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Group Accountant (15 Month FTC)RVU • London, GB
Group Accountant (15 Month FTC)

Group Accountant (15 Month FTC)

RVU • London, GB
20 days ago
Job type
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Job description

Description

Hybrid: 2 days per week in our Tower Bridge office

ZPG

The ZPG group consists of the RVU and Houseful Divisions and includes some of the UK’s most well-recognised, trusted, and innovative digital brands. These brands, including Confused.com, Zoopla and Uswitch, aim to empower consumers to make better property and household-related decisions. Alongside these household names, ZPG is also one of the leading residential property software and data providers with a range of industry-leading products including: Hometrack, Alto, Calcasa, and many others.

ZPG continues to focus on its goal of providing significant value and an ever-improving experience to customers and consumers. This approach, led by its management teams, is in turn supported by private equity investors, Silver Lake and Red Ventures, each of which provides unique expertise in product, technology, and marketing. This, combined with ZPG’s long-term strategic thinking, enables the Group to make investments and other decisions that might not be possible in a public market context.

About the role

We're looking for a qualified Group Accountant to join ZPG on a 15 month fixed term contract. Sitting within the group finance function, you'll act as the primary liaison with finance teams across Zoopla, RVU, ASG and Hometrack, ensuring management packs are received on time and the group consolidation is complete and accurate.

You'll own the Group entities' month end reporting, including journals and balance sheet reconciliations, and will play a central role in compiling commentary for the monthly management pack, shared with the investor group and C-suite. The role also covers tax and treasury responsibilities, including quarterly VAT returns, PSA calculations and interest payment reconciliations, alongside support with statutory accounts preparation and audit queries.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong technical accounting knowledge to join a fast paced, multi-entity environment, and to make use of AI tools such as Claude to improve efficiency across journal creation, reconciliations and reporting.

What you'll be doing

  • Act as the primary liaison with finance teams across Zoopla, RVU, ASG and Hometrack, ensuring management packs land on time each month
  • Compile commentary for the monthly management pack, sharing insights with the investor group and C-suite
  • Own the Group entities' month end reporting, including journals and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Manage professional, tax and legal cost accruals at a group level
  • Prepare quarterly VAT returns and manage the PSA calculations process
  • Review and post payroll journals for group entities each month
  • Support statutory accounts preparation and audit processes across the ZPG entities
  • Get involved in ad hoc projects and analysis as they come up.

What we're looking for

Essentials
  • Qualified accountant (ACA,ACCA,ICAS, CIMA or equivalent) with strong technical accounting knowledge across management, group/consolidations, and statutory accounts
  • Comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and open to using AI tools such as Claude to work more efficiently
  • Experience with VAT accounting and a solid understanding of UK tax compliance
  • Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to build and maintain financial models
  • A confident communicator who builds strong relationships across a matrix organisation, and a self-starter who takes ownership of their workload and looks for ways to improve processes.

Desirable
  • Previous experience in a group finance function, ideally with a multi-entity or private equity-backed environment, or audit experience of such groups
  • Familiarity with NetSuite and/or Caseware, or similar ERP and statutory accounts tools
  • Exposure to audit processes, PSA calculations and/or treasury management.

You don’t need to tick off everything on this list - so don’t let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you’re learning plenty during your time with us!

Our commitment to you

We are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this, it’s essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.

What we offer

We want to give you a great work environment, support your growth both personally and professionally, and provide benefits that make your time at RVU even more enjoyable. Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to:
  • 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
  • A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to “work from anywhere”
  • Employer-matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
  • A one-off £300 “work from home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
  • Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
  • 25 days holiday (increasing with years of employment to 30 days) + 2 days “my time” per year
  • Private medical cover, critical illness cover, and employee assistance programme
  • A healthy learning and training budget
  • Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
  • Free in-office gym, accessible 7 days a week
  • Free breakfast in the office daily
  • You’ll be equipped with great technology (choice of Mac or Windows)
  • Free access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
  • Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected.
We combine the close-knit and agile environment of a start-up with the know-how, technology, and backing of a well-established company.

We use our shared knowledge to empower people and help them make decisions confidently across a range of household services. Our purpose is to simplify complex marketplaces with accessible applications that genuinely improve people’s lives.

The RVU mission is clear: empowering people, transforming industries. With our unique set of brands under the RVU umbrella, we have the power to reach millions of consumers and the technology to deliver a world-class online experience for them.
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