Finance Manager

Summary

Join Zen Educate, a technology company revolutionizing education recruitment, as their Finance Manager. Based in Canada, you will play a strategic role in the company's rapid growth across the UK and US. This position requires strong financial and payroll experience, ideally with US accounting and payroll exposure. You will own US and Canadian payroll, manage North American finance operations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve financial processes. The ideal candidate thrives on ownership, building efficient systems, and navigating the financial needs of a rapidly growing business. This is a hybrid role (remote and Vancouver office) offering a competitive salary (100,000-140,000 CAD) and significant growth opportunities within a high-growth tech startup.

Requirements

• You’re hands-on and love getting into the detail—but also step back to see the bigger picture
• You’ve worked across jurisdictions, ideally including US payroll and tax
• You seek to improve and automate, not just maintain
• You communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders at all levels
• A love of Excel is essential!
• Experience in US finance
• Strong financial and payroll experience

Responsibilities

• Own payroll for our educators in the US and our internal team in US and Canada
• The face of finance to the Schools we support in the US. Dealing with invoice queries and credit control
• Lead our North American finance operations: Manage accounting, reporting, and compliance across Canada and the US
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for our US market expansion, working closely with our FP&A manager in London
• Work with external tax and legal advisors to ensure compliance in all jurisdictions we operate in working closely with our financial controller
• Improve and streamline financial processes, from billing to month-end close

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Xero is helpful
• Exposure to US accounting and payroll

Benefits

• 100,000 - 140,000 CAD dependent on experience
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities