Deputy Finance Director | Laba Global

Online education is an area of explosive startups and investments. By 2025, the global EdTech market will be worth more than $400 billion.

The Laba Group team started 8 years ago and we are already EdTech leaders in Ukraine.

In 2020, we entered the European market, and now we are actively working on projects in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Hungary, Czechia, Germany and the United States.

Briefly about us:

• in 2015, the first master class was launched in Kyiv, which grew into the Laba business school
• in 2019, the creative school SKVOT was opened
• in 2020, we opened offices in 5 European countries and robot_dreams — a school of programming, analytics and data science
• we are leading the online education market in Eastern Europe
• launched 568+ courses and taught 115,000+ students from over 50 countries
• our lecturers are from Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, and other prominent leaders of the business

We have built a strong team, recognized by Forbes and Harvard Business Review. To keep achieving goals, we need more professionals. Currently, we are seeking a dedicated and experienced Deputy Finance Director whose primary target will be to manage our global finance team and lead operational finance activity through the entire Laba group, therefore contributing to improvement initiatives across 9 different jurisdictions.

Your areas of influence on the companys development:

• Lead and manage local markets finance teams (set KPIs, assess annual performance, monitor internal mood, hire and dismiss when needed);
• Lead operational cash flow forecasting and local markets monetary policy;
• Own and oversee monthly financial reporting and consolidation process;
• Participate in finance transformation projects as a project owner or key stakeholder;
• Active participation in automation streams (drafting technical tasks for IT);
• Oversee intercompany transaction flow and transfer pricing stream;
• High-level communication with banks and payment provider partners;
• Own a high-level tax planning stream.

Requirements

Well feel a connection if you have:

• Relevant degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics;
• 5-7+ years of relevant experience in finance or accounting with at least 1+ year of management experience;
• Advanced skills in MS Excel and/or Google Sheets;
• Strong confidence in IFRS;
• Professional proficiency in English with at least Advanced speaking skills;
• Excellent verbal communication and professional corporate writing skills;
• Ability to gain substantive business understanding;
• Excellent time and priorities management skills.

Strong advantage (but not obligatory) if you also have:

• ACCA, CIMA, or other professional certifications at least in progress;
• Experience in IT or EdTech industries or Big 4 companies;
• International experience.

Benefits

In addition to huge ambitions and a global goal, you will receive:

• Development and growth in the direction that drives you to new achievements and ideas;
• We value openness, support, and honesty in the team, so you will work in a positive and motivating atmosphere, where you can express your ideas and give feedback without fear of rejection;
• Resources, rich multifaceted projects, international collaborations — lets fill education with practice-oriented knowledge together;
• Freedom of the work format: at home or in any of Kyiv/Warsaw/Budapest/Prague/Istanbul/Bucharest offices;
• Flexible full-time schedule. You are your own time manager and we are here about the results, not hours spent;
• Access to all Laba Group courses for you and your family;
• Unlimited paid vacation. Rest is also about health;
• Compensation for training, technology, health care, to have a resource for the educational revolution.

Our recruitment process is crystal clear: an interview with a Global Recruiter — a small test assessment — an interview with the Finance & Strategy Director — a final check with our Global CEO.

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