(Senior) FP&A Analyst (m/f/d)

Description

Your Mission

As the first FP&A Manager at Bees & Bears, you will play a key role in shaping our financial strategy. You will be responsible for implementing and overseeing the planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. You will also work closely with senior leadership and the founders providing data-driven insights to help inform strategic decision-making and ensure financial sustainability.

• Financial Planning & Budgeting: Lead regular planning/budgeting processes and provide strategic guidance on resource allocation, ensuring alignment with company objectives.

• Liquidity Planning & Forecasting: Develop and manage rolling forecasts, assess liquidity needs, and work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize cash flow management.

• Management Reporting: Prepare regular reports for senior leadership, highlighting key financial & operational metrics, performance trends, and variances against plans/budgets and forecasts.

• Investor Reporting: Prepare investor-facing financial reports, including financial performance updates, key metrics, and strategic outlooks.

• Variance Analysis: Conduct detailed analysis of financial variances and provide actionable insights for senior leadership to ensure business objectives are met.

• Financial Modelling: Build and maintain financial models to evaluate new business opportunities, assess financial risk, and support capital raising efforts.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other departments (e.g., Sales, Operations, Risk, and Product) to support decision-making with accurate financial insights and analysis.

• Process Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting and analysis.

Your Talent

• At least Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field. MBA, CMA or CFA is a plus.

• 3+ years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis

• Experience in a start-up environment, preferably in a venture capital fund or FinTech, CleanTech, or a related technology-driven industry

• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel; extensive expertise & experience in building complex financial models

• Familiarity with database and/or reporting applications is a plus

• Very gound understanding of financial and non-financial Key Performance Indicators

• Business fluent in English. German language skills are a plus.

• Strong ability to analyze complex data, identify trends, and translate financial information into actionable insights for leadership.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders, including senior leadership.

• High level of accuracy and a strong focus on detail while working under tight deadlines.

• Proactive in identifying challenges and offering creative, data-driven solutions to improve financial performance.

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and build strong relationships within the organization.

Our Offer

Growth & CultureWe move fast, we're building a lot from scratch, and we're learning something new every day. You'll be part of a team that doesn't just work, it truly builds something, with a strong sense of ownership and genuine team spirit.ImpactYour job has a direct impact on the energy transition. Period.And because this is important to us, we offer extra days off for climate activism.FlexibilityWe work in a hybrid, trust-based environment.Working from home is the norm for us, two days a week are standard and flexible. We structure the rest in whatever way best supports collaboration and focus within the team.And if it works for you and your team, you can also work from other locations, workations are possible here.PerksYou'll receive a flexible bonus that you can use however you like, sports, culture, travel, whatever works for you.Food & EnergyLong days happen. When the office is running, so is the food: just order something to the office via Wolt.Team & VibeWe take our mission seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously.Offsites, team nights, and our "Bees & Beers" are just as much a part of the job as the work itself.

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