Position Summary:

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We are seeking a highly capable and proactive Senior Finance Manager, EMEA to join our rapidly growing team in the EMEA Region. This is a critical new headcount addition that will be instrumental in stabilizing core financial controls and supporting a region expected to continue to grow its topline and investment.

Reporting to the EMEA Finance Director, the Senior Finance Manager will take ownership of essential operational and compliance duties. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, commercially astute finance professional ready to thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment characterized by significant growth, multiple markets, new product launches (including gene therapies), and evolving partner deals.

Work Model:

Flex: This role will typically require onsite work 2-3 days each week, or more depending on business needs. In many locations, the business will set certain days each week that Flex employees are required to be onsite.
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Remote: Officially documented as working full-time from home, with travel to Ultragenyx's offices or other locations on occasion as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Perform detailed, day-to-day Opex tracking, variance analysis, and reporting, supporting OPEX and cost savings/productivity initiatives through transparent reporting and targeted analytics
• Provide proactive budget holder support to Commercial and Medical teams, ensuring strict adherence to budgets and financial policies
• Manage and control transactional volume related to increased headcount, vendor management, and travel/expense reporting
• Generate monthly and quarterly performance reports and review with regional, country, and department managers
• Maintain controllership of expenses, with focus on all OpEx lines directly controlled by the European entities
• Deliver monthly and quarterly results reporting, including variance analysis and corrective action plans, and recommend cost-saving initiatives to achieve financial targets
• Work closely with US-based teams to support procure-to-pay, payroll, management/statutory reporting, IT, HR, and other corporate processes
• Drive process improvement projects with corporate and regional functions to deliver cost and operational efficiencies across the region
• Support monthly and quarterly financial close processes, including preparation of accruals and detailed revenue reconciliation across multiple brands, countries, and partner deals
• Lead improvements in FP&A reporting, forecasting, and automation to enhance reliability, efficiency, and insight generation
• Act as the primary liaison for Global Accounting, Supply Chain, and Tax, supporting compliance and minimizing operational risk across the region
• Identify and implement improvements in core financial processes and utilize data analytics (Power BI, Excel) to deliver insights, scenario planning, and support senior stakeholder decision-making

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance (FP&A, Controlling, or Corporate Finance), in the biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences sector in a European context
• Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or relevant field; professional qualification (CFA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) highly desirable
• Fluent English required; additional European language (e.g., German, French) a strong asset
• Demonstrable understanding of biotech business drivers, including revenue recognition for complex licensing/partner deals and product launch dynamics
• Strong proficiency in Opex tracking, financial analysis, and budget management
• Solid understanding of revenue recognition principles within pharmaceutical or life sciences environments
• Advanced Microsoft tools skills, including Excel and Power Query, with experience using ERP/financial planning systems and Power BI
• High attention to detail with a strong focus on compliance and financial control
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and act as a liaison with global teams while building strong relationships
• Ability to manage high volumes of transactional activity while maintaining data integrity, alongside strong personal effectiveness (resilience, accountability, and self-motivation)

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In Short

We are looking for a Senior Specialist - Global Mobility Tax and Travel on a fixed-term contract (Parental Cover), starting May 1st and running until December 2026, to join us here at On!

You are someone who moves fast, thinks strategically, and never settles for good enough. As Senior Specialist - Global Mobility Tax and Travel  you will own the end-to-end business traveler and assignment support for all functions globally. You will be embedded in a lean, high-ownership team where your impact is felt immediately and your fingerprints are on the team member experience for requests ranging from simpler invitation letters to complex cases that require a high degree of coordination, understanding of business need, and the ability to distill complex tax, immigration, or travel topics into simplified explanations for all business stakeholders.

Your Mission

- Lead the development and continuous improvement of global mobility policies, ensuring competitiveness and compliance for short/long-term assignments and business travelers.
- Act as the lead consultant for mobility into complex jurisdictions, with a specific focus on Switzerland and APAC regulatory landscapes, ensuring policy alignment with local labor laws and tax treaties.
- Manage the technical evaluation process for "Work from Anywhere" (WFA) and cross-border commuters, delivering expert assessments on Corporate Tax Nexus and Permanent Establishment (PE) risks.
- Partner with Finance and external advisors to resolve intricate issues involving shadow payroll, social security totalization agreements, and personal income tax (PIT) liabilities for mobile employees.
- Design and oversee the end-to-end compliance ecosystem for business travelers, ensuring all international movements trigger appropriate visa, tax, and social security assessments.
- Act as the high-touch primary point of contact for senior leadership and complex assignees, managing their requests and minimizing risk.
- Drive the performance of external vendors (RMCs, Big 4 tax firms, immigration counsel), holding partners accountable to rigorous SLAs and KPIs.
- Oversee the mobility budget and global billing processes via Coupa, ensuring accurate cost allocation and identifying opportunities for cost-containment.
- Leverage mobility data to provide leadership with actionable insights on population trends, program ROI, and compliance heat maps.
- Identify and implement digital solutions to streamline the "travel-to-visa" workflow and improve the employee experience.

