VP of International Finance

webook.com; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 170 000 - 230 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

webook.com seeks an accomplished VP of International Finance to steer financial strategy across Europe, the UK, MENA, and other regions. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting while shaping governance and controls for scalable international growth.

The role requires deep expertise in statutory, tax, treasury, transfer pricing, and cross-border operations, partnering with executives and regional teams to drive profitability and responsible expansion.

Qualificações

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience in international roles.
• Proven leadership across Europe, UK, MENA, or global markets.
• Strong FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management experience.
• CPA/ACCA/CIMA/CFA or equivalent preferred.
• Deep knowledge of statutory reporting, tax, VAT/GST, transfer pricing, and audit requirements.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the international financial strategy aligned with growth objectives across markets.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting for all international entities.
• Manage treasury, cash flow, FX, and working capital in multi-currency environments.
• Partner with CFO and regional leads on market entry, expansion, and commercial opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements and audit readiness.

Conhecimentos

International Finance

FP&A

Financial Modelling

Multi-market Leadership

Tax & Compliance

Treasury

Stakeholder Management

Governance

Regulatory

Formação académica

CPA/ACCA/CIMA/CFA or equivalent

Ferramentas

ERP systems

Tax software

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Do you want to love what you do at work? Make a real impact? Help shape experiences that transform how people connect, celebrate, and engage with events?

Are you excited to work with a team that challenges the status quo, breaks away from the ordinary, and builds what's next?

If yes, you're in the right place.

webook.comis one of the leading event ticketing and experience platforms, known for its innovation, agility, and ability to scale. We've powered some of the largest events in the region, with over2 billion SAR in ticket salesand now we're expanding globally.

Role Overview

The VP of International Finance will lead webook.com’s financial strategy, planning, controls, reporting, and finance operations across its international markets.

This is a senior finance leadership role reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, responsible for ensuring webook.com has the financial structure, governance, reporting discipline, and operational capability required to scale across Europe, the UK, MENA and other international territories.

The role requires someone with deep experience managing finance across multiple international jurisdictions, including complex statutory, tax, treasury, transfer pricing, and regulatory environments. The successful candidate will act as the senior finance partner for all international market activity, working closely with the CFO, executive leadership, regional business leaders, legal, tax advisors, and external partners.

The VP of International Finance will bring structure, commercial insight, and financial rigor to how webook.com evaluates, launches, manages, and scales international operations. This person must be both strategic and hands-on, capable of supporting market entry decisions while also ensuring the right controls, reporting, processes, and local finance infrastructure are in place.

Key Responsibilities

International Financial Strategy

• Lead the financial strategy for international markets in line with company growth objectives.
• Partner with the CFO on capital allocation, market entry, investment decisions, and international expansion planning.
• Build financial models and business cases for new markets, partnerships, and commercial opportunities.
• Assess market viability, including revenue potential, cost structure, tax implications, cash needs, and profitability.

FP&A and Performance Management

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for all international markets.
• Develop market-level P&A, dashboards, KPIs, and performance reporting.
• Track revenue, margin, operating costs, EBITDA impact, cash flow, and ROI by market.
• Provide clear insights on financial performance, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.

International Finance Operations

• Oversee finance operations across international entities and territories.
• Ensure timely month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, billing, collections, payments, and financial submissions.
• Coordinate with regional finance teams, local accountants, auditors, tax advisors, and external service providers.
• Build scalable finance processes to support new market launches and ongoing growth.

Commercial Finance Support

• Act as the senior finance partner to international business and commercial leaders.
• Support pricing, deal structuring, commercial negotiations, partnership models, and revenue-share arrangements.
• Review major commercial proposals to ensure appropriate margin, payment terms, tax treatment, and financial return.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, cash collection, and revenue quality.

Statutory, Tax and Compliance

• Ensure international entities meet local statutory, tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee VAT/GST, withholding tax, corporate tax, transfer pricing, payroll tax, and intercompany arrangements.
• Partner with Legal, Tax, and external advisors on entity structuring, cross-border transactions, and compliance obligations.
• Support audit readiness and ensure accurate documentation, controls, and financial records.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Manage international cash flow, working capital, liquidity, and funding needs.
• Oversee multi-currency operations, FX exposure, international banking, payment flows, and settlement processes.
• Ensure appropriate controls over payments, approvals, bank access, and movement of funds across entities.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the international finance team, setting clear direction and performance expectations
• Build strong relationships with regional finance leads and central finance functions
• Elevate the capability and influence of finance as a business partner across international markets

• 15+ years of progressive finance experience, with significant international or multi-market finance leadership experience.
• Proven experience managing finance across Europe, the UK, MENA, or other global territories.
• Strong FP&A, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management experience.
• Deep understanding of statutory reporting, tax, VAT/GST, transfer pricing, intercompany transactions, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Experience supporting international market entry, entity setup, commercial expansion, and cross-border operations.
• Strong treasury, cash management, FX, and working capital experience.
• Experience managing regional finance teams, local accountants, auditors, tax advisors, and external service providers.
• Background in technology, e-commerce, marketplace, ticketing, entertainment, payments, or high-growth digital businesses preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at executive level.
• CPA, ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CFA, or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, scaling business with evolving structures and aggressive growth targets.