Location
London
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Finance
Position Overview
At Preply, we are looking for an accomplished Vice President, Finance to serve as a key member of the leadership team. Reporting directly to the CFO, this executive will advance Preply’s financial strategy, operational discipline, and readiness for future growth milestones, including potential capital‑market activity.
What you’ll be doing:
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.
What you need to succeed:
Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance leadership, including 5+ years at the senior‑executive level, leading multi‑disciplined 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 organisations.
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 organisations 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.
Benefits
Open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture.
Generous monthly allowance for lessons on 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.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed‑Tech company. That means that Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.
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Employment Type
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Department
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Position Overview
At Preply, we are looking for an accomplished Vice President, Finance to serve as a key member of the leadership team. Reporting directly to the CFO, this executive will advance Preply’s financial strategy, operational discipline, and readiness for future growth milestones, including potential capital‑market activity.
What you’ll be doing:
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.
What you need to succeed:
Experience: 10+ years of progressive finance leadership, including 5+ years at the senior‑executive level, leading multi‑disciplined 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 organisations.
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 organisations 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.
Benefits
Open, collaborative, dynamic and diverse culture.
Generous monthly allowance for lessons on 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.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Preply.com is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of diverse backgrounds can thrive. We believe that the presence of different opinions and viewpoints is a key ingredient for our success as a multicultural Ed‑Tech company. That means that Preply will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.
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