Chief Financial Officer

Appodeal is a dynamic US-based product company with a truly global presence.

We have offices in Warsaw, Barcelona and Parkland (FL), along with remote team members located around the world.

Our company thrives on diversity, collaboration, and innovation, making us a leader in the mobile app monetization space.

Why Appodeal?

At Appodeal, we’re more than just a company—we’re a team united by a common mission: Help people discover and grow their talents through products that enable successful mobile app businesses!

We take pride in our cutting-edge product and our internationally dispersed team of talented professionals.

Here’s what we value, and what we hope you do too:

• Continuous Learning and Growth: We are passionate about learning, growing personally, and building rewarding careers.
• Making an Impact: We are committed to building a history-defining company that leaves a lasting impact on the mobile app industry.
• Solving Exciting Challenges: We tackle complex problems every day, supported by a team of world-class professionals and mentors.
• Enjoying the Journey: We believe in having fun while working toward our goals.

We are now hiring a Chief Financial Officer to institutionalize financial discipline, strengthen capital allocation, and build the financial infrastructure required for long-term growth.

Role Mission
Ensure capital discipline, financial truth, and long-term enterprise value creation while building the financial infrastructure required to support company growth, employee liquidity programs, and strategic optionality. The CFO will serve as a strategic counterweight to the CEO, ensuring financial clarity and disciplined capital allocation while enabling fast execution once decisions are made.

Key Responsibilities:
Financial Truth & Reporting Integrity
Ensure the company operates on accurate, transparent, decision-grade financial information.

Responsibilities include:
● Financial planning, forecasting, and reporting.
● Board-quality financial materials.
● US GAAP compliance.
● Managing audit process and auditor relationship (KPMG).
● Maintaining strong internal controls (with Financial Controller).
● Ensuring reliable financial forecasting and reporting discipline.
Principle: no financial surprises.

Capital Allocation & Financial Strategy
Ensure capital is deployed where it creates the highest long-term enterprise value.

Responsibilities include:
● Developing capital allocation frameworks.
● Evaluating ROI of strategic initiatives.
● Scenario modeling and downside analysis.
● Supporting leadership in strategic financial decisions.
● Ensuring transparency of financial trade-offs and opportunity costs.
The CFO owns financial clarity and economic transparency. The CEO retains final capital allocation decisions.

Finance Organization Leadership
Build and lead a high-performing global finance organization.

Core functions include:
● FP&A.
● Accounting / Financial Controller.
● Investor relations.
● Tax.
● Corporate development (M&A).
● Legal coordination.
The finance organization operates under the company’s operating system:
● Slack-first communication.
● OKR-based execution.
● writing-first decision culture.

Capital Structure & Employee Liquidity
Manage the company’s capital structure and financial relationships.

Responsibilities include:
● Designing and executing quarterly internal share buyback programs to provide liquidity for employees.
● Managing lender relationships.
● Managing investor communications and reporting.
● Designing long-term incentive plans and ESOP programs.
● Executive compensation and bonus frameworks.
Objective: align ownership incentives with long-term company value.

Governance & Investor Relations
Maintain strong financial governance and credibility with stakeholders.

Responsibilities include:
● Transparent financial reporting to investors.
● Board financial materials.
● Maintaining audit readiness.
● Ensuring financial governance and compliance.

Operational Financial Reconciliation
The company operates on real-time product data from internal BI systems, while financial statements are produced through NetSuite.
The CFO must ensure alignment between these systems.

Responsibilities include:
● Monitoring discrepancies between BI data and financial reporting.
● Building reconciliation frameworks between product metrics and accounting data.
● Working closely with product, engineering, and data teams.
● Ensuring financial reporting reflects the economic reality of the platform.
Objective: ensure the company operates with one financial truth across systems.

Strategic Expansion Capabilities
Over time, the CFO will build capabilities for:
● Corporate development and M&A.
● Tax optimization.
● Strategic transaction readiness (potential sale or strategic partnerships).
These capabilities may be developed through specialized leaders reporting to the CFO (e.g., CorpDev, Tax).

First-Year Priorities
Within the first 12 months, the CFO is expected to:
● Maintain strong financial reporting discipline and transparency.
● Strengthen capital allocation frameworks.
● Establish predictable quarterly employee buyback programs.
● Build scalable finance processes and organization.
● Strengthen investor and lender relationships.
● Institutionalize financial governance that reduces founder dependency.

Candidate Profile
We are looking for a capital allocator and operator, not a traditional corporate finance administrator.

The ideal candidate:
● Demonstrates strong financial discipline and integrity.
● Is comfortable challenging executive assumptions with data.
● Operates effectively in fast-moving technology environments.
● Understands marketplace or platform business models.
● Is comfortable working with product metrics and BI systems.
● Executes quickly once decisions are made.
● Operates with high ownership and accountability.

Relevant Backgrounds May Include
● CFO or senior finance leader at adtech, marketplace, or technology platform companies.
● CFO or VP Finance at growth-stage technology companies.
● Corporate development or investment banking background combined with operating experience.
● Strong experience with capital allocation and strategic finance.
*Experience with advertising technology, marketplaces, gaming, or performance marketing ecosystems is a strong advantage.

Leadership Style
This role requires someone who:
● Challenges assumptions early.
● Creates financial clarity for decisions.
● Commits fully once decisions are made.
● Operates with integrity and transparency.
● Thrives in a high-performance culture.

With an outstanding product and a mission that excites and inspires, Appodeal offers a unique opportunity to make an impact while being part of an amazing team.

Join us and help shape the future of mobile app success!