Financial Controller

Inbolt; Paris; Sur place; EUR 75 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock-options package

Health coverage

Team-building events & off-sites

Meal - lunch expenses

Gymlib – subscription fully covered

Bring-your-dog-to-work policy

Résumé du poste

Inbolt is seeking a Financial Controller to join the finance team in Paris. You’ll own month-end close across multiple entities, analyze performance against budget, and prepare monthly reports for management, the board and investors.

You’ll also drive budgeting cycles, improve processes, and take over bookkeeping tasks from the external accountant over 12–18 months. The role requires 3–4 years in controlling or accounting, fluency in French and English, and proficiency with ERP systems and

Qualifications

• 3-4 years in controlling, accounting or audit, ideally mix of advisory and in-house.
• 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; you’ll work with US and Japanese teams.

Responsabilités

• Own the month-end close: cost allocations, accruals, prepaids and intercompany across France, US and Japan.
• Analyze performance vs budget; explain variances to VP Finance and leadership.
• Prepare monthly reporting package (P&L, cash, KPIs) for management, 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 documents and drive the team to keep them clean.
• Improve internal finance processes and tooling; explore AI for automation.
• Take over bookkeeping from external accountant over 12-18 months; support audit, tax and grant requests.

Connaissances

French/English fluent

Financial analysis

Advanced Excel/Google Sheets

Budget tracking

Month-end close

Intercompany accounting

Formation

Finance/Accounting degree (DCG, DSCG, Master CCA)

Outils

Pennylane

Sage

NetSuite

Description du poste

Job Description

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: 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

Preferred Experience

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.

• 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)
• 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

Additional Plus

• Experience in a startup/fast-paced environment
• Experience in leveraging or implementing AI solutions to improve and streamline financial processes.

Recruitment process

• Initial interview with Inès (Talent Partner)
• Technical test with Jean-François (VP Finance)
• Final interview with Rudy Cohen (CEO)

Who are they?

Who we are

Inbolt builds physical AI for factories. Our real-time 3D vision system lets industrial robots see and adapt to their environment, guiding them on moving lines and in unstructured workcells without expensive fixtures or slow reprogramming. Setup takes under 30 minutes, and the pipeline turns 3D data into robot motion with the lowest latency on the market.

We work with Stellantis, Toyota, GM, Ford, Renault and Volvo, among others, with 200+ robots deployed across 100+ factories on three continents. The company is headquartered in Paris, with offices in Detroit and Tokyo, and has raised €30M from US & EU investors.

Finance at Inbolt is small, hands-on and close to the business: three entities (France, US, Japan), three currencies, hardware and software revenue. Learn more about us here.