Сhief Financial Officer (Ukrainian-speaking)

Overview

The organization is seeking a Finance leader to ensure financial resilience and operational efficiency by building out and scaling the finance function.

This is a remote, full-time role aligned with Kyiv time zone (EET / EEST).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the company’s financial strategy.
• Own FP&A activities including budgeting, plan/actual analysis, and variance analysis.
• Ensure a stable management reporting process and data transparency.
• Update international accounting and external reporting processes.
• Modernize treasury operations, including cash flow, payment discipline, working capital management, and relationships with banks and payment providers.
• Lead tax planning and ensure compliance across international jurisdictions (direct and indirect taxes).
• Manage financial risk and controls, including control procedures, risk management, loss prevention, internal policies, and monitoring enforcement.
• Transform the finance function through process reorganization, ERP implementation, and automation of routine tasks (RPA / AI).
• Optimize the group’s financial and legal structure through multi-entity interaction, consolidation, and cross-border operations.

Requirements

• 8+ years in finance, including 3+ years in a leadership role (CFO / Finance Director).
• Experience working in international multi-entity structures, including EU (must have), with exposure to LATAM, Asia, and USA.
• Experience building or relaunching a systematic finance function, including accounting, treasury, financial control, budgeting, and reporting.
• Experience transforming and automating financial processes, including optimization, ERP/BI, establishing data discipline, and implementing regular reporting.
• Experience working with payment systems and cryptocurrencies as a financial instrument.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, including building finance processes with operations, sales, product, legal, and other teams.

Knowledge

• IFRS / GAAP: preparation and analysis of financial statements.
• International taxation: direct and indirect taxes, and fundamentals of compliance across different jurisdictions.
• Understanding of the group’s financial and legal structure, including multi-jurisdiction operations and intercompany rules.
• Analytics and automation tools, including BI (Tableau), ERP, and CRM (1C, Zoho).

Skills

• Strong analytical skills, including working with financial statements and unstructured data and building clear, easy-to-follow financial models.
• Financial planning and forecasting under incomplete data (budgeting, cash flow, scenarios).
• Strong communication skills for engaging with international partners and auditors and establishing collaboration across teams.
• English at B2+ level.
• Ukrainian at C1+ level.

Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible schedule with the option to start between 8:00 and 11:00.
• Paid vacation: 20 working days per year; plus sick leave.
• Additional days off on public holidays.
• Additional paid days off for your birthday, the birth of a child, marriage, or the loss of a close relative.
• Fully covered business travel (transport, accommodation, per diem).
• Investment in professional development, including training, certifications, and access to courses and professional resources.
• “Cafeteria”-style benefits system within a set budget, covering areas such as sports, medical services, professional literature, coworking, equipment repair, and more.

Location

• Remote
• Kyiv time zone (EET / EEST)

Recruitment Process

• Pre-screening for fit between experience and role requirements.
• Recruiter interview.
• Technical interview.
• Test assignment.
• Interview with the Hiring Manager.
• Reference check.

Additional Information

• The organization does not cooperate with or consider candidates from russia or belarus in its recruitment process.