Finance Operations Manager – Global, AI‑driven & IPO‑Ready

Joko; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top‑market compensation

Equity for everyone

AI learning time (1/2 day per week)

Yearly offsite & team events

ClassPass subscription contribution

8‑week leave for second parent

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Joko is seeking a Finance Manager, Finance Operations to own the reliability, timeliness, and completeness of our financial information. You will set standards, drive the calendar, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as we scale globally.

Reporting to the COO, you will manage the closing process, legal reporting, and cash management, while automating processes with a BizOps partner to ensure robust, audit-ready finance operations across multiple entities and markets.

Qualifications

• Experience: 4–8 years, with a strong foundation in accounting or audit (Big 4 or equivalent), ideally combined with in‑house experience in a scale‑up.
• Education: A master's degree from a top business school. A double degree in accounting (DCG/DSCG) is a plus.
• Financial rigor: Deep understanding of French GAAP and treasury fundamentals — you bring the same discipline to a closing cycle as you do to a cash position.
• International mindset: Excited to build a multi-entity, multi-country accounting backbone as we expand; IFRS exposure is a plus.
• Stakeholder management: You build trust with partners inside and outside Joko, and you're comfortable holding them accountable.
• Problem solving: You dig into the root cause and fix things.
• AI centricity: You use AI in your daily work today, and you're excited to help automate reporting and reconciliation as part of Joko's AI‑first finance ambition.
• Languages: Fluent French and English.

Responsibilities

• Drive the closing calendar: own the monthly and annual closing calendar, holding our external accounting partner and auditors to a high standard;
• Own our legal reporting package: make sure the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement are always accurate and delivered on time;
• Oversee AP/AR end to end: keep invoicing, payment runs, and collections under control;
• Lead our international accounting build-out: as we open new entities and markets, including our IFRS consolidation framework;
• Own cash management: reconciliation, yield optimization, and day‑to‑day treasury;
• Be the main point of contact for our banking and accounting partners, and a key interface for auditors as we scale toward IPO readiness;
• Continuously strengthen and document our financial processes and controls, working hand-in-hand with a dedicated BizOps partner to automate what can be automated, making everything more robust and less error‑prone as the company scales.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Accounting & audit

AI in finance

Languages: French & English

Education

Master's degree from a top business school

DCG/DSCG (plus)

Job description

Joko is seeking a Finance Manager, Finance Operations to own the reliability, timeliness, and completeness of our financial information. You will set standards, drive the calendar, and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders as we scale globally.

Reporting to the COO, you will manage the closing process, legal reporting, and cash management, while automating processes with a BizOps partner to ensure robust, audit-ready finance operations across multiple entities and markets.