We are a vigorous team of professionals specialized on providing premium executive search and assessment experience to the business world. Among the various industries we recruit for, we are exclusively retained to find a Finance Director for Antenna Digital Ventures to join their highly dynamic and international team.  This is a key role in an incredibly exciting business unit.

The Company:

Digital Ventures is the digital growth arm of the Antenna Group, one of the largest media companies in Greece and across CEE (Hungary, Romania, Czech, Poland etc). We identify major consumer sectors that are digitalising rapidly, then partner with fast-growing scale-ups operating in those spaces to bring them to the region. We build businesses through media exposure, local expertise and great people.

We have delivered great success with Vice Media and Ariana Huffington’s Thrive Global.  In early 2021 we launched Pricefox.gr, already a leading car insurance price comparison service, now expanding into energy switching.  In March 2022 we launched Stargram.gr, a celebrity video messaging service.  In July 2022 we launched Jukebooks.gr, the first audiobooks subscription business in Greece.

Finance Director

The role:

• Manage and develop the finance function for three fast-growing but still early
  stage businesses and the central team.
• Support the MD Digital Ventures and the business unit MDs through accurate,
  timely information, acting as a true business partner to the team.

Your goals:

• Assume responsibility for day to day finance operations, including:
• Managing cash flow, ensuring it is on track, incl. monthly and annual cash flow forecasts.
• Conducting monthly and annual reporting, incl. managing peaks in terms of annual reporting/audit in an efficient and effective manner.
• Ensuring funding is drawn-down in efficient, timely intervals.
• Managing payments.
• Producing budgets and tracking progress against goals.
• Forecasting in cooperation with the MDs, deviation analysis and KPI reporting.
• Work with the external accountants (EY) and monitor tax compliance.
• Manage a small finance team.
• Manage and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including subject matter experts within the wider company.
• Develop any relevant business processes and finance policies to maintain.
• Look for and manage the process of government grants, where applicable.

Requirements:

• Hold at least 7-10 years of finance, tax & accounting experience, with an orientation on the business and financial analysis side.
• Have a commercial mindset and strike the balance between operations and strategy.
• Be structured and process-oriented.
• Assume extreme ownership in everything you do meaning that you always deliver top-quality and never miss a deadline.
• Have empathy, humility, an open mind and a genuine desire to grow.
• Possess the ability to stand-up for your ideas and fight and win your corner whilst maintaining a smile and a great working relationship with everyone.

• Come with an entrepreneurial approach and ability to work independently or collaboratively.
• Be ready to assume a senior finance or management role from day one.
• Perfectly fluent in English (both written and verbal), as well as Greek