Finance Lead

Deeploi; Berlin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

deeploi seeks an experienced Finance Lead to build and own the finance function. Reporting to the CEO, you take end-to-end ownership of planning, controlling, customer billing and investor reporting as the company scales.

You will bring FP&A expertise, implement finance processes and partner with Product, Engineering and external advisors. Fluent German (C1) and office presence three days a week are expected.

Qualifications

• 4 to 5+ years of experience in financial controlling, FP&A or a comparable finance role, ideally with around two years in an established startup finance team.
• Strong skills in business planning, financial modelling, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Practical understanding of customer billing, reconciliation and preparatory bookkeeping.
• Ready to own finance end to end as our most senior finance professional, independent and process-minded.
• High diligence and numerical accuracy across planning, reporting and operational finance.
• Clear, approachable communication to translate financial and technical complexity into business implications.

Responsibilities

• Own planning & controlling: Take ownership of the business plan, financial models, budgets, cash-flow forecasts and scenario analyses.
• Steer performance: Create visibility on performance against targets, flag risks and deviations early.
• Own customer billing: Ensure invoices are complete, accurate and on time, reconcile usage data and charges.
• Automate with Product & Engineering: Collaborate on billing logic, data discrepancies and automate billing workflows around Stripe.
• Bring finance in-house: Take over planning and reporting from external CFO-as-a-service and improve processes.
• Coordinate accounting & investor reporting: Prepare bookkeeping and quarterly investor reports, support tax and admin topics.

Skills

Financial controlling

FP&A

Budgeting

Cash-flow forecasting

Scenario analysis

Billing

Communication

Education

Finance/Business degree

Tools

Stripe

BI tools

Retool

BI/Analytics

Job description

Your mission

We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Finance Lead to build and own the finance function at deeploi.

With a proven product, more than 200 customers and a growing SaaS offering, we are focused on sustainable growth and a clear path to profitability. Reporting directly to the CEO, you take end-to-end ownership of finance, from planning and controlling to customer billing and investor reporting.

Today, our finance tasks are spread across internal stakeholders and external partners. You bring them in-house and build the structures we need for our next chapter.

Your Responsibilities

• Own planning & controlling: Take ownership of our business plan, financial models, budgets, cash-flow forecasts and scenario analyses, and keep them up to date with monthly closing data.
• Steer performance: Create clear visibility on how we perform against our targets, flag risks and deviations early and turn numbers into decisions.
• Own customer billing: Make sure every invoice is complete, accurate and on time, and reconcile usage data, billing metrics and charges.
• Automate with Product & Engineering: Work with Product and Engineering on billing logic and data discrepancies, automate our billing workflows around Stripe and translate technical issues into business implications.
• Bring finance in-house: Take over planning and reporting from our external CFO-as-a-service provider and continuously improve our finance processes and reporting structures.
• Coordinate accounting & investor reporting: Own preparatory bookkeeping and the collaboration with our external tax advisor, prepare quarterly investor reports and support adjacent legal and administrative topics where needed.

Your profile

• 4 to 5+ years of experience in financial controlling, FP&A or a comparable finance role, ideally with around two years in an established startup finance team.
• Strong skills in business planning, financial modelling, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Practical understanding of customer billing, reconciliation and preparatory bookkeeping. Deep accounting specialization is not required.
• Ready to own finance end to end as our most senior finance professional: you work independently, prioritize well and improve processes pragmatically.
• High diligence and numerical accuracy across planning, reporting and operational finance.
• Clear, approachable communication: you translate financial and technical complexity into business implications and work closely with the CEO, Product, Engineering and external advisors.
• Comfortable in a company in transition, with evolving priorities and a broad scope.
• Nice to have: experience with Stripe, Retool, usage-based billing or BI tools, and a degree in finance, business or a related field.
• Fluent German (C1 or higher) and good English. We have an office first culture and you are ready to be in the office at least three days a week.

Why us?

• Full ownership of the finance function and a direct partnership with the CEO, with real impact from day one.
• Competitive compensation package including virtual equity (VSOP).
• Join a small, ambitious team in Berlin and Munich, backed by Atomico, Cherry Ventures and other leading investors.
• Well-equipped offices in Berlin and Munich.
• Your choice of EGYM Wellpass, Urban Sports Club or a Deutschlandticket, plus nilo health for your mental wellbeing and Corporate Benefits.
• A team culture that is ambitious, transparent and collaborative, where ownership meets impact.

Your deeploi Team

About us

Make millions of people work better every day.

We seek bright brains to join the IT revolution and build Europe's #1 IT Operating System.

deeploi was founded in 2023 and is backed by leading European investors including Atomico and Cherry Ventures to rethink how IT is done.

IT as a Service - not as a struggle: We are building an all-in-one IT platform, combined with premium support. From user on- and offboarding, to service and support, cybersecurity and device management - deeploi covers the entire scope of a company's IT department.