About this role
Your mission
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Finance Lead to build and own the finance function at deeploi.
With a proven product, more than 200 customers and a growing SaaS offering, we are focused on sustainable growth and a clear path to profitability. Reporting directly to the CEO, you take end-to-end ownership of finance , from planning and controlling to customer billing and investor reporting.
Today, our finance tasks are spread across internal stakeholders and external partners. You bring them in-house and build the structures we need for our next chapter.
Your Responsibilities
Own planning & controlling: Take ownership of our business plan, financial models, budgets, cash-flow forecasts and scenario analyses, and keep them up to date with monthly closing data. Steer performance: Create clear visibility on how we perform against our targets, flag risks and deviations early and turn numbers into decisions. Own customer billing: Make sure every invoice is complete, accurate and on time, and reconcile usage data, billing metrics and charges. Automate with Product & Engineering: Work with Product and Engineering on billing logic and data discrepancies, automate our billing workflows around Stripe and translate technical issues into business implications. Bring finance in-house: Take over planning and reporting from our external CFO-as-a-service provider and continuously improve our finance processes and reporting structures. Coordinate accounting & investor reporting: Own preparatory bookkeeping and the collaboration with our external tax advisor, prepare quarterly investor reports and support adjacent legal and administrative topics where needed.
Your profile
4 to 5+ years of experience in financial controlling, FP&A or a comparable finance role, ideally with around two years in an established startup finance team. Strong skills in business planning, financial modelling , budgeting, cash-flow forecasting and scenario analysis. Practical understanding of customer billing , reconciliation and preparatory bookkeeping. Deep accounting specialization is not required. Ready to own finance end to end as our most senior finance professional: you work independently, prioritize well and improve processes pragmatically. High diligence and numerical accuracy across planning, reporting and operational finance. Clear, approachable communication : you translate financial and technical complexity into business implications and work closely with the CEO, Product, Engineering and external advisors. Comfortable in a company in transition, with evolving priorities and a broad scope. Nice to have: experience with Stripe, Retool, usage-based billing or BI tools, and a degree in finance, business or a related field. Fluent German (C1 or higher) and good English. We have an office first culture and you are ready to be in the office at least three days a week.
Why us?
Full ownership of the finance function and a direct partnership with the CEO, with real impact from day one. Competitive compensation package including virtual equity (VSOP). Join a small, ambitious team in Berlin and Munich, backed by Atomico, Cherry Ventures and other leading investors. Well-equipped offices in Berlin and Munich. Your choice of EGYM Wellpass, Urban Sports Club or a Deutschlandticket, plus nilo health for your mental wellbeing and Corporate Benefits. A team culture that is ambitious, transparent and collaborative, where ownership meets impact.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
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