Strategic Finance / FP&A Lead

Overview

This role builds and runs the FP&A and strategic finance function as a one-person team. You will own the business numbers month to month, manage budgeting and planning, and develop the analytical case for where the organization invests next.

The employer is actively using AI tooling across finance and operations and is focused on measuring how AI spend translates into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly financial reporting, including:
  • Monthly business performance review
  • Budgeting and planning
  • Building the case for investment priorities
• Build and improve the FP&A “engine” so that monthly reporting can run with minimal manual intervention.
• Define reporting scope and cadence (what to report, how often, and to whom), then automate reporting end to end.
• Design commission and bonus plan frameworks, then:
  • Build an agent/workflow that tracks outcomes
  • Report results and push them into payroll
  • Ensure no spreadsheet-based handoff is required
• Raise and ensure data quality used for financial reporting and planning.
• Set up and run controlling and business-partnering rhythms with P&L owners.
• Develop and maintain benchmarks to reflect updated economics driven by AI, including:
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Return on AI initiatives after incubation
  • Expected efficiency by team
• Use benchmarks to support capital allocation decisions.
• Support the annual budget process alongside the CFO.
• Contribute to papers and presentations for Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and board meetings.

Requirements

• 5+ years owning or scrutinizing financial performance for B2B SaaS, usage-based, or platform businesses, in a role such as:
  • Operator
  • Investor
  • Strategic finance
• Strong unit economics and profitability thinking, including identifying and pulling key business levers.
• Demonstrated ability to build AI-enabled solutions that are relied upon in real operations (not demos), including:
  • Architecture
  • Repeatability
  • Quality
  • Security
  • Ability to explain what broke and what you changed
• Ability to lead without authority and high-level communication skills.
• Clear fit with a “build and iterate” mindset, including curiosity and resilience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building AI tooling used in finance or internal operations.
• Track record of creating automated reporting and close workflows that reduce manual effort.

Compensation & Benefits

• Market-benchmarked salary plus significant equity.
• 24 vacation days on top of public holidays in your work location.
• Two company offsites per year.
• Co-working access wherever you are.
• If located in Berlin or Lisbon: option to work from the employer’s offices there.

Location

• Remote
• Must be within a time zone +/- two hours of Berlin time.

Reporting Line

• Reports to the CFO.

AI Work Expectations

• AI use is encouraged in the process, with expectations of transparency about how and when it is used.
• Full ownership of outputs is expected regardless of whether AI is used.