Head of Finance – Operations

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

📋 Description

• Manage accounting records, oversee cash management, handle supplier payments, facilitate customer collections, and direct debit processes.

• Coordinate with external accountants to ensure that financial operations are dependable, auditable, and scalable.

• Assist in the development and management of the billing process, monitor payment activities, pursue overdue invoices, and conduct credit risk analysis.

• Participate in decisions regarding the adoption of an external billing solution or enhancements to current internal systems.

• Establish analytical tracking of revenue segmented by customer, activity, contract type, and legal entity.

• Generate a consolidated monthly profit and loss statement and aid in the consolidation of 3–4 group companies.

• Oversee intercompany transactions, internal contracts, and related documentation.

• Contribute to tax optimization strategies and ensure alignment across legal, financial, and operational frameworks.

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

• Handle HR and administrative matters, including onboarding, offboarding, and internal documentation.

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

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

• Streamline manual processes, integrate tools, and assist in developing scalable internal procedures alongside the technical team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Prior experience in finance, accounting, auditing, financial controlling/management control, transaction services, financial leadership, startup operations, or a comparable role.

• Strong grasp of accounting practices, treasury management, billing, collections, and financial reporting.

• Good knowledge of credit risk, customer payment risk, and collections processes.

• Excellent analytical capabilities and the ability to construct meaningful P&L and revenue tracking reports.

• Experience dealing with multiple legal entities or managing intercompany flows.

• A proactive approach: you are prepared to perform the tasks before automating them.

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

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in French; proficiency in English is also necessary.

• Familiarity with Pennylane, which is utilized in our operations, would be an added advantage.

• Knowledge of Python, or a strong willingness to learn, is crucial, as we prefer using Python over Excel as our primary tool.

• Due to the profiles already received, we will only consider candidates with experience in the energy sector who can work independently with AI and a Python data-science environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• A strategic and highly operational role that directly influences the company.

• The chance to establish the finance and operations foundation of a growing energy company.

• A significant degree of autonomy and trust.

• Direct collaboration with the founders.

• A small, technical, and ambitious team.

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

• A role at the convergence of finance, operations, automation, energy markets, and company development.