Head of Financial Systems

Mistral.ai; Paris; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare coverage

Parental leave

Relocation support

Wellness programs

Meal and transportation allowances

Résumé du poste

Mistral is seeking a Head of Financial Systems to shape a modern finance technology stack that links finance, data, and business operations. You will work with the CFO and internal teams to assess current systems, identify gaps, and design a scalable target architecture to support growth.

This leadership role focuses on data governance, integration, and automation, delivering a plan with clear costs, risks, and a transition roadmap, while ensuring migration-ready finance data and reliable

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from a tier-1 engineering school.
• Strong knowledge of data architectures and governance.
• Extensive experience with finance systems, data pipelines, and data quality.
• GenAI experience and ability to build scalable products.
• Experience leading cross-country IT initiatives and teams.

Responsabilités

• Lead assessment of Finance tech landscape: tools, data flows, processes, pain points.
• Define and prioritize business, functional, and technical requirements for Finance systems.
• Design target Finance tech architecture with clear data flows and integrations.
• Develop a data governance framework: ownership, quality controls, maintenance.
• Create and execute a plan to clean up and rationalize Finance datasets.
• Deliver a clear recommendation on future Finance tech setup with costs and risks.
• Ensure Finance data is migration-ready with defined ownership.

Connaissances

Project management

Data architecture

GenAI proficiency

Python scripting

Stakeholder management

Multinational work

Analytics & metrics

Formation

Engineering degree (tier-1 school)

Outils

SAP S4H

Kyriba

Lago

Payflows

BigQuery

DBT

Description du poste

About Mistral

Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems-across high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and the public sector-co-creating customized AI systems that they can run on their terms. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation. Our teams are distributed between Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited.

Role

As a Head of Financial Systems , you will shape the future of Mistral's Finance technology ecosystem. The role exists to build a modern data, systems and AI-driven finance department that bridges finance, data, and business operations to drive financial performance and strategic decision-making. You'll collaborate closely with our CFO, our internal Applied AI resources, and teams like, HR, IT, Legal, and Security to assess current systems, identify gaps, and design a target architecture that supports Mistral's growth. Your impact will be felt across the organization, from improving profitability to automating accounting and ensuring reliable financial outputs.

What You Will Do

• Lead the assessment of Mistral's current Finance technology landscape, including tools, processes, data flows and pain points.
• Define and prioritize business, functional, and technical requirements for Finance systems in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Design a target Finance tech architecture, outlining system roles, integrations, and data flows and architectures.
• Develop a data governance framework, including ownership, quality controls, and maintenance processes.
• Create and execute a prioritized plan to clean up and rationalize Finance datasets and execute it.
• Deliver a clear recommendation on the future Finance tech setup, including costs, risks, and a transition roadmap.
• Ensure Finance data is migration-ready by addressing quality issues and defining ownership.

What We're Looking For

• Strong project management skills, from defining vision, strategy, and roadmaps, to stelar execution.
• Engineering academic background, ideally from a tier-1 engineering school.
• Deep data architecture knowledge , including mastery of data sources, pipelines, storage, transformation, and metadata management, with hands‑on experience designing and implementing architectures (e.g., APIs, workflows, BigQuery, DBT).
• GenAI power user with Vibe coding skills , automation expertise, and experience building scalable, impactful products in a professional context.
• Basic coding skills and software development experience are a strong plus.
• Experience in Finance technology assessment , system selection, and knowledge of tools such as SAP S4H, Kyriba, Lago, Payflows, etc.
• Solid financial knowledge , including experience working alongside finance teams, understanding FP&A, accounting, cash management, and procurement, and a strong interest in driving value through process automation and efficiency.
• Builder and scaler with experience structuring IT systems (preferably in finance), building and scaling IT teams or departments from the ground up, and operating in multicountry environments.
• Proven ability to build tools and processes from scratch to support company growth.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate data quality, consistency, and relevance.
• Proficiency in prioritization and the use of performance metrics to drive impact.

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well‑being, growth, and work‑life balance. Benefits vary by country and may include healthcare coverage, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation support, wellness programs, meal and transportation allowances, and other location‑specific perks. For the most up-to‑date details on benefits available in your location, please refer to our Benefits page .

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