As our first Finance & Admin Operations Manager at PandaScore, you’ll have a blank canvas to build and optimize our financial and administrative operations, tackling critical challenges that will shape the future of our VC-backed esports startup. From managing multi-country accounting to delivering strategic insights, your role will be pivotal in ensuring the financial health and operational efficiency of the company.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact in the fast-paced, competitive world of esports, where your work will provide the foundation for sustainable growth and support our leadership team with key financial insights.

Your missions 🏀

Accounting 🧾

• Manage the monthly accounting processes across multiple countries (France, UK, Poland), making sure everything is accurate and on time. In France you’ll be using Pennylane, while in the UK you’ll be using Xero.

• Handle payments for employees & suppliers, ensuring a smooth and timely experience.

• Manage year-end closing of accounts across the three countries, ensuring with our accounting firms that Pandascore is compliant to the local regulations.

• Support the audit process, working closely with the commissaire aux comptes (CAC) to prepare necessary documentation and assist with audit activities (usually once a year, can be more when fundraising).

Finance 💰

• Prepare monthly & strategic financial reports for our leadership team, investors, and board members, providing actionable insights that drive growth and decision-making.

• Oversee invoicing & client follow-ups, managing overdue payments and ensuring smooth cash flow. You’ll manage the process from invoice creation to chasing unpaid bills.

• Support fundraising activities, specifically with the financial side, including preparing relevant documentation and updates.

• Revise and update the business plan, ensuring that financial projections align with company goals and are accurately reflected.

Admin 🗂

• Support the daily financial & administrative operations, ensuring smooth execution of various tasks across finance and accounting

• Ensure the compliance of our partners & suppliers, verifying that they all meet the necessary regulatory & contractual requirements to work with PandaScore

• Manage all financial and administrative records & documentation, ensuring everything is organized, up-to-date, and easily accessible for audits, reporting, and internal purposes.

• You have 5+ years of experience in finance, ideally with multi-country accounting exposure (we currently have accounting in France, UK and Poland).

• You’re highly skilled with Excel and have experience using accounting tools (we use Xero and Pennylane, but it is not mandatory to have knowledge on these 2 specific ones)

• You’re a detail-oriented multitasker, juggling tasks without losing sight of the big picture.

• You’re a team player who enjoys collaborating with people across departments and locations.

• You have a problem-solving mindset, always looking for ways to optimize financial processes and make things run more smoothly thanks to your organisational skills.

• You’re fluent in English, pleasant to work with and why not video games or board games lover?

• Trustworthy & discreet: you handle sensitive information with the utmost care and maintain accountability.

Bonus points if you have experience managing payroll for both employees and freelancers, and know the ins and outs of making it all run smoothly.

What’s in it for you 🎁

💎 At PandaScore we want everyone to be involved in the success of the company and we reward both individual and collective efforts by offering company Stock Options (French BSPCEs)

💆‍♀️ Join a supportive and collaborative environment where we grow together

💻 Hybrid work - this position is based in our Paris headquarter (Louis Blanc - Paris 10), but we offer flexibility for remote work

🎮 Annual video game credit

Join us! 🐼