations for Zoopla. Handling budgeting, forecasts, and financial reporting within the team.
Responsibilities
- Planning, Forecasting and ad hoc analysis: Own and manage the annual budgeting and monthly re-forecasting process for all staff costs across Zoopla, including salaries, bonuses, commission, benefits, employer taxes and capex.
- Month-End Close: Manage the complete month-end accounting process for all elements of staff costs, ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines. This includes preparing and posting all monthly payroll journals, bonus accruals, and capex.
- Capitalised Labour (Capex): Take responsibility for the correct accounting treatment of capitalised staff costs. You will also be expected to critically review and improve the current capitalised development expenditure process and its related reporting.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Complete and maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations for all staff-related accounts (e.g., Payroll Control, Bonus Accrual, capex and related amortisation etc).
- Trading & KPI Reporting: Assist the Head of Commercial Finance with key performance indicator (KPI) and weekly trading reporting, providing timely and accurate data to the leadership team.
- Pacing Model: Maintain the monthly pacing model, tracking actual results against forecast to monitor real time performance
- Ad-Hoc Analysis: Support the commercial finance team with other tasks and ad-hoc commercial analysis as may be required to drive business performance.
- Business Partnering: Collaborate effectively with HR and departmental heads to accurately model headcount changes, salary reviews, new hires, and attrition.
- Audit Management: Manage all aspects of the external audit in relation to staff costs, acting as the primary point of contact for auditors' queries in this area.
- Tax Compliance Support: Provide support for the Tax team in annual payroll-related processes such as the preparation of P11D and PSA returns.
- General Support: Assist the wider finance team with other month-end and year-end tasks as required to ensure departmental goals are met.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent) or Qualified by experience
- Proven experience in a finance analyst role with exposure to both management accounting/month-end and FP&A.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with strong financial modelling skills. High level of accuracy and unwavering attention to detail.
- Proven track record in process improvement, particularly in relation to automation of model inputs and updates
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to partner with and challenge senior, non-finance stakeholders.
- A proactive and inquisitive mindset, with a desire to understand the "why" behind the numbers.
- Experience in a fast-paced, technology-driven or private equity-backed environment.
- Direct experience with the accounting and forecasting of staff costs.
- Experience with commercial finance tasks, such as KPI tracking and performance reporting.
- Knowledge of accounting for capitalised labour.
- Experience supporting external audits.
- Familiarity with UK payroll tax compliance (P11D, PSA).
Benefits
- Everyday Flex - greater flexibility over where and when you work
- 25 days annual leave + extra days for years of service
- Day off for volunteering & Digital detox day
- Festive Closure - business closed for period between Christmas and New Year
- Cycle to work and electric car schemes
- Free Calm App membership
- Enhanced Parental leave
- Fertility Treatment Financial Support
- Group Income Protection and private medical insurance
- Gym on-site in London – or membership in regional offices
- 7.5% pension contribution by the company
- Discretionary annual bonus up to 10% of base salary
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