Finance Lead / Head of Finance at Monite

Monite lets neobanks and other FinTech SaaS platforms embed financial workflows like invoicing, payables automation, expense management, and accounting for their clients. A comprehensive set of developer tools, including SDKs and widgets, coupled with world-class APIs, dramatically reduces integration times for partners. Monite allows B2B platforms to offer a broad range of financial products to their customers, optimizing efficiency, quality, and user-experience, all while generating additional revenue. The company is backed by Valar, Third Prime, P72, founders of Klarna, Mollie and Nium, and execs from Plaid and PayPal.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Finance Lead / Head of Finance who will work with and steer key day-to-day activities together with the CEO, CFO and other members of the senior leadership team to drive our financial initiatives, with a clear focus on the areas of corporate finance (incl. FP&A) and accounting.

As Finance Lead / Head of Finance at Monite you will own and cover a broad spectrum of tasks and ensure that all daily financial and accounting initiatives are efficiently and diligently executed while maintaining a wide level of freedom with the opportunity to learn, grow and make a true impact.

Requirements

• Entire ownership of the (preparatory) accounting process while maintaining relationships across all functions as well as external stakeholders (e.g. tax accountants, auditors, etc.)
• Steering of the preparation of financial statements (incl. consolidated group accounts) as well as the annual budget, quarterly planning, and investor reporting
• Preparation of routine reports and summaries for the management team as well as tracking and communication of various relevant business KPIs
• Financial modelling and business plan ownership (incl. analysis and scenario modelling)
• Assistance in all fundraising initiatives as well as strategic projects (e.g. M&A)

• Successfully completed university degree with a focus on finance/accounting or a comparable qualification (top university is a plus)
• 5+ years of relevant working experience in a (senior) finance capacity, ideally in a fast-paced and dynamic environment (fintech start-up/scale-up strongly preferred)
• Sound knowledge of accounting regulations according to HGB or IFRS (US GAAP is a plus)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to communicate with professionals at all levels
• Highly organised with great attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a problem-solving attitude
• Proficient user of accounting systems (e.g. DATEV) and MS Office (Lucanet or Power BI is a plus)
• Fluent in English (German or Russian is a plus)

Benefits

• Ability to shape corporate financial management of tomorrow through embedded finance
• High degree of autonomy paired with a flat hierarchy
• Working with a great team in a remote-friendly environment
• Company-wide events and get-togethers
• A brand-new laptop of choice and company-wide perks
• Competitive compensation