Principal, Financial Planning & Analysis

About Zapp

Zapp is London’s leading premium convenience retail platform. Founded in 2020, our vision is to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar convenience retail market, by developing best-in-class customer-centric technology and fulfilment solutions. Zapp partners with some of the world’s leading brands to deliver an exclusive range of hand-picked products 24/7, delivered in minutes.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Principal, FP&A to build and lead our financial planning & analysis function. This is a high-impact, hands-on role where you’ll shape how Zapp plans, forecasts and reports financial performance, supporting strategic decision-making across the business and at Board level to drive financial performance and shape Zapp’s long-term trajectory.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of annual budgets, rolling quarterly forecasts, cash-flow forecasting and long-term financial plans, ensuring alignment with our ambitious growth strategy.
  

• Act as a trusted partner to senior management and commercial, operations and supply chain teams, providing actionable insights and measurable KPIs to drive operational and financial performance.
  
• Deliver board-ready P&L, cashflow and performance insights to support strategic decision-making and investor communications.
  
• Build and continuously improve robust financial models and scenario analyses to guide expansion and investment decisions.
  
• Implement scalable FP&A processes, reporting frameworks, and dashboards to enhance forecasting accuracy and operational decision-making.
  
• Build and mentor a high-performing FP&A team, fostering analytical rigor, commercial insight and strong business partnering capabilities.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified (from a “Big 4”), or background in investment banking or commercial finance with a minimum of 5 years experience
  
• Experience in start-up or scale-up environments, ideally with board and investor reporting exposure.
  
• Proven expertise in financial modelling, forecasting, and scenario planning; advanced Excel skills and comfort with large datasets.
  
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Experience implementing, improving and scaling financial planning processes, with ERP frameworks, forecasting software, and BI tools is highly advantageous.
  
• Proactive, hands-on, and collaborative approach with high attention to detail.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth, venture-backed business at a formative stage and shape the financial foundations that will power Zapp’s next chapter.