Senior Finance Operations Manager

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

📋 Description

• Manage CHAPTR's financial operations comprehensively as the company expands.

• Create, implement, and continually enhance scalable financial frameworks, methodologies, controls, and standardized processes.

• Oversee the complete invoice reconciliation process, invoice processing, and vendor invoice compliance, including VAT and reverse-charge obligations.

• Ensure detailed project cost tracking and attribution across various cost centers.

• Generate monthly management reports, encompassing P&L statements.

• Develop quarterly rolling forecasts and financial packages for quarterly business reviews for leadership.

• Spearhead commercial finance initiatives, including pricing strategies, business case development, cost analysis, and profitability evaluations.

• Manage the revenue cycle for client-billable work by monitoring deliverables against billing milestones, handling invoicing, and overseeing accounts receivable.

• Supervise cash flow and liquidity planning in collaboration with Holtzbrinck Treasury.

• Assist Founders and the Head of Operations with financial analysis, scenario modeling, and decision-making support.

• Discover opportunities to automate and enhance finance workflows, reporting, and data quality using modern tools and AI.

• Collaborate with Moss, SAP HANA, Xflow, financial modeling tools, and Holtzbrinck shared services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in finance operations, FP&A, controlling, commercial finance, or a similar finance role.

• Strong comprehension of financial statements, cash flow management, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and variance analysis.

• Practical experience in building financial models and converting complex financial data into clear business insights.

• Experience in project-, product-, or business-unit-level cost allocation, margin analysis, and profitability tracking.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage financial processes and improve or create structures in a growing organization.

• Strong commercial acumen and the capability to link financial performance with operational and strategic business decisions.

• Familiarity with ERP, accounting, expense management, or financial planning systems and reconciling data across various sources.

• High degree of accuracy and financial discipline while maintaining pragmatism and speed in a dynamic environment.

• Robust stakeholder management skills and confidence in collaborating with senior leadership as well as external or Group finance functions.

• Proficient English and German communication skills (minimum B2).

• Proactive and self-organized working style with a strong sense of ownership and a desire to tackle ambiguous challenges.

• Experience in a startup, scale-up, SaaS, B2B tech, or other fast-paced product environments.

• Exposure to both operational finance and FP&A rather than a solely accounting-focused background.

• Familiarity with project-based or client-service revenue models and revenue recognition or billing processes.

• Understanding of AI-related cost structures, unit economics, and product profitability.

• Experience with BI, financial planning, or data visualization tools beyond traditional spreadsheets.

• Previous exposure to international or Group finance structures, including intercompany processes or transfer pricing.

• Strong interest in automation and AI, with a curiosity to experiment with new tools and create smarter finance workflows.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Excellent career development opportunities, including a learning and development budget.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including mental wellbeing support (Nilo).

• Bike leasing option (JobRad).

• Access to WeWork co-working spaces.

• Opportunities for workation.

• 100% remote work within Germany.

• Work-life balance (#familyfirst).

• Corporate funding, network, and long-term commitment through Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

• Entrepreneurial freedom characteristic of a start-up.