Interim Director of Finance

Purpose of the role

We’re looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Director of Finance to lead our financial operations, control framework, external reporting, and tax functions. Reporting directly to the CFO, this role plays a critical part in building strong financial foundations while driving modernisation across our finance processes.

You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, setting high standards, driving continuous improvement, and enabling growth.

This role can be considered as Interim 3-6 months and with a potential to become permanent. 

Key Responsibilities

Financial Operations & Control

• Lead all aspects of financial operations, including transactional finance, cash flow, and working capital management.
• Strengthen and embed a robust financial control environment, ensuring integrity, compliance, and scalability.
• Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, delivering accurate and timely results.

External Reporting & Compliance

• Own statutory and regulatory financial reporting (under IFRS), ensuring accuracy, transparency, and compliance.
• Manage the year-end audit process, serving as the key liaison with external auditors.
• Uphold strong governance and compliance standards across all financial reporting.

Tax & External Relationships

• Oversee all tax matters (corporate, VAT, and employment taxes), ensuring effective compliance and planning.
• Manage relationships with external tax and audit partners, ensuring efficiency and alignment.
• Represent Zego externally on financial and tax matters with professionalism and credibility.

Leadership & Strategic Partnership

• Lead, develop, and inspire the finance team to achieve operational excellence.
• Partner with the CFO and wider leadership team to deliver financial insights that drive business decisions.
• Play a leading role in the ongoing finance transformation, leveraging AI and automation to build a smarter, more data-driven function.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with extensive post-qualification experience in senior finance leadership.
• Strong technical accounting expertise (IFRS / UK GAAP) with a proven track record in external reporting and control.
• Experienced in managing tax, audit, and financial governance in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Commercially aware, strategic, and comfortable operating in a scaling tech-led business.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills — able to influence across the organisation and inspire teams.
• Experience in the motor insurance or insurtech sector is preferred but not essential.
• Passionate about innovation, transformation, and building robust financial foundations for the future.

What’s it like to work at Zego?

Zego has a truly international and inclusive team, unified by great ideas and collaborative thoughtfulness. Our people are the most important part of our story and everyone plays an essential role in our journey. We look for people who have expertise, enthusiasm and who are motivated by change. There’s plenty of room to learn and grow, as part of our ongoing training programmes or directly from other experts. You’ll work alongside a talented group of people who respect each other's differences and seek to understand fresh perspectives.

How we work

We believe that teams work better when they have time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid!

Our hybrid way of working is unique. We foster a flexible approach that empowers every Zegon to perform at their best. We ask you to spend at least one day a week in our central London or Halifax office. Every team has the flexibility to choose the day that works best for them. We cover the costs for all company-wide events (3 per year), and also provide a separate hybrid contribution to help pay towards other travel costs. We think it's a good mix of collaborative face time and flexible home-working, setting us up to achieve the right balance between work and life.

Our approach to AI

We believe in the power of AI to meaningfully improve how we work - helping us move faster, think differently, and focus on what matters most. At Zego, we encourage people to stay curious and intentional about how AI is leveraged in their work and teams to drive practical impact every day. This is your chance to do the most meaningful work of your career - and we’ll provide you with the tools, support, and freedom to do it well.

Benefits

We reward our people well. Join us and you'll get a market-competitive salary, private medical insurance, company share options, generous holiday allowance, and a whole lot of wellbeing benefits. And that's just for starters.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. If you need any support with your application please get in touch with us on [email protected]