Position: Finance Director
Company: Surprise
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

Surprise.com is on a mission to help people make a positive impact on themselves, their teams, and their communities. Our flagship product, Surprise for Teams™, is the world’s first and only SuccessOS™. Surprise for Teams makes it fun and irresistible to perform better, which creates a positive, long-lasting impact on people and their organizations.
We’re looking for an experienced Finance Director who is ready to lead a team of finance professionals in support of our rapidly growing team, reporting directly to executive leadership.

What will you be doing?

Leading a team of accountants and financial analysts, ensuring the company meets all legal requirements and industry standards;
Analyzing current and past financial data, performing financial forecasting based on analyzed data;
Evaluating financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts;
Facilitating the creation of reports (budgets, income statement forecasts, etc), financial models for decision support;
Guiding the cost analysis process by establishing policies and procedures;
Increasing productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools;
Working closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting;
Participating in all executive-level discussions relative to finance;
Reporting directly to the executive leadership team with recommendations, insights, and actionable information.

What are we looking for?

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field;
8+ years of experience in a finance role;
4+ years of experience as a head or lead in a finance role;
Experience working with IT and technology companies in Ukraine;
Upper Intermediate English or higher (B2+).

What skills will come in handy?

Experience working in a product company;
Being an excellent communicator who can use compelling arguments to influence outcomes;
Experience using data to identify opportunities and improve team performance;
Advanced analytical skills and first-principles-based thinking.

About us

At Surprise.com, we’re committed to hiring builders who are inspired by our team’s guiding principle: to derive a tremendous sense of purpose from the inner quest for excellence itself, being driven from within to make anything we touch be the best it can be. We take pride in developing deep user understanding, obsess about the details, and go the extra mile to show our users we love them. We are first and foremost customer driven – engineering, product and design collaborate as equals to create a phenomenal end user experience. We’re also home for numerous internal teams building internally facing tools for customer service, finance, and others, to keep the operation afloat.

Benefits

Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category
Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company
Competitive salaries
Option of equity
Close collaboration between UA and US team members
Ultramodern office in the heart of Lviv (Magnus) and Kyiv (Gulliver)
Flexible working hours
Complimentary dinners (like Pizza Friday!)
English classes and an immersive English-speaking work environment (we have a lot of native speakers at the office)
Ability to travel to the US
Corporate activities and parties
Dedicated wellness area in the office
20 working days of paid vacation
15 days of paid sick leave
And, of course, we use Surprise internally!