Finance Ops

Inbolt; Paris; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Prime office location

Stock-options package

Team-building events & off-sites

Meal — lunch expenses

Gymlib — subscription fully covered

Health coverage

Bring-your-dog-to-work policy

Job summary

Inbolt is seeking a Finance Ops to join its finance team in Paris, reporting to the VP Finance. This role is ideal for someone who wants visibility across the finance function in a scaling industrial company.

You’ll own month-end close, manage cash and AP/AR, drive process improvements with AI tools, support audits, and help build the function over the next 12–18 months. On-site work is required 3 days per week, and the start date is ASAP.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years in controlling, accounting or audit, mix of external/internal experience.
• Experience in startup/fast-paced environments.
• Solid knowledge of French GAAP and month-end mechanics.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets proficiency.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Familiar with AI solutions to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close: cost allocations, accruals, prepaids and intercompany across our French, US and Japanese entities.
• Analyze financial performance against budget and targets; explain variances to the VP Finance and leadership.
• Prepare the monthly reporting package (P&L, cash, KPIs) for management, the board and investors.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Invoice customers and monitor collections; follow up on overdue payments with Sales and Deployment.
• Prepare supplier and payroll-related bank payments.
• Track missing supporting documents and drive the team to keep them clean.
• Improve internal finance processes and tooling, including using AI tools to automate collection, matching and reconciliation work.
• Take over bookkeeping (AP, AR, bank, accruals, prepaids) from our external accountant over the next 12-18 months.
• Support audit, tax and grant-related requests (CIR, BPI, etc.)

Skills

Financial analysis

Budget tracking

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets

Bilingual: French & English

AI for finance processes

Education

Finance/Accounting degree (DCG/DSCG/CCA)

Tools

Pennylane

Sage

NetSuite

Job description

Responsibilities

You’ll join the finance team as Finance Ops, reporting to Jean-François, our VP Finance. It’s the right seat for someone who wants to see the whole finance function of a scaling industrial company.

Controlling & reporting

• Own the month-end close: accuracy of cost allocations, accruals, prepaids and intercompany across our French, US and Japanese entities

• Analyze financial performance against budget and targets; explain variances to the VP Finance and leadership

• Prepare the monthly reporting package (P&L, cash, KPIs) for management, the board and investors

• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting cycles

Operations & cash

• Invoice customers and monitor collections; follow up on overdue payments with Sales and Deployment

• Prepare supplier and payroll-related bank payments

• Track down and collect missing supporting documents (invoices, POs, expense receipts) and drive the team to keep them clean

Building the function

• Improve internal finance processes and tooling, including using AI tools to automate collection, matching and reconciliation work

• Take over bookkeeping (AP, AR, bank, accruals, prepaids) from our external accountant over the next 12-18 months

• Support audit, tax and grant-related requests (CIR, BPI, etc.)

Position details

• Role : Finance Ops

• Team: Finance

• Contract: CDI, full-time

• Location (lieu): Paris

• Work mode: 3 days minimum on site per week

• Start date: ASAP

Benefits

• Prime office location

• Stock-options package

• Team-building events & off-sites

• Meal — lunch expenses

• Gymlib — subscription fully covered

• Health coverage

• Bring-your-dog-to-work policy

Inbolt values end-to-end ownership, high rigor, and a hands-on curiosity. We move fast while staying precise, with a proactive, autonomous, results-driven mindset and strong collaboration with engineering teams.

Preferred experience

• Preferred experience 3-4 years of experience in controlling, accounting or audit: ideally a mix (e.g. audit or expertise-comptable followed by an in-house role)

• Experience in a startup/fast-paced environment

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business (DCG, DSCG, Master CCA or equivalent)

• Solid understanding of French GAAP, financial statements and month-end mechanics

• Comfortable with financial analysis and budget tracking

• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets

• Familiarity with accounting or ERP software (Pennylane, Sage, NetSuite or similar)

• Fluent in French and English: both required, as you’ll work with our US and Japanese teams

• Experience in leveraging or implementing AI solutions to improve and streamline financial processes.