Head of Finance, Verve
Real time omnichannel ad platform
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Real time omnichannel ad platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower the growth of the open internet by bringing marketers and publishers closer together across the omnichannel customer journey.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in finance, with a mix of accounting, commercial finance, and business partnering roles
- ACCA, ICAEW, ACA, CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification
- Experience with European local GAAP (i.e. HGB Germany) including working with local auditors on technical accounting matters
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with a solid understanding of business drivers and their impact on financial performance
- Experience operating in matrix organizations with centralized finance structures
- Track record of driving simplification, process improvement, and automation
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence and align across functions
- High level of ownership, accountability, and integrity
What the job involves
- Reporting into the VP Business Finance, this is a highly visible leadership role, responsible for driving financial performance and ensuring effective, well-controlled financial operations within our largest AdTech Business Unit, Verve Marketplace
- Aligned with our principles for a companywide centralized Finance Operating Model, this role oversees commercial finance, financial operations, and legal entity accounting for the Business Unit
- The role partners closely with Business Unit leadership to support commercial decision-making, while ensuring alignment with Group Finance standards, processes, and governance
- Oversee commercial financial operations across the Business Unit, including revenue tracking, cost management, and working capital visibility
- Drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives across finance processes
- Ensure consistency, accuracy, and integrity of financial data across systems and reporting
- Oversee and support accurate and timely financial close processes in coordination with Group Finance
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of Business Unit financial inputs into Group reporting
- Act as the key Business Unit contact for accounting-related matters, ensuring compliance with Group policies and local regulatory requirements
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, financial policies, and governance standards
- Support the implementation of Group-led finance initiatives, systems, and processes
- Identify, manage, and escalate financial risks within the Business Unit as appropriate
- Act as a key finance partner to Business Unit leadership and commercial teams
- Support strategic decision-making through financial analysis and insights
- Provide constructive challenge and guidance to improve financial performance and resource allocation
- Lead and develop the Business Unit finance team (15+ team members) across Commercial FinOps and Accounting
- Build a transparent, high-performing, commercially focused finance function, driving a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across different locations
- Partner cross-functionally with commercial, operations, and product teams to ensure business initiatives are effectively translated into financial outcomes
- Collaborate closely with Group Finance to ensure alignment between Business Unit performance and Group reporting requirements
Our take
The Verve Group provides an omnichannel advertising platform that connects advertisers, agencies, brands, and publishers to people in real time. Verve places a significant emphasis on privacy in its offering, in a space that has received media criticism for intrusive practices.
Over the years, the company has expanded its digital financial services platform and steadily ramped up its acquisitions. It bought mobile DSP company Dataset and is a bidding partner for in-app inventory on Google Ad Manager.
The Verve Group have made a significant footprint in the digital ad marketplace, having partnered with thousands of advertisers. The company continues pushing towards new and expanding markets as it builds a larger and stronger global technology stack.
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Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Development and career opportunities
- An Apple MacBook and telephone reimbursement
- Fun (online) events organised by and with colleagues
- And work with a great team and the most fantastic brands!
- 27 vacation days
- Yearly 3 wellness days
- Training budget of 500 Euro per year
- Company pension
Company HQ
Carlsbad, CA
Leadership
Sameer Sondhi
(CEO)CEO at Affle. Previously the Senior Director of Business Development at AdMarvel and xAd. Sameer was also Senior VP at In Mobi.
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