Your story

- Experience: 5+ years of dedicated experience in Global Mobility, International HR, or Tax/Immigration Consulting.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of social security treaties, double tax treaties and general knowledge on visa categories.
- Empathy: Exceptional communication skills; you can translate "legalese" into human language.
- Vendor Savvy: Experience managing external partners and holding them accountable to SLAs.

Meet the team

We are a hands-on Global Mobility team who believe that a strong foundation is built on knowledge, success is built on teamwork, and scale is achieved through automation and tech stack optimization. As a Global Mobility professional you should be as intuitive and forward-thinking as the people you support, finding ways to communicate complex topics effectively to guide business decisions and minimize risk for the individual team member and the organization. While we support the business as a function of our HR organization,, we don’t just "administer" programs and activate vendors, we build, customize, and innovate entirely in-house. Our mission is to deliver an excellent team member experience with knowledge, action, and a high degree of focus on the team member experience.

What we offer

On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination

Change the way the world travels

Join the GetYourGuide journey to connect people with unforgettable travel experiences around the world. Millions look to us for unique activities they can trust, and it’s all powered by our commitment to make every single journey extraordinary - including yours. Ready to unlock your potential with a community of fellow explorers? Find your next role at our Berlin HQ or one of our local offices around the globe, from New York to Bangkok. Head to getyourguide.careers to take the first step.

Team mission

Revenue Platform is responsible for the systems and data that turn GetYourGuide bookings into accurate, auditable financial outcomes. We own the booking lifecycle and its conversion into accounting-ready financial data; the foundations for financial and payout data; and the tooling/integrations that keep revenue flows correct at scale, including partner tax information (including validation), FX rates, and auditability of financially-impacting modifications.

Our mission is to enable internal, customer-facing product teams to confidently launch and operate new best-in-class experiences for our Travelers. We succeed when Suppliers get paid correctly and on time, and when Finance & Accounting can trust the numbers. We achieve this by providing clear contracts, reliable platforms, and trustworthy data across sensitive financial domains. 

We empower engineers with high autonomy to develop deep domain knowledge and drive solutions, balancing pragmatic and strategic tradeoffs daily. We navigate this complex space together and collaboration is key to our success.

Your mission

• As a Senior Software Engineer on Revenue Platform, your mission is to provide technical leadership across the revenue domain while staying hands-on to deliver the capabilities other teams depend on.
• You will lead initiatives that improve correctness, auditability, and scalability across core money flows for over EUR 1B Revenue, where small changes lead to a great impact.
• Lead domain-level technical direction (architecture, standards, and evolution of core financial primitives), driving alignment across partner teams.
• Build and operate backend services that convert the booking lifecycle into accounting-ready financial data, and power financial + payout data at scale (300M+ financial events per year).
• Deliver and maintain critical financial tooling and integrations, including partner tax info validation, FX rates, and strong auditability of financially-impacting modifications.
• Balance new feature delivery with operational excellence, correctness, and platform health.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to team culture, and elevate the performance standards across the team.

Your toolkit

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Excellent collaboration and team work skills
• Proficiency in Java/Spring and the ability to build features from scratch
• A strong background in designing and implementing scalable service-oriented architectures and a good understanding of design patterns, APIs, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience building and running production services in distributed, cloud, and containerized environments, with modern observability tools
• Be excited to experiment with and leverage AI for productivity 

Extras that give you an edge

• Experience in financial technology or marketplace organisations
• Experience designing for correctness, traceability, and safe change in regulated domains
• Ability to contribute to the frontend codebase

How we’ll make your career journey extraordinary

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 30 days per year
• A hybrid working approach with three days of in office collaboration (Mon, Tue, Thur) and two days of optional at home focus time. 
• Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget
• Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
• Language reimbursement program
• Health and wellness benefits

And more…

How to apply 

Submit your CV/resume in English using the form below. For tips and insights into our hiring process and culture, check out how we hire for tips and visibility into our process and check out life at GetYourGuide. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via jobs@getyourguide.com.

We are an equal opportunities employer

Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to their skills, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.

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