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At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalized learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact. So far, 90,000 tutors have delivered over 20 million lessons to learners in more than 175 countries. Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters.

Meet the team!

At Preply, Finance Operations plays a crucial role in ensuring our financial data is accurate, scalable, and seamlessly integrated across all business functions. As we grow, the complexity of our revenue streams, payment processing, and financial reporting presents exciting challenges that require automation, innovation, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

As part of the Finance Operations team, you’ll work at the intersection of finance, data, and technology, helping to streamline financial processes, improve integrations, and ensure consistency in financial reporting. You’ll collaborate closely with Accounting, FP&A, Data, People, and B2B teams to optimize workflows, enhance automation, and drive improvements in financial accuracy. Your contributions will help Preply scale efficiently, maintain financial integrity, and create a seamless financial experience across teams and systems.

Our Finance team is focused on building a best-in-class financial ecosystem that empowers data-driven decisions and operational efficiency as we scale to the next level.

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee and enhance the finance tech stack, ensuring smooth integrations between systems (Netsuite, Abacum, etc.).
• Manage and optimize existing financial integrations, identifying gaps and ensuring consistency in data flows across revenue, cash, and reporting.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy in financial reporting, reconciling data across different sources to prevent discrepancies.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, and Data teams to align on data definitions, financial reporting accuracy, and automation initiatives.
• Own monthly & quarterly consolidated management reporting including Budget vs Actuals analyses, dashboards, and Board materials. Coordinate across relevant teams to surface insights to leadership.
• Lead finance automation projects, reducing manual work and improving efficiency across finance-related processes.
• Work closely with Product teams to improve our Payments’ stack and deliver business value via reduced payment fees, new currencies, payment methods, and more
• Work closely with People and B2B teams to improve financial workflows, including payroll, billing, and revenue recognition.
• Collaborate on cross-functional finance projects, driving process improvements and ensuring seamless execution.
• Act as the project manager for finance operations, keeping stakeholders informed, tracking milestones, and ensuring timely completion of key initiatives.
• Be a problem-solver and enabler, ensuring finance is an efficient, data-driven, and user-friendly function across the organization.

What you need to succeed:

• +5 years’ experience in a Finance Operations role, ideally for a Tech company with around 1,000+ employees or similar size
• Strong finance systems expertise, with experience in ERP systems, planning tools, payment platforms, and financial reporting tools. SQL knowledge is a plus.
• Solid understanding of financial data structures, US GAAP, revenue recognition, and cash reconciliation.
• Experience managing integrations between finance and other business systems (e.g., CRM, HR, payments).
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot discrepancies and ensure data consistency.
• Excellent collaboration skills, working effectively with Accounting, FP&A, Data, and cross-functional teams.
• Project management experience, with the ability to drive initiatives from scoping to execution.
• Automation mindset, comfortable leveraging technology to improve finance processes.
• Proactive and solution-oriented, able to work independently and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Great communication skills, making finance processes easy to understand and work with across teams.

Why you’ll love it at Preply:

• 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
• Not in Barcelona? We offer an attractive relocation package to join us in our Preply Barcelona Hub
• Access to Gympass-partnered wellness and gym centers throughout Spain to promote and support well-being and physical health;
• Opportunity to shape the lives of learners and tutors from over 175 countries through language learning and teaching

Our Principles

• Care to change the world - We are passionate about our work and care deeply about its impact to be life changing.
• We do it for learners - For both Preply and tutors, learners are why we do what we do. Every day we focus on empowering tutors to deliver an exceptional learning experience.
• Keep perfecting - To create an outstanding customer experience, we focus on simplicity, smoothness, and enjoyment, continually perfecting it as every detail matters.
• Now is the time - In a fast-paced world, it matters how quickly we act. Now is the time to make great things happen.
• Disciplined execution - What makes us disciplined is the excellence in our execution. We set clear goals, focus on what matters, and utilize our resources efficiently.
• Dive deep - We leverage business acumen and curiosity to investigate disparities between numbers and stories, unlocking meaningful insights to guide our decisions.
• Growth mindset - We proactively seek growth opportunities and believe today's best performance becomes tomorrow's starting point. We humbly embrace feedback and learn from setbacks.
• Raise the bar - We raise our performance standards continuously, alongside each new hire and promotion. We build diverse and high-performing teams that can make a real difference.
• Challenge, disagree and commit - We value open and candid communication, even when we don’t fully agree. We speak our minds, challenge when necessary, and fully commit to decisions once made.
• One Preply - We prioritize collaboration, inclusion, and the success of our team over personal ambitions. Together, we support and celebrate each other's progress.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Preply is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Different opinions and viewpoints are key ingredients in our success as a multicultural Ed-Tech company.

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. Together, we are The World Class.

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