Public-Interest Finance Associate

Current AI; Paris; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Current AI in Paris is seeking a finance professional to organize financial operations, contracts and records. You will ensure tools are in good order and money moves correctly, reporting to the Finance & Operations Manager.

This role suits someone with a financial background who enjoys bringing order to processes, improving controls, and maintaining high discretion in a fast-growing public-interest AI organisation.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in audit or an in-house finance role.
• Solid knowledge of French accounting (PCG) and month-end close.
• Bachelor or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or similar field.
• Careful with detail and critical thinking: you notice when a number does not match.
• Fluent in English and French, written and spoken.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.
• High discretion, you will handle confidential funder, grantee and staff information.
• Comfortable in an organisation that is still building its processes, able to bring your own methodology

Responsibilities

• Own the full invoice lifecycle, including recording, coding, verifying expenses against contracts, and tracking payments against contract limits.
• Handle payment processing and reconciliation, including executing supplier payments, issuing grantee disbursements, and reviewing corporate credit card expense claims.
• Own the monthly closing workflow and bank reconciliation in coordination with the external accountants.
• Track budget vs. expenses each month and provide guidance to leadership on resource allocations.
• Support the annual audit process.
• Manage our tools, subscriptions, licences and team access.
• Run and monitor the automated workflows we build, flag and elevate issues when something breaks.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation.
• Strategically allocate donor funds to grantees, in line with each donor’s restrictions.
• In collaboration with the Grants Operations Associate, prepare reporting packs for each funder, develop automation where possible.
• Support donor and partner relationship management.
• Ensure vendor compliance by screening vendors against sanctions and prohibited-party lists.
• Keep our data protection records current as our tools change.
• Prepare contracts and route them for signature, with support from legal counsel.
• Manage contracts in compliance with our procurement policy.
• Support supplier sourcing and negotiation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Discretion

Fluent English

Fluent French

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor or equivalent in Finance, Accounting or related field

Tools

PCG knowledge

Job description

Current AI in Paris is seeking a finance professional to organize financial operations, contracts and records. You will ensure tools are in good order and money moves correctly, reporting to the Finance & Operations Manager.

This role suits someone with a financial background who enjoys bringing order to processes, improving controls, and maintaining high discretion in a fast-growing public-interest AI organisation.