Vice President of Finance, BlaBlaCar
+Employee Stock ownership plan
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Online marketplace for carpooling and bus services
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Online marketplace for carpooling and bus services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+Employee Stock ownership plan
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
BlaBlaCar's mission is to leverage technology to fill empty seats on the road, connecting members looking to carpool or to travel by bus, and making travel more affordable, sociable and convenient.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; CPA, CFA, or equivalent certification preferred
- Experience: 10-15 years of progressive finance leadership experience in multinational environments, with strong exposure to both B2C and B2B sectors
- Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of IFRS standards, consolidation processes, transfer pricing, and cash repatriation strategies. Experience with cash forecasting methods and electronic invoicing is highly advantageous
- International Experience: Proven track record managing complex finance issues in diverse geographies, including ideally emerging markets
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, inspire collaboration, and drive high-impact results
- Language Skills: Strong proficiency in English and French (oral and written). Fluency in other languages is an advantage
- Competencies: Strong communication, negotiation, and strategic thinking skills, with a business-oriented mindset that aligns finance with organizational goals
What the job involves
- The Vice President of Finance will lead and oversee the finance functions across an international portfolio, ensuring compliance with IFRS standards, effective cash management, and alignment with global tax and transfer pricing regulations
- This role is instrumental in providing financial leadership, driving strategic initiatives, and managing financial compliance and operational aspects in both B2B and B2C sectors
- The VP of Finance will manage and develop diverse finance teams across accounting, consolidation, tax, and cash management functions, fostering collaboration in a complex, multinational environment that includes operations in challenging markets
- The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical expertise, strategic acumen, and a business-oriented mindset to navigate complex financial landscapes and ensure effective financial operations
- Oversee and support consolidated group financial reporting in compliance with IFRS standards, ensuring accurate, timely, and insightful reporting for senior management and stakeholders
- Collaborate with external partners for consolidated financial statements, while maintaining a robust internal understanding of complex IFRS matters
- Supervise the Accounting & Tax teams and ensure compliance with local and international accounting standards and tax regulations, including specific requirements in emerging markets (e.g. , Brazil, Mexico, India, Ukraine, Russia)
- Oversee transfer pricing policies and strategies to ensure compliance with regulations and optimize tax positions across complex international geographies
- Lead cash management operations with a focus on cash forecasting (including rolling 13-week direct methods) and liquidity planning
- Optimize cash repatriation strategies and cross-border financial flows across all relevant entities, ensuring adequate liquidity and cost-efficient structures
- Manage and provide strategic direction to four distinct teams: Accounting & Tax France, Consolidation & International (excluding Russia/Ukraine/Poland), Cash Management, and Finance for Ukraine/Poland
- Provide a dotted-line oversight of the CFO Russia operations, ensuring synergy and alignment with global finance strategy
- Manage relationships with external auditors, ensuring a smooth audit process and compliance with required regulations
- Report key finance topics and provide updates to the Audit Committee, fostering transparency and accountability in all financial matters
- Lead and execute strategic projects, such as electronic invoicing and reporting enhancements, to drive process efficiency and regulatory compliance across the organization
- Act as a strategic finance partner, understanding and aligning finance initiatives with the broader business objectives in both B2C and B2B contexts
- Provide actionable insights and guidance to business units to address financial and operational challenges
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing finance team culture; provide coaching, mentorship, and support for professional development across managed teams
- Ensure clear, consistent communication with internal and external stakeholders, adapting messages for various audiences
- Represent the finance function in senior leadership meetings and cross-functional projects
Application process
- A 45-min video-call with your Talent Acquisition Manager to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
- A 60-min video-call with Ludovic Boisseau, our Interim CFO, to deep dive into your technical expertise and your leadership skills
- A 60-min video-call with Olivier Antoine, our Accounting Manager, to discuss in-depth your accounting and tax expertise
- A case study, followed by a debrief with our Interim CFO and Accounting Manager
- A 30-min video-call with Nicolas Salvy, our CTO, to evaluate your ability to collaborate with other departments and your business sense
- Our hiring process lasts on average 25-30 days, offers usually come within 48 hours
Our take
Travelling can be an expensive process, with public transport and petrol costs forming a significant contribution towards this. Many people choose to purchase last-minute bus tickets or travel in carpools to minimize costs and carbon emissions, but these opportunities can be difficult to find and there is no framework to locate them and assess their legitimacy.
BlaBlaCar provides an online marketplace for connecting travelers with carpools and spare seats on buses in order to provide a budget alternative to traditional means of travel. Drivers can sign up to provide a carpool service, and BlaBlaCar verifies the identity and reviews of both carpool drivers and bus companies to ensure that the budget service is fully regulated.
Budget alternatives to traditional public transport and driving routes are nothing new, but BlaBlaCar has taken a unique approach by greatly minimizing costs and encouraging efficiency by providing a regulated framework for carpooling. Furthermore, the company provides last-minute and predetermined bus seats, reducing costs for users whilst preventing buses from travelling wastefully with empty seats. It's this unique business model which helped spring BlaBlaCar into profitability in 2022, and a 2024 debt funding round is being used to acquire other businesses and expand its reach.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2021
$115m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2018
$105.1m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $553.6m
Company benefits
- Tailor-made remote policy
- A fair & competitive salary package
- Employee Stock Ownership plan
- Holidays: 10 days off in addition to the legal 25 days
- Relocation package and visa sponsorship to welcome you wherever you are currently based
- Parental policy (we are a signatory of the #ParentalAct)
- Trainings & career development programs
- Free carpooling & bus rides wherever whenever
Company values
- Be The Member - We are users of our service, members of our community
- Share more. Learn more - We learn and grow collectively as a team
- Fail. Learn. Succeed - We are innovating, taking risks, building an entirely novel solution, walking on unbeaten paths
- Dream. Decide. Deliver - Great ideas come with bold decisions, and the diligence to deliver on them
- Be lean. Go far - A creative start-up spirit is nurtured by frugality and a smart use of resources that will enable long-term sustainable growth
- Fun & Serious - When you take what you do at heart, and work seriously, there is room for everyone to have fun together, and enjoy the ride
Company HQ
Oberkampf, Paris, France
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Leadership
Frédéric Mazzella
(President)Experienced as investor and advisor for various startups in the travel industry. Co-founded BlaBlaCar in 2006 as President.
Nicolas Brusson
(CEO)Experienced as investor for multiple companies such as Deliveroo and Stripe. Board Member of Fondation Pour l'Audition. Co-founded BlaBlaCar as CEO in 2016.
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