In a context of rapid growth, we are looking for a Head of Finance (RAF) to lead and structure our financial and administrative operations. You will play a pivotal role in managing finances, supervising budgets, and implementing rigorous processes to support our development.

1. Financial Reporting and Analysis:

• FP&A Process Coordination: Lead the planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, including quarterly updates and rolling forecasts. Collaborate with operational teams to gather and integrate necessary data.

• Performance Analysis: Monitor monthly financial results against budgets and forecasts, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions.

• Financial Modeling: Develop financial analyses to support strategic decision-making, assess performance improvement levers, and enhance the profitability of business activities.

2. Communication and Financial Reporting

• Production of Reports for Management and Investors: Prepare detailed monthly and quarterly reports highlighting key financial performance indicators (KPIs), gap analyses, and other relevant insights.

• Analyses for Lenders (Banks, Investors): Support the preparation of financial documents for investors, including market analyses, financial projections, and presentations for shareholders.

• Financial Documentation: Ensure the preparation and updating of financial documents required for audits, due diligence processes, annual closing, and financing operations.

3. Funding:

• Take charge of our corporate structuration and debt fundraising efforts, seeking opportunities to optimise our cash management

• Lead the preparation of subsidy and grant applications, securing additional resources to fuel our growth.

• Assist the CEO in equity fundraising efforts

4. Operations and General Accounting

• Process and Tool Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes to improve the efficiency and accuracy of reporting and forecasting, including automating reporting and implementing new financial planning tools.

• Monthly Closures: Participate in monthly closings by recording entries such as accruals, depreciation, provisions, reversals, and impairments.

• Bank Statement Processing: Handle bank statements, perform account reconciliations, and prepare bank reconciliation statements (BRS) using our tool, Pennylane.

• Main Contact for Accountants: Act as the primary point of contact for our accounting experts in France and Belgium.

• Accounts Payable Management: Oversee supplier accounting tasks, including invoice payments and follow-up on reminders. Maintain strong relationships with suppliers’ billing departments.

• Group Company Accounting: Ensure proper accounting for the various companies within the group.

• Accounts Receivable and Collection: Monitor and recover outstanding client receivables.

Education: Master’s degree from a top business or engineering school.

Experience: 3 to 5 years of proven experience in finance, either in a consulting firm (audit, transaction services) or within a finance department.

Analytical skills: Strong expertise in financial analysis tools and methodologies, with advanced proficiency in Excel to drive performance and support strategic decision-making.

Results-oriented: Proactive, dynamic, and highly initiative-driven, with a solid understanding of business challenges to align financial goals with the organization’s strategic priorities.

Rigor and precision: Detail-oriented and meticulous in preparing financial reports and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs).

HR Screening with Laura: A 30-minute video call to align expectations.

Culture Fit: A 10-minute written exercise to check alignment with the company’s values.

Case Study and Manager Interview with Clara and Paul-Adrien: A practical exercise followed by an interview to assess technical skills and discuss the role in detail.

Reference Call: Contacting former colleagues or supervisors to gather feedback on the candidate’s professional background.