Finance Associate

Current AI; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Current AI is a small team building its operational systems from the ground up. You will ensure the team has the right tools to work efficiently, that money moves correctly, contracts are in order, and records are accurate.

You will report to the Finance & Operations Manager and collaborate with grants, programmes and people operations. This multi‑faceted role suits someone with a financial background who enjoys bringing order to processes, improving controls, and identifying automation

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in audit or an in-house finance role.
• Solid knowledge of French accounting (PCG) and month-end close.
• Bachelor or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or similar field.
• Careful with detail and critical thinking: you notice when a number does not match.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Fluent English and French, written and spoken.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.
• High discretion, you will handle confidential funder, grantee and staff information.
• Comfortable in an organisation that is still building its processes, able to bring your own methodology.
• Nice to have: Experience with associations, foundations or restricted funds (fonds dédiés).
• Exposure to US funders or grant reporting.
• Experience automating finance workflows, or curiosity about AI tools to do so

Responsibilities

• Own the full invoice lifecycle including recording, coding, verifying expenses against contracts, and tracking payments.
• Handle payment processing and reconciliation, including supplier payments and grantee disbursements.
• Support monthly closing workflow and bank reconciliations with external accountants.
• Track budget vs. expenses and advise leadership on resource allocations.
• Support the annual audit process.
• Manage tools, subscriptions, licences and team access.
• Run and monitor automated workflows; flag issues and push for fixes.
• Identify opportunities to automate finance tasks.
• Strategically allocate donor funds to grantees within donor restrictions.
• Prepare donor reporting packs and develop automation where possible.
• Support donor and partner relationship management.
• Ensure vendor compliance by screening against sanctions lists.
• Keep data protection records current as tools evolve.
• Support grantee financial due diligence.
• Prepare contracts and route for signature with legal support.
• Manage contracts per procurement policy and assist supplier sourcing/negotiation.

Skills

Audit experience

French accounting (PCG)

Bachelor in Finance/Accounting

Attention to detail

Excel

Fluent English

Fluent French

Startup experience

Discretion/confidentiality

Process improvement

Automation of finance workflows

Education

Bachelor or equivalent in Finance/Accounting

Job description

Current AI is a small team building its operational systems from the ground up. This role sits at the centre of that effort: you will make sure the team has the right tools to work efficiently, and that money moves correctly, contracts are in order and records are accurate. You will report to the Finance & Operations Manager and work closely with colleagues in grants, programmes and people operations. This multi-faceted role suits someone with a financial background looking for a broader scope and who enjoys putting order into things that do not yet have any, and will bring a critical eye to financial processes to ensure continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will span the following areas:

Invoices and payments

• Own the full invoice lifecycle, including recording, coding, verifying expenses against contracts, and tracking payments against contract limits.

• Handle payment processing and reconciliation, including executing supplier payments, issuing grantee disbursements, and reviewing corporate credit card expense claims.

Accounting and audit

• Own the monthly closing workflow and bank reconciliation in coordination with the external accountants

• Track budget vs. expenses each month and provide guidance to leadership on resource allocations

• Support the annual audit process

Tools, systems and automation

• Manage our tools, subscriptions, licences and team access.

• Run and monitor the automated workflows we build, flag and elevate issues when something breaks.

• Identify and implements opportunities for automation

Partnerships and donor reporting

• Strategically allocate donor funds to grantees, in line with each donor’s restrictions

• In collaboration with the Grants Operations Associate, prepare reporting packs for each funder, develop automation where possible

• Support donor and partner relationship management

Compliance

• Ensure vendor compliance by screening vendors against sanctions and prohibited-party lists.

• Keep our data protection records current as our tools change.

• Support grantee financial due diligence

Contracts and vendors

• Prepare contracts and route them for signature, with support from legal counsel.

• Manage contracts in compliance with our procurement policy

• Support supplier sourcing and negotiation

Télétravail 2 jours par semaine

~ 10 RTT par an

Essential Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in audit or an in-house finance role

• Solid knowledge of French accounting (PCG) and month-end close

• At least Bachelor or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or similar field

• Careful with detail and critical thinking: you notice when a number does not match

• Strong Excel skills.

• Fluent English and French, written and spoken.

• Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.

• High discretion, you will handle confidential funder, grantee and staff information.

• Comfortable in an organisation that is still building its processes, able to bring your own methodology

• Nice to have:Experience with associations, foundations or restricted funds (fonds dédiés)

• Exposure to US funders or grant reporting

• Experience automating finance workflows, or curiosity about AI tools to do so