/Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Polandplvia direct
// Job Type
Full Time
// Salary
Not disclosed
// Posted
1 month ago

About the Role

<h2><span>⭐ About Tagvenue</span></h2><p><span>At Tagvenue, we’re building a SaaS-enabled marketplace that is redefining how people discover and book venues around the world. We’re a team of highly capable and deeply curious people who care about solving meaningful problems and influencing how the venue-hire market operates globally.</span></p><p><span>Every month, thousands of events are planned through Tagvenue - from corporate offsites and private dinners to workshops, film productions and weddings. We connect people with unique spaces, matching what users need with the best venues on our marketplace.</span></p><h2><span>⭐ About the Role</span></h2><p><span>This is a foundational, <strong>hands-on</strong> Finance Manager role covering our UK and Poland entities, reporting directly to our co-founder and CEO. As the business scales, so does the complexity of the finance function. This role takes full ownership of it end to end.</span></p><p><span>We're ideally looking for someone available around <strong>25-30 hours per week</strong> across five days, but we'd also consider a full-time arrangement for the right candidate.</span></p><p><span>You'll own the accuracy of our books (with an accounting specialist and external accounting, tax and legal partners across the UK and Poland handling day-to-day execution under your sign-off), while <strong>personally </strong>driving forecasting, cash management, cost optimisation and the systems that keep finance efficient as we grow. You'll work with a modern stack that includes Xero, Pleo, Symmetrical, G Suite, Coda, Looker and Claude.</span></p><p><span>The function is still young, so you'll have real influence over how it's built.</span></p><h2><span>⭐ What You’ll Do</span></h2><p><span><strong>You'll own and sign off, while our finance specialist handles day-to-day execution:</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span>Run the monthly close across our UK and Poland entities; protect balance sheet integrity across accruals, deferrals, intercompany and revenue recognition</span></p></li><li><p><span>Make sure statutory reporting obligations are met; coordinate our UK and Poland accountants</span></p></li><li><p><span>Own ledger hygiene: chart of accounts discipline, reconciliation standards and accounting policies</span></p></li><li><p><span>Keep VAT, payroll tax and other statutory payments on time in both markets, backed by compliance checklists and audit trails</span></p></li><li><p><span>Monitor tax-treshholds in Singapore, Australia and US markets and act when necessary</span></p></li><li><p><span>Be able to step in and cover core bookkeeping tasks during absence or rotation</span></p></li></ul><p><span><strong>You'll do hands-on:</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span>Own forecasting and budgeting (monthly, quarterly and annual) with clear scenarios and assumptions</span></p></li><li><p><span>Produce management accounts and variance analysis across P&amp;L, cash flow and key drivers</span></p></li><li><p><span>Present financial results to the Board; support the founders' relationship with investors</span></p></li><li><p><span>Manage payment rails, FX execution and cash movement across entities; keep cash safe and interest-earning</span></p></li><li><p><span>Drive advisor-backed tax optimisation and manage transfer pricing across the UK and Poland</span></p></li><li><p><span>Identify and execute on cost cutting opportunities</span></p></li><li><p><span>Cut manual finance work through better tooling; build controls like automated reconciliations by design</span></p></li><li><p><span>Manage external accounting teams; maintain the SOPs, calendars and escalation paths that keep execution predictable</span></p></li><li><p><span>Keep the company legally on track across the UK and Poland, managing external lawyers and monitoring regulatory change</span></p></li></ul><h2><span>⭐ What We’re Looking For</span></h2><ul><li><p><span>You've actually run a close yourself, not just reviewed one someone else prepared. You can explain how a set of books gets from messy to signed off</span></p></li><li><p><span>You have your own techniques for catching data errors before anyone else does</span></p></li><li><p><span>You've worked across accounting, FP&amp;A and compliance, ideally spanning more than one jurisdiction (UK and Poland experience is a strong plus)</span></p></li><li><p><span>You're energised by modernising finance tooling &amp; processes rather than defending whatever's already in place</span></p></li><li><p><span>Familiarity with tools like Xero, Pleo or similar is a plus, not a requirement</span></p></li></ul><p><span><strong>Nice to have:</strong></span></p><ul><li><p><span>ACCA or CIMA qualification (or working towards one)</span></p></li><li><p><span>Experience in a high-growth scale-up environment</span></p></li></ul><h2><span>⭐ What Makes Us a Great Place to Work</span></h2><ul><li><p><span><strong>Competitive compensation</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Flexible working hours</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>24 paid days off per year &amp; all bank holidays</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Birthday day off</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Private healthcare</strong></span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Growth budget</strong> for books and courses</span></p></li><li><p><span>And because we’re part of the <strong>events industry</strong>, we celebrate:<br>Every quarter, we meet in <strong>Kraków </strong>to connect in person, recharge, and have fun together 🎉</span></p></li></ul><h2><span>⭐ Recruitment steps</span></h2><ul><li><p><span>HR interview - ~45 mins</span></p></li><li><p><span>Meeting with the hiring manager - ~45 mins</span></p></li><li><p><span>Technical interview - ~1h</span></p></li><li><p><span>Task interview - ~1-2h</span></p></li><li><p><span>Culture fit interview - ~1h</span></p></li></ul>

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