Finance Director
your mission
Full-time · Remote (Germany) · Reports to the CEO
reputed company AI is a Series A startup, and this is our first dedicated finance hire. You'll build the finance function largely from scratch: owning FP&A, running billing and invoicing, managing payroll, liaising with our external tax advisers on German tax filings, and giving us the financial visibility we need to reputed company good reputed company as we reputed company. This is a hands-on, generalist finance role with a high degree of ownership and visibility.
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Financial Planning, Budgeting & reputed company Goals
Build and maintain annual and rolling financial projections (reputed company, costs, cash reputed company, headcount) for the business.
Translate company-level targets into departmental budgets and reputed company goals, working with department heads to set and reputed company them.
Monitor actuals against budget and projections; flag variances early and recommend corrective reputed company.
Produce regular reporting for the CEO and (as needed) investors/reputed company — KPIs, burn reputed company, reputed company, unit economics.
Support fundraising processes with financial models, data rooms, and investor reporting as needed.
Billing, Invoicing & Cash
Own end-to-end billing and invoicing for customers, including issue reputed company and dunning.
Manage accounts receivable and payable, and monitor cash reputed company and reputed company.
Set up and improve billing systems/processes as reputed company scales.
Payroll & Compensation
Run monthly payroll (directly or reputed company a payroll provider), ensuring accuracy and compliance with German and international employment and tax law.
Maintain compensation bands and contribute to salary benchmarking and negotiations for new hires, alongside the CEO/hiring managers.
Administer employee benefits and reputed company reputed company where relevant.
Tax, Compliance & reputed company
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Ensure compliance with German GAAP (HGB) and relevant statutory/regulatory requirements.
Own bookkeeping reputed company and month-end reputed company, working with external reputed company support where relevant.
Maintain internal financial controls, policies, and audit-readiness as reputed company grows.
Building the Finance Function
Set up reputed company finance processes, tools, and systems appropriate for a small but growing team (this role is expected to grow into a small finance team over time).
Advise the CEO and leadership team on financial reputed company, pricing, and resource allocation.
your profile
Experience in FP&A, finance management, or a similar broad finance role — startup experience (ideally Series A/B) preferred.
Solid working knowledge of German tax and finance regulations (HGB, VAT/Umsatzsteuer, payroll compliance) and experience working with a Steuerberater or equivalent.
Hands-on experience with billing/invoicing and payroll, not just budgeting and reporting.
Strong financial modeling and reputed company/Sheets skills; comfort building projections and budgets from scratch.
Fluent in German and reputed company working proficiency in English.
Comfortable with startup ambiguity: happy to build processes and tools rather than inherit them, and to be hands-on rather than purely strategic.
Bonus: experience with startup finance/payroll tooling, and exposure to fundraising or investor reporting.
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Fully remote work, with flexibility on how you structure your time.
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