VP Finance & Operations / Procuration (m/w/d)

Gitticonsciousbeauty; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A beauty brand in Berlin is seeking a Director of Finance & Operations to optimize growth and lead financial and operational functions. Responsibilities include planning, compliance, and strategic insights. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in Finance, particularly in scaling operations in the beauty or consumer goods sectors. Competitive incentives and a hybrid working model are offered.

Leistungen

Flexible working conditions

Support for professional development

Employee discounts

BVG-ticket

Membership to Urban Sports Club or Class Pass

Monthly voucher for Wolt

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years’ experience ideally in beauty, fashion, or consumer goods.
• Strong analytical, structured, and solution-oriented way of working.
• Track record in scaling operations in DACH and/or US markets.

Aufgaben

• Lead financial planning, controlling, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with tax, audit, and accounting standards.
• Manage liquidity and optimize cash flow.

Kenntnisse

10+ years experience in Finance, Operations, or General Management

Proven track record in scaling D2C and retail operations

Strong consumer & retail expertise

Startup experience

Entrepreneurial mindset

Deep understanding of financial KPIs

Hands-on leadership style

Excellent communication skills in German and English

Jobbeschreibung

What you will do

As Director of Finance & Operations (with Procuration), you will be responsible for building and optimizing the infrastructure that powers scalable growth for gitti. You will lead and professionalize our finance and operations functions, act as a strategic challenger, and ensure that every decision is backed by financial rigour and operational excellence. By driving process optimization and cross-functional efficiency, you will create the backbone that enables our expansion across DACH and the US. From day one, you will hold Prokura (power of attorney), with the potential to grow into a Managing Director role as part of the four-eyes principle and backup leadership structure.

YOUR TASKS:

• Lead financial planning, controlling, and reporting with a growth-driven perspective.
• Establish KPI frameworks (CAC, LTV, contribution margin, retail sell-through) to guide expansion.
• Ensure compliance with local tax, audit, and accounting standards across multiple markets.
• Manage company liquidity, ensuring adequate cash flow, financing of growth initiatives, and optimization of working capital.
• Provide proactive financial insights to support growth investments and international scaling.
• Own demand planning, procurement, logistics, and supply chain management for both D2C and retail.
• Optimize stock levels, fulfillment speed, and cost efficiency to enable rapid growth.
• Oversee contracts, partnerships, and risk management, particularly in cross-border operations (DACH + US).
• Safeguard compliance with regulatory and retail partner requirements.
• Build HR structures that scale with growth (hiring, contracts, payroll, compliance).
• Actively shape culture and talent development to attract and retain entrepreneurial top talent.
• Build a best-in-class BI infrastructure to track performance across D2C and retail.
• Empower data-driven decision-making at all levels of the business.
• Bring a hands-on mentality to operational challenges, including weekend shipments, critical deliveries, and retail partner requirements.
• Report directly to our CEO, with power of attorney and future potential as Managing Director.
• Contact person for our investors and stakeholders.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years’ experience in Finance, Operations, or General Management, ideally in beauty, fashion, or consumer goods.
• Proven track record in scaling D2C and retail operations in DACH and/or US markets.
• Strong consumer & retail expertise to navigate the complexity of our retail partners.
• Startup experience, embracing agile ways of working in a fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong bias for execution and performance.
• Deep understanding of financial KPIs relevant for growth-driven consumer brands.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to build and inspire diverse teams.
• Strong analytical, structured, and solution-oriented way of working.
• Excellent communication skills in both German and English (C1+).

Why you should join us

• Being part of gitti means working with an ambitious and highly motivated team that wants to set new standards. Every day brings a new challenge: our fast-paced, performance-oriented environment offers you great opportunities to learn and take on responsibility. We want to continue building gitt into an international brand. Join our team and be part of our journey.
• Room for entrepreneurship: Be creative, present your ideas and implement them from start to finish.
• Freedom to grow: Support for personal and professional development with individual development planning and on-the-job training.
• Flexible working conditions: hybrid working model, two months of remote working abroad per year, training and charity days.
• Incentives that make you happy: whether it's a membership to Urban Sports Club or Class Pass or a monthly voucher for Wolt.
• Employee discounts.
• BVG-ticket.
• Big city flair: our office in the heart of Berlin makes dreams come true.