Financial Controller

Inbolt; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

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

Résumé du poste

Inbolt is seeking a Financial Controller in Paris to lead the finance function within a scaling industrial company. You will own month-end close, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and drive improvements with AI tooling.

Reporting to the VP Finance, you will manage intercompany flows, cash, audits, and build a robust finance process with rigorous controls while collaborating closely with engineering and deployment teams.

Qualifications

• Own the month-end close across multiple entities (France, US, Japan).
• Analyze financial performance vs budget and explain variances to leadership.
• Prepare monthly P&L, cash and KPI reporting packages.

Responsabilités

• Take over bookkeeping over 12–18 months.
• Support audit, tax and grant-related requests.
• Improve internal finance processes and tooling, including AI-driven automation.

Connaissances

Month-end close

Intercompany accounting

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Cash management

Excel/Sheets

French GAAP

English communication

Formation

Degree in Finance/Accounting or Business

Outils

Pennylane

Sage

NetSuite

Description du poste

Responsibilities

You’ll join the finance team as Financial Controller, 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 : Financial Controller

• 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 experience3–4 years of experience in controlling, accounting or audit: ideally a mix (e.g. audit or expertise‑comptable followed by an in‑house role)Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business (DCG, DSCG, Master CCA or equivalent)Solid understanding of French GAAP, financial statements and month‑end mechanicsComfortable with financial analysis and budget trackingAdvanced Excel / Google SheetsFamiliarity 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 Additional PlusExperience in a startup/fast‑paced environmentExperience in leveraging or implementing AI solutions to improve and streamline financial processes.