Junior Financial Controller, Studocu
+ Equity scheme
2-5 days a week in office (Keizersgracht, Amsterdam)
Educational materials platform for students
Open for applications
Educational materials platform for students
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity scheme
2-5 days a week in office (Keizersgracht, Amsterdam)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to excel at their studies by providing the best tools to study more efficiently.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Relevant professional qualification or studying towards. (CIMA, CPA, etc)
- 2+ years of working experience in financial accounting and controlling, or related roles, preferably in the tech industry
- Strong understanding of basic accounting principles
- Proficiency in accounting software (Xero is a plus) and advanced skills in Excel is a must
What the job involves
- The Financial Controller will play a key role in collaborating with the Finance Lead to scale our finance department and enhance processes to align with Studocu’s ambitious expansion roadmap
- As a pivotal member of the team, you will be instrumental in driving financial processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting strategic decision-making during this exciting growth phase. You’ll be collaborating with various teams, focusing on cost-control and optimisation
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Ensure day-to-day financial transactions are accurately recorded
- Prepare and update monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Support the preparation of budgets and forecasts by gathering data and updating financial models
- Monitor actual expenses against the budget and flag discrepancies
- Prepare supporting documentation for VAT, US sales taxes, and other regulatory filings
- Help with collecting data and liaising with external auditors or tax authorities
- Ain hands-on experience across various finance topics, from reporting and forecasting to process optimization and compliance
- Be part of a company that is expanding rapidly, offering new challenges and opportunities to make a real impact
- Assist in implementing and maintaining internal controls
- Join a finance team that values collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
- Implement process improvements to make financial operations more efficient
Our take
High quality notes and resources are necessary at every level of education, but at times personal notes can be incomplete or missing details. The founders of Studocu have created a platform that allows students to share notes, resources and study materials, that now holds materials from universities across the world.
With millions of users every month accessing the platform, there is undeniable demand for Studocu's services. Much of the company's popularity may be ascribed to its freemium model, which keeps 85% of its content free to access. The other 15% can be accessed by students who either upload their own study materials or pay a fee.
Studocu has seen impressive investment which has enabled it to expand substantially. It also acquired Studybees, its German counterpart, to support this expansion. In 2024, Erasmus University Rotterdam filed a lawsuit against the company which will be interesting to follow, as it surrounds whether Studocu should have to proactively screen materials for copyright breaches, rather than its current report/takedown approach.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Aug 2019
$4.6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $56.3m
Company benefits
- Equity scheme in the form of SAR
- Gifts
- Pension scheme
- Referral rewards
- 24 days of paid leave per year
- Option to buy unpaid leave
- Special occasions paid leave (e.g. moving day)
- Annual hackathons
- In-house dutch lessons
- In-house L&D workshops
- Personal L&D budget of €2,500 per year
- Annual company trip
- Sports subscription with OneFit
- Travel card (NS business) if you live outside of A10 ring road
- Hybrid work set up between home and office
- Lots of company events and team-building activities
- Lunch in our office prepared by our Chef Valentijn
- One floor with a garden and the other with a canal view!
- Open bar = Friday Drinks!
- Option to work up to 4 weeks per calendar year from abroad
- Pet-friendly office (with a no-pets zone)
- Snacks are on us
- Work From Home setup budget of €800 via Workwize
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Reynald Fasciaux
(CEO)Has been with the company for five years, first as COO then CEO. Before that, they were Head of Product Operations (EMEA) at ofo and Head of Customer Insights (EMEA) at Uber.
Marnix Broer
(Co-Founder & Chair of the Board)Advisory Board Member at Brandsolo. Previously co-founded TentamenTrainingen.
Sander Kuijk
(Co-Founder & DevOps)Was a Full-stack Developer at GraphicsGurus. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Delft University.
Lucas van den Houten
(Co-Founder & CPO)Was previously CTO at the company. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Delft University.
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