Commercial Finance Lead

Marble; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BSPCE stock options

Hybrid work model

Office in Nanterre

Job summary

Recupere Metals is seeking a Commercial Finance Lead to drive the financial evaluation, structuring, and governance of commercial arrangements. You will optimise working capital, secure feedstock supply, and structure offtake and customer contracts, while building the commercial finance team.

You will partner with the CEO and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with growth plans, manage risk, and lead negotiation with suppliers and customers on long-term and spot contracts.

Qualifications

• Strong 7+ years in commercial finance within metals recycling or commodities.
• Proven experience structuring complex feedstock and offtake agreements.
• Fluent English; French is a strong plus.
• Ability to work from Paris, Lyon, or Geneva.
• Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end working capital strategy, focusing on feedstock inventory, processing cycles, receivables, payables and settlement timing.
• Design cash-efficient commercial structures, manage liquidity forecasting, hedging impacts, and FX considerations.
• Lead financial structuring of feedstock supply agreements and offtake contracts.
• Provide financial leadership to procurement, sales, operations, legal and treasury teams.
• Stress-test commercial structures under scenarios including price volatility and counterparty risk.

Skills

Commercial finance

Metals recycling

Cash flow modelling

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Job description

About us

Recupere Metals has developed a new wire‑forming technology that produces high‑conductivity copper wire without the need for 99.95% pure copper raw materials. No smelting. No refining. Just a smarter process using only scrap copper.

By eliminating these costly and highly polluting steps, we are considerably reducing the overall cost of copper‑wire production while putting millions of tonnes of copper scrap currently unsuitable for electrical use. Our technology paves the way for fully circular and cost‑effective copper‑wire production, an essential piece of the global energy transition.

We have raised over EUR5m in our first round of funding from leading investors, secured strong interest from large commercial offtakers, and demonstrated that we have a way of boosting the world's production of recycled copper.

We’re now building our core team, and it’s the perfect time to jump on board.

About the role:Commercial Finance Lead

We’re looking for a Commercial Finance Lead. The Commercial Finance Lead is responsible for leading the financial evaluation, structuring, and governance of commercial arrangements across Recupere’s business, working closely with the CEO. The role is critical to optimising working capital, securing feedstock supply, and structuring offtake and customer contracts that support Recupere’s growth plans. You will also be building the commercial finance team.

Contract: CDI (permanent)

• Location: Hybrid with expectation of ability to travel to one of the following talent hubs - Paris, Lyon, Geneva

• Language: English fluency required. French is a strong plus.

Your responsibilities

Working Capital & Cash Conversion

• Own Recupere’s end-to-end working capital strategy, with particular focus on:

  • Feedstock inventory build-up and processing cycles

  • Receivables, payables, and settlement timing

  • Metal price volatility and valuation effects

• Design and implement cash‑efficient commercial structures, including prepayments, consignment stock, tolling, and inventory‑backed financing.
  Partner with Treasury to manage liquidity forecasting, hedging impacts, margining exposure, and FX considerations.

• Drive improvements in cash conversion and working capital intensity as Recupere scales.

Feedstock Procurement Economics & Structuring

• Lead financial evaluation and structuring of secondary feedstock supply agreements, including scrap, residues, intermediates, and other recyclable materials.

• Assess pricing mechanisms linked to metal indices, payables, penalties, contamination thresholds, yield assumptions, and escalation clauses.

• Evaluate trade‑offs between security of supply, pricing risk, quality variability, and working capital requirements.

• Provide financial leadership and negotiation support to procurement teams on long‑term and spot feedstock contracts.

Offtake & Customer Contract Structuring

• Lead financial structuring and review of offtake and customer sales agreements for recycled and recovered metals.

• Evaluate pricing and commercial terms, including:

  • Indexation and pass‑through of metal prices and premia

  • Volume commitments, flexibility, and take‑or‑pay features

  • Credit terms, payment security, and prepayment arrangements

• Ensure alignment between offtake contracts, operational capabilities, and external financing requirements.

Commercial Deal Evaluation & Decision Support

• Own financial models for Recupere’s commercial contracts, integrating:

  • Feedstock economics and metal yields

  • Pricing formulas and timing effects

  • Logistics, processing costs, FX, and hedging

• Provide clear, decision‑oriented recommendations to senior management and investment committees on profitability, cash flow timing, and downside risk.

• Stress‑test commercial structures under scenarios including feedstock disruption, metal price volatility, yield variance, and counterparty default.

Counterparty Credit & Risk Management

• Assess and manage credit risk across feedstock suppliers, customers, traders, and intermediaries.

• Define credit limits, security packages, collateral requirements, and payment protections appropriate to Recupere’s risk appetite.

• Work closely with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure contracts are enforceable and bankable.

Cross‑Functional & External Stakeholder Leadership

• Act as the senior finance partner to procurement, sales, operations, legal, and treasury teams.

• Translate operational and sustainability objectives into financeable commercial structures.

• Support engagement with lenders, structured finance and prepayment providers, strategic partners, and investors, clearly articulating Recupere’s commercial economics.

Governance, Controls & Market Insight

• Establish governance frameworks for approval of commercial contracts and non‑standard terms.

• Monitor market dynamics relevant to secondary and recycled metals, including pricing indices, premia/discounts, and regulatory or ESG‑driven impacts.
  Ensure robust documentation, post‑deal performance tracking, and continuous improvement of commercial finance processes.

Ideal background

• Strong 7+ years in commercial finance, ideally within metals recycling, base metals, commodities, or industrial processing.

• Strong understanding of secondary feedstock pricing, yield variability, metal indexation, and working capital dynamics.

• Proven experience structuring complex feedstock and offtake agreements in cash- and balance‑sheet‑intensive environments.

• Strong commercial judgement, financial modelling capability, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to build trust and communicate clearly across functions and seniority levels

• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous, fast‑paced environment

• Fluent English is a must; French is a strong plus

• Willingness to work from Paris, Lyon, or Geneva

What we offer

We’re building a world‑class industrial deep‑tech company from the ground up. You'll play a key role in scaling a technology that directly impacts global electrification and the circular economy. This is a rare opportunity to shape the industrial future of a critical material—copper—at the heart of the energy transition.

• CDI contract

• Competitive compensation + BSPCE (employee stock‑option) package

• 50% health‑insurance coverage

• Hybrid work model (office in Nanterre)

• Direct influence on a flagship project at the heart of the energy‑transition supply chain

We believe deep tech needs deep diversity. If you’re excited by our mission but don’t tick every single box, we still want to hear from you. Versatility and a hunger to learn are essential at this stage of our journey.

Join us to re‑wire the copper industry