Chief Financial Officer – Head of Finance & Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Supervise accounting follow-up, cash oversight, supplier disbursements, customer receivables, and direct debit procedures.

• Collaborate with external accountants to ensure that financial operations are dependable, traceable, and scalable.

• Oversee the billing process, track payments, manage overdue invoices, and conduct credit risk assessments.

• Assist in determining the integration of an external billing solution or enhancements to internal systems.

• Develop analytical revenue tracking by client, activity, contract type, and entity.

• Generate a monthly global Profit & Loss statement and aid in consolidating 3 to 4 group companies.

• Manage intercompany transactions, internal agreements, and associated documentation.

• Facilitate tax optimization and ensure alignment between legal, financial, and operational frameworks.

• Centralize customer, supplier, and internal contracts while monitoring key dates, obligations, and billing terms.

• Address HR and administrative responsibilities, including onboarding, offboarding, and internal documentation.

• Enhance existing workflows and automate repetitive HR and administrative tasks when applicable.

• Optimize Augmented Energy’s semi-automated finance and operations framework.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in finance, accounting, auditing, controlling, transaction services, CFO office, startup operations, or a comparable role.

• Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles, cash management, billing, receivables, and financial reporting.

• Capability to review and challenge accounting work without needing to execute every accounting entry personally.

• Solid grasp of credit risk, customer payment risk, and collection processes.

• Strong analytical abilities and the skill to create meaningful P&L and revenue tracking.

• Experience with multiple legal entities or intercompany transactions.

• Proficiency in structuring contracts, administrative tracking, and internal processes.

• A proactive approach: you are ready to undertake tasks before delegating or automating them.

• A keen interest in automation, tools, workflows, and operational efficiency.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in French is highly advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• A strategic and hands-on role with a direct influence on the company.

• An opportunity to establish the finance and operations foundation of an expanding energy firm.

• A significant degree of autonomy and trust.

• Direct engagement with the founders.

• A small, skilled, and ambitious team.

• Fully remote work, from France or abroad, with a schedule compatible with Central European working hours.

• A position at the crossroads of finance, operations, automation, energy markets, and company development.