preply - VP Finance
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Requirements
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance leadership, including 5+ years at the senior-executive level leading multi-disciplinary teams. • Public-Company Readiness & Operational Expertise: Direct experience preparing for or operating within a public-company environment, with deep understanding of investor expectations, regulatory standards, and reporting rigor. • Investor Partnership: Demonstrated success partnering with CFOs and investor-relations leaders to support external communications and capital-markets engagement. • Strategic Finance Acumen: Proven record of building and scaling FP&A and corporate finance functions that drive performance across global, fast-growing organizations. • Cross-Functional Leadership: Track record of successful collaboration with product, marketing, and operations leaders to align resources with strategic priorities. • Delegation & Empowerment: Demonstrated ability to scale organizations through thoughtful delegation, empowerment, and leadership development. • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics required; MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced credential strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
• Strategic Leadership: Partner with the CFO and executive leadership to define and execute Preply’s long-term financial strategy, supporting sustainable growth, efficiency, and global scale. • Financial Stewardship: Lead company-wide forecasting, budgeting, capital allocation, and investment planning; ensure a disciplined approach to profitability and cash management. • Investor Readiness: Partner closely with the CFO to strengthen Preply’s external financial narrative and engagement with investors; ensure the Finance organization supports transparency, accuracy, and credibility in all investor communications. • Public-Company Preparation: Drive the evolution of finance systems, controls, and reporting processes required for a potential public-company environment, including governance, compliance, and audit readiness. • Business Partnership: Serve as a key financial advisor to senior business leaders, converting analytical insight into strategic action that advances company goals. Depth and expertise in both B2C marketplace and B2B GTM • Organizational Scale: Build scalable processes, systems, and decision frameworks to support Preply’s global growth trajectory. • Team Leadership: Inspire and empower high-performing teams across FP&A, Corporate Finance, Procurement, and PMO; foster accountability and ownership while celebrating success. • Finance Analytics Collaboration: Align with Finance Analytics to strengthen forecasting accuracy, data quality, and executive-level financial visibility. • Cross-Functional Program Management: Oversee Finance PMO initiatives to ensure disciplined execution of key strategic projects. • Culture and Leadership: Maintain a culture that balances accountability with empathy - rewarding performance, developing talent, and modeling Preply’s principle of constantly pursuing excellence.
Benefits
• Open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture • Generous monthly allowance for lessons on Preply.com http://Preply.com • Learning & Development budget, including time off for your self-development • Competitive financial package with equity, leave allowance and health insurance • Access to free mental health support platforms • Opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors from over 175 countries through language learning and teaching • Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing. • We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience. • Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters. • Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen. • Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently. • Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions. • Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks. • Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference. • Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made. • One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress. • DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
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