Senior Finance Manager, Descartes & Mauss
2+ days a week in office (9eme, Paris)
AI-powered growth consulting
Be an early applicant
AI-powered growth consulting
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office (9eme, Paris)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build critical paths for companies to find growth and resilience.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in financial leadership roles, preferably within a startup, SaaS, or high-growth environment
- Demonstrated experience in managing fundraising rounds, securing investment, and maintaining investor relationships
- Proficient in financial software and MS Office Suite (especially Excel) are required. Experience working with Pennylane, Qonto, and Lucca is a plus
- Strong ability to analyze complex financial data, deliver insights, and make data-driven recommendations
- In-depth understanding of financial compliance, tax regulations, and risk management practices
- Full professional fluency in both French and English is required
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with all levels
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- Highly motivated and have a hands-on mindset
What the job involves
- As a Senior Finance Manager, you will lead the Descartes & Mauss’s financial strategy, drive fundraising efforts, and support the company’s growth goals
- Develop and implement a comprehensive financial strategy that aligns with the company’s overall goals and growth trajectory
- Manage the next fundraising round, positioning the company for successful financing to support growth and strategic initiatives
- Analyze and evaluate financial performance, identifying key opportunities for growth and optimization
- Deliver actionable insights and strategic guidance to support the company’s ambitious growth targets, with a particular focus on expansion and revenue optimization
- Create and manage a dynamic financial plan and budget, strategically allocating resources to maximize return on investment
- Oversee financial forecasting and modeling, ensuring data-driven strategies that drive growth, optimization, and risk mitigation
- Support long-term planning by providing key financial insights, specifically focusing on the company’s objectives for the next two years
- Oversee all financial operations, including accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance, and audits, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with external partners (investors, lenders, vendors), managing financial risk and securing funding when needed
- Enhance financial processes by introducing efficiencies and automation where possible, ensuring robust and scalable operations
- Ensure financial policies and procedures are in place and adhered to, promoting transparency, accountability, and risk management across the organization
- Oversee tax, social declarations, and regulatory compliance, preparing and verifying submissions, and collaborating on legal audits to minimize risk
Application process
- 30 mins chat with HR team
- 30 mins chat with the hiring manager
- A case study on a mission related to the role
- Final call with our CEO
Our take
Descartes & Mauss is emerging into the field of "StraTech," which leverages AI to revolutionise strategy-making. It's approach combines data modelling with social science methodologies, allowing businesses to simulate potential futures and make more informed decisions.
By creating digital twins of companies and their markets, Descartes & Mauss helps its users to optimise strategy and planning. Its market analysis processes millions of data signals across various dimensions such as technology, competition, and politics. Plus, it guides companies from insight to action, utilising generative AI to create actionable plans.
Already, Descartes & Mauss has secured significant funds that will help accelerate product development and expand its sales teams. Looking ahead, the company aims to establish itself as a global leader in the StraTech sector, continuing to innovate and refine its AI-driven solutions to empower companies in an increasingly unpredictable world.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2024
$5.8m
SEED
Total funding: $5.8m
Company benefits
- Hybrid working: 2 days a week in the office
- WeWork office access worldwide
- Swile Card
- 50% of the public transport cost is reimbursed
- Extra Insurance with Mutuelle
- Birthday off policy
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
Company values
- We don’t think outside of the box, we get rid of it!
- We speak our minds, – to ourselves, each other, and our clients
- We commit to learning something new every day
- We don’t take the easy route. We take the route of maximum impact
- We show up, we go all in, we give our best. And we deliver
- We say please & thank you and never take people for granted
- We don’t ask just to be nice, we ask because we care
- We build bridges across all types of borders
- We give people room to express their talent and drive their career
- We don’t take ourselves too seriously but we take the business seriously
Company HQ
Saint-Lambert, Paris, France
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Leadership
Maurice NDiaye
(CEO)Prior work includes being a Partner at Synomia and a Teacher in Data Marketing for Sciences Po.
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