FP&A Manager

Rivercell; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Job summary

Rivercell is seeking an FP&A Manager to build and run the financial backbone as we scale our biotech data platform in France. You will work with the COO, own end-to-end processes, and implement scalable reporting and governance as headcount and capex grow.

You will lead business planning, rolling forecasts, and financial reporting, while supporting fundraising, grant funding, and investor communications. Fluency in French and English is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in audit, transaction services, financial consulting or strategy consulting from a recognised firm, or in finance at a fast-growing startup.
• Rigorous and excellent with numbers and with the tools; you build models that are clean and auditable.
• Autonomous, committed, enthusiastic person with a "can-do", creative, and challenging mindset.
• Fluent in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Own our business plan and rolling forecast: headcount, R&D, marketing and G&A spend, capex 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
• Manage day-to-day finance operations and run monthly and annual closings with our external accountant
• Keep our accounting tooling clean and automated as volumes grow
• 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
• Prepare board materials: financial packs, KPI dashboards, budget-versus-actual analysis, and supporting narrative
• Support recurring investor reporting cycle and ad hoc requests
• Maintain our data room and internal reporting infrastructure
• Help us put in place and run governance routines the company needs
• Coordinate with corporate lawyers on board/shareholder resolutions, share issuances, cap table and BSPCE plan administration
• Manage general corporate compliance as the company grows

Skills

Numerical skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Communication skills

English fluency

Autonomous mindset

Education

Business or Engineering degree

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling tools

Job description

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