Chief Financial Officer  PCF-11 Head of Finance and PCF-56 Head of Safeguarding Owl Payments Limited, Dublin   About Tripadvisor  The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork. Owl Payments Europe Limited (OPEL) is a Payment Institution authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland, supporting the Tripadvisor marketplace across the European Economic Area. This role is a hybrid position that requires 4 days per week in our Dublin office. The role Reporting to the CEO of Owl Payments Europe Limited, the CFO will lead OPEL’s finance function and hold senior responsibility for its safeguarding framework. The role encompasses PCF-11 Head of Finance and PCF-56 Head of Safeguarding and is subject to approval by the Central Bank of Ireland. The CFO will be responsible for OPEL’s financial and regulatory reporting, safeguarding, capital and liquidity, CESOP, tax, audit, financial controls and reporting to the Board, Executive Committee and Risk and Compliance Committee. What You’ll Do As PCF-11 Head of Finance, lead OPEL’s finance function and oversee its financial and regulatory reporting obligations. •     Prepare OPEL’s budgets, forecasts, management accounts and statutory financial statements. •     Ensure OPEL’s financial records and statutory financial statements comply with FRS 102, Irish company law and applicable regulatory requirements. •     Oversee financial controls, tax, external audit, intercompany accounting and cost allocations. •     Maintain OPEL’s Finance Policy and supporting procedures. •     Ensure Central Bank regulatory returns are accurate, appropriately reviewed and submitted on time. •     Oversee OPEL’s capital, liquidity, cash management and financial-resource requirements. •     As PCF-56 Head of Safeguarding, maintain oversight of OPEL’s safeguarding framework, policy and supporting procedures. •     Review and sign off safeguarding reconciliations and ensure discrepancies or shortfalls are investigated, funded and escalated promptly. •     Ensure OPEL meets its safeguarding and related reporting obligations and provide appropriate reporting to the CEO, Board, EXCO and RCC. •     Own the governance and control framework for CESOP reporting. •     Prepare and present financial and regulatory reporting to the Board, EXCO and RCC. •     Manage OPEL’s external audit and relevant relationships with the Central Bank, auditors, advisers and service providers. •     Work closely with Tripadvisor Finance and Accounting while exercising independent judgement and prioritising the responsibilities owed to OPEL. •     Ensure the finance function is appropriately resourced to meet its financial and regulatory obligations. Skills & Experience  • Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and decision-making in day-to-day work. • Proven ability to operate effectively with a global-first mindset  •  Previous experience holding PCF-11 Head of Finance and/or PCF-56 Head of Safeguarding within a Central Bank of Ireland-authorised Payment Institution or Electronic Money Institution. •  A qualified accountant with an ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent qualification. • Significant senior finance experience within a regulated financial-services firm. •  Strong experience in management and statutory reporting, external audit, budgeting, forecasting, financial controls and tax. • Strong practical safeguarding experience within a regulated Payment Institution or Electronic Money Institution. • Experience of regulatory reporting, capital and liquidity. • Experience of intercompany accounting and cost allocations within an international organisation. • Experience preparing and presenting financial and regulatory information to Boards and senior management. • Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with regulators, auditors and senior stakeholders. • The competence and capacity required to obtain and retain Central Bank approval for PCF-11 and PCF-56. What We Offer  • Competitive compensation packages (routinely benchmarked against the latest industry data), including base salary and annual bonuses • “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Tripadvisor Group takes a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like or as required by your team. • Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work. • Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually. • Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs. • Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you. • Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more. • Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges. • Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums. • Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates. Our Cultural Pillars: Traveler first We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us.  Execution is our edge We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges.  We succeed together The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.   We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at AccessibleRecruiting@tripadvisor.com. If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at recruitment@tripadvisor.com. We have all the answers!   #AH-1