Warsaw or Dubai, or elsewhere in Europe (remote with travel). Reports to the Founder & CEO and is part of the leadership team. Languages: Fluent English. Ukrainian is a strong plus.

About Newxel

Since 2017 Newxel has found, vetted and paid people for technology companies. Our clients are product companies in Europe, the Middle East and the US, from scale-ups to public companies. We work with them from a single hire to their own R&D centre.

Where We Are Going

We are building the next version of Newxel. Our main product is hiring, for technical and non-technical roles: found by AI and experts, vouched for by a named recruiter. On top of hiring, we run payroll for the people our clients hire, through our own companies or partners in each country.

To deliver this globally, we are building our own AI platform. And we are forming the leadership team for this path: a Chief Revenue Officer and a Head of Platform Delivery joined this autumn. The CFO is the next seat at that table.

Why This Role Exists

This path needs a financial and legal foundation that grows with the company: which entities we need, how money and contracts move between our companies, where the group books its profit, how people are contracted and paid in every country, and how the company funds its growth. We have a strong, stable finance and legal team. We are looking for an equally stable, senior leader to strengthen it, lead it and build this foundation for the long term, working directly with the Founder & CEO.

What You Will Own

• Working with the CEO. Together you set financial priorities, assess new markets and services, and decide where resources go. On key questions you bring a specific recommendation with the cost, the expected result and the risks.

• Group structure and financial model. Entities, intercompany agreements and flows, where profit sits, transfer pricing, permanent establishment. You compare tax regimes and choose an economically sound structure. A clear target structure first, then the implementation.

• Payroll partners and contracting models. The setup with payroll partners in countries where we have no company of our own, and the risks of each model: reclassification, licensing, insurance, data protection. You set the task for external advisors and own the result.

• Funding strategy. With the CEO you shape how the company funds its growth: the financial model, the data room, due diligence and the conversations with financial partners.

• Deal economics and negotiations. Full cost, target margin and the limits for concessions. You defend price and payment terms in negotiations.

• Management reporting and planning. Group P&L, balance sheet and cash flow: you explain what moved the results and which decisions follow. Budget and forecast tied to the real timing of cash.

• Finance and legal leadership. You lead an experienced team and work closely with Legal and the Head of Accounting, who runs accounting, audits and statutory reporting. You set up processes that hold as the group grows, and bring in automation and AI tools step by step.

What We Are Looking For

• CFO or Head of Finance in a multi-entity group across several countries, in a product-service or service business.

• You have built a group structure hands-on: entities, intercompany flows, transfer pricing, tax across countries. We will ask for specifics.

• You understand how people are contracted and paid across countries, and the risks behind each model.

• You have led finance together with legal.

• You understand deal economics and margin, and you have defended price and payment terms in negotiations.

• You think fast and strategically, decide on the data you have and see things through to a result.

• You use AI tools such as Claude every day to move faster.

• You stay: several years in each of your previous roles.

• Fluent English. Ukrainian is a strong plus.

• Based in Warsaw, Dubai or elsewhere in Europe.

Strong Plus

A financing deal you saw through end to end, from data room to due diligence and closing; payroll, hiring or staffing businesses; capitalisation of development (IAS 38); UAE or DIFC.

How We Work

This is a hands-on role in a founder-led company, not a corporate seat with a large department. Direct communication, written decisions, no politics. When something is uncertain, we expect options with dates and costs and your recommendation, not a list of open questions. The team works in English and Ukrainian.

Process

Recruiter screen, interview with the CEO, one-page case, meeting with the finance and legal team, two references.