Finance Lead, Groover

• 3–4 years of experience in finance, ideally in audit, a startup or scale-up environment
• Strong hands-on skills with Excel / Google Sheets / Pennylane
• Comfortable with monthly closings and operational finance
• Willing to handle concrete tasks before optimizing them
• Strong sense of ownership, reliability and accountability
• Able to interact confidently with senior stakeholders (founders, accountants, partners)
• French Native, English Fluent
• Based in Paris

Desirable

• We are looking for a Finance Manager to take ownership of day-to-day finance operations, progressively internalize most of the finance scope, and build a robust, automated and decision-oriented finance function
• This is a hands-on, high-ownership role, working closely with the founders. You will report directly to the CEO
• As Finance Manager, you will be the owner of finance operations and financial planning, with direct exposure to leadership
• Your mission is to run the finance function end-to-end, execute first, then structure, automate and improve
• This is not a purely strategic role — you will be doing things yourself, especially at the beginning
• Financial planning & business partnering:
• Build, maintain and update the budget & business plan
• Run monthly rolling forecasts
• Analyze actuals vs budget and explain variances
• Produce clear financial reporting for founders and stakeholders
• Support business decisions (cash management, prioritization, trade-offs)
• Finance operations & admin:
• Monthly closings
• Accruals, journal entries, bank reconciliations
• Accounts receivable follow-up
• Execution of payments and bank transfers
• Basic finance admin (supplier invoices, follow-ups, controls)
• Coordination with the accounting firm
• Relationship with the accounting firm:
• Be comfortable discussing, challenging and arbitrating with external accountants
• You don’t need a 100% accounting background, but you must:
• Quickly understand accounting issues,
• Ask the right questions,
• Detect inconsistencies or risks,
• Challenge recommendations when needed
• The goal is a peer-to-peer relationship, not a passive one
• Tools, data & automation:
• Advanced use of Excel / Google Sheets
• Daily use of Pennylane
• Work with Stripe, banks, payment tools, HR tools
• Design and implement automated processes, using tools and AI where relevant, to:
• Reduce manual work,
• Improve reliability,
• Speed up reporting and controls

• HR interview (fit & motivation)
• 45 minutes interview with our CEO
• Practical case (finance, Excel, reasoning) with Lisan Finance
• Culture fit interview with founders