Chief Financial Officer, Wunderflats

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Berlin

2 days a week in office (Hackescher Markt, Berlin)

Wunderflats

Rental platform for furnished apartments

Open for applications

Wunderflats

Rental platform for furnished apartments

101-200 employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceRenting

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
Berlin

2 days a week in office (Hackescher Markt, Berlin)

101-200 employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceRenting

Company mission

To shape the future of housing by offering people the freedom to live and work from mid-term rentals wherever they choose.

Role

Who you are

  • Expertise in developing comprehensive company strategies
  • Due diligence for growth and private equity funding rounds, to secure substantial capital & first-hand experience in working with investors
  • Strong background in managing P&L, cash flow, budgeting, accounting, and controlling, alongside in-depth knowledge of tax reporting and compliance
  • Track record of guiding companies through international expansion, selecting and collaborating with top-tier corporate lawyers and tax advisors
  • Skilled in communicating financial strategies to non-finance departments and inspiring team engagement
  • Minimum of five years in a senior finance role, preferably as VP Finance or CFO
  • Proficiency in English with experience in international business settings; German language skills a strong asset
  • Demonstrated capability in managing diverse financing structures including debt, mezzanine, and equity, and in structuring these financial instruments
  • Excitement for and understanding of M&A, crucial for facilitating company growth
  • Experience in developing and implementing payment and pricing

What the job involves

  • As a Chief Financial Officer you will be responsible for leading the Finance and Legal & Compliance departments. Become part of a top-tier C-level team, leveraging their collective strength. Experience a collaborative board environment and work closely with a high-performing team that reports directly to you
  • You are in charge of supervising the teams: Finance and Legal & Compliance and setting the strategic direction of those departments in alignment with the overall company strategy
  • You contribute to defining the overall future growth strategy
  • You are managing and building all types of financing, i.e. debt and equity
  • You have full ownership of P&L and cash flow budgeting processes, ongoing consolidation, audit processes, and investor reporting
  • You are contributing to funding rounds and short- to long-term financing of the company’s growth
  • You collaborate with the advisory board and maintain investor relations
  • You develop and take our controlling as well as accounting operations and risk management processes to the next level, assume responsibility for tax reporting and manage relationships with external vendors and contractors
  • You lead operational excellence by creating appropriate structure, process, and reporting in all corresponding areas

Application process

  • TA Partner Interview - 30 minutes
  • Hiring Manager Interview with one of our Founders - 45 minutes
  • Meeting the Leadership Team - 1 hour
  • Stakeholder Interview - 45 minutes
  • Wunder Check Interview - 30 minutes

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Insights

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Join the best team ever with a truly unique employee experience
  • State of the art tech stack
  • Steep learning curve and individual development opportunities based on your own selection
  • We work with Macs, but you can choose your device
  • We provide a relocation package if you are moving to Germany
  • Flexible and family-friendly working hours and maximum home office flexibility
  • An easy way to get to work: Our office is located right at Alexanderplatz
  • Team and company events
  • Yoga lessons, table tennis, cereals, coffee, fruits, and beer

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jul 2021

$21m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Jul 2019

$9m

SERIES B

Total funding: $33.9m

Our take

The rise of technology for remote working, alongside the number of companies offering the set-up as an employment perk, has seen a marked increase in the number of digital nomads spending extended amounts of time working from abroad. As a result, the market for for mid- to long-term lets is growing, with demand anticipated to continue rising over the coming years. Proptech company Wunderflats is taking advantage of this trend.

Wunderflats has a broad scope; covering company travel arrangements, lettings for families & students, and a full furnishing and property management service. With operations beginning in Germany, the company found a lucrative testing ground that enabled it to showcase the popularity of its service, which in turn enabled it to secure growth funding. With this, it has brought its offering to 6 German cities, as well as beginning European expansion with Paris.

Germany has one of the largest rental markets in the EU, in addition to being one of the more popular destinations for digital nomads, which definitely contributed to Wunderflats gaining an edge over other hospitality providers. As the company brings its product to other EU markets, it will be interesting to watch how it effectively handles expansion and adaption to the demands of other countries and their consumers.

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Steph

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