FP&A Manager

Rivercell; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary and equity

Growth opportunities

Cutting-edge biotech project

Early team member exposure

Résumé du poste

Rivercell is seeking an FP&A Manager to build and run the financial backbone as we scale from a small team to an industrial-grade biology data platform. You will partner with the COO, own your scope end to end, and implement the processes needed to operate cleanly as headcount and capex grow.

Responsibilities include owning the business plan and rolling forecast, financial reporting, developing models for strategic decisions, and supporting governance and investor reporting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in audit, transaction services, financial consulting or strategy consulting at a recognised firm, or finance in a fast-growing startup.
• Strong numerical and modeling skills with auditable, clean outputs.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in French and English.

Responsabilités

• Own the business plan and rolling forecast including headcount, R&D, marketing, and capex.
• Manage monthly and annual closings with the external accountant.
• Support fundraising, grant funding, and cost reporting.
• Prepare board materials: financial packs, KPI dashboards, and budget vs actual analysis.
• Maintain data room and internal reporting infrastructure.
• Coordinate governance routines and corporate compliance as the company grows.

Connaissances

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Budgeting & planning

Data analysis

Bilingual (French/English)

Formation

Bachelor's degree in business or engineering from a top school

Outils

Excel

Description du poste

We are looking for an FP&A Manager to build and run the financial backbone of Rivercell as we scale from a small team to an industrial-grade biology data platform.

You will work hand-in-hand with our COO, own your scope end to end, and put in place the processes that a company multiplying its headcount and its capital expenditure needs to operate cleanly.

Financial planning & analysis

• Own our business plan and rolling forecast: headcount, R&D, marketing and G&A spend, capital expenditure on lab and production equipment, unit economics of our data generation activity

• Own the financial reporting

• Build the models behind our strategic decisions; production capacity roll-out, pricing

Accounting & closings

• Manage day-to-day finance operations and run monthly and annual closings in coordination with our external accountant

• Keep our accounting tooling clean and automated as volumes grow

Financing

• Support to fundraising and non-dilutive funding work: CIR, Bpifrance and France 2030 schemes, European programmes

• Build the budgets behind grant applications, and handle cost justification, reporting and audits once funding is secured

Governance & reporting

• Support the preparation of our board materials: financial packs, KPI dashboards, budget-versus-actual analysis, and the supporting narrative

• Support the recurring investor reporting cycle and ad hoc requests

• Maintain our data room and internal reporting infrastructure

• Help us put in place and run the governance routines the company needs

Corporate

• Coordinate with our corporate lawyers on board and shareholder resolutions, share issuances, cap table and BSPCE plan administration

• Manage general corporate compliance as the company grows

You will work hand-in-hand with our COO and an interdisciplinary team (genetic engineering, AI & software, bio-laboratory automation) and be an integral part of an ambitious and exciting French startup project.

• Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project in the field of biotech

• Opportunity to join an ambitious team and impactful startup among the first employees

• Competitive salary and equity package

• Exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth within the team

You have a business or engineering degree from a top schoolYou have 3+ years of experience in audit, transaction services, financial consulting or strategy consulting from a recognised firm, or in finance at a fast-growing startupYou are rigorous and excellent with numbers and with the tools; you build models that are clean and auditableYou are an autonomous, committed, enthusiastic person with a "can-do", creative, and challenging mindsetYou have excellent communication skills and are fluent in French and English