Executive Lead, Finance responsible for overseeing financial operations at Playgroup NSW. Ensuring compliance, risk management, and long - term financial sustainability in a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Director of Finance leading the strategic finance capability in a high-growth consumer app company. Reporting directly to the CEO and establishing financial planning frameworks from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- This will be Codeway’s first senior finance hire. You will report directly to the CEO and build the company’s financial planning and strategic finance capability from the ground up.
- Establish budgeting and forecasting cycles.
- Define, monitor, and refine core unit economics (LTV, CAC, ROAS, payback periods).
- Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks that give leadership real-time visibility into performance.
- Lead the financial architecture behind major company decisions.
- Drive portfolio evaluation and capital allocation strategy.
- Structure potential spin-offs.
- Build the financial case for strategic transactions, including IPO readiness.
- Shape the company’s equity story.
Requirements
- Experience in a high-growth consumer tech, mobile, or gaming company — ideally within the $100M–$500M revenue range. You’ve seen what scaling a finance function requires and have been hands-on in building it.
- Strong fluency in app store economics, subscription models, and digital revenue dynamics. This is a consumer apps business, you should be deeply comfortable operating in that environment.
- A track record of building from zero. You’ve established FP&A processes, built planning frameworks, or played a meaningful role in IPO readiness or major transactions.
- Comfort operating at speed and in ambiguity. You don’t rely on established processes, you create them.
- The confidence to challenge leadership constructively, combined with the maturity to operate effectively in a founder-led, product-driven culture.
Benefits
- The opportunity to build an entire finance function at real scale — $400M+ ARR, 500M+ users, and a clear growth trajectory.
- Direct reporting line to the CEO.
- Barcelona preferred. London considered for the right profile. Relocation support available.
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