Finance Director, Friendsurance
Germany
Digital insurance solutions
Job no longer available
Digital insurance solutions
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build the best digital insurance platform to make people feel at home.
Role
Who you are
- You already have several years of experience as Head of Finance or Controller in a scale‑up or fast‑growing startup, including leadership experience
- You work hands‑on and have a passion for making processes more efficient, automated and scalable
- You enjoy leading a team and organizing finance and controlling processes in equal measure
- You are confident working with HGB and IFRS accounting standards and have solid knowledge of German tax law
- You have a good understanding of financial modeling and data analysis
- You have experience in automating accounting tools/systems
What the job involves
- Friendsurance is looking for a dedicated Finance Director (m/f/d) for our dynamic and close‑knit finance team
- As Finance Director, you will play a central role in the operational financial and legal leadership of our company
- We are looking for a responsible leader with a hands-on mentality and a strong eye for efficient processes, who shares our vision and actively contributes to the further development of Friendsurance
- If you are excited about a great team and eye-level management, we look forward to receiving your application
- You are part of the extended management team and are responsible for operational excellence in the finance area:
- Optimization and automation of accounting processes (especially AP/AR)
- Ensuring the scalability of financial processes for future growth
- Supporting business planning and profitability analyses
- You lead the Finance & Legal team and, together with them, you are responsible for all recurring financial topics, such as:
- Monthly financial statements and VAT pre‑filings – with the goal of making the closing process continuously faster and leaner
- Annual financial statements and their audit
- Invoicing and payment transactions (AP/AR)
- Controlling and reporting to management
- You are able to analyze, evaluate and automate existing finance processes at high speed
- You prepare business cases for upcoming new projects and evaluate commercial contracts from a financial perspective
- You manage our Legal Counsel and jointly make decisions on various legal topics in the company. In doing so, you are in close and continuous exchange with the management team in order to stay informed about all relevant updates and measures and to support their implementation
- You bring your finance- and data‑driven perspective into discussions with management and other team members
- You are a point of contact for external stakeholders such as tax advisors and auditors
Our take
Managing your insurance contracts can be a frustrating and time-consuming process. Friendsurance sets out to solve this problem with its innovative digital insurance solutions.
The company launched its peer-to-peer insurance model in 2010, making it the first provider of its kind. Two years later, the company expanded into the lucrative B2B market, creating digital solutions for some of the biggest names in banking and insurance, including Deutsche Bank and Allianz.
Friendsurance's main challenge has been competing with new insurtech disruptors, but its head start allowed it to carve out a solid market position and build up both avenues of its business. It also continues to launch new solutions through its digital bancassurance platform, and is investing in sales and partnership expansion.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2016
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours & work from anywhere
- Personal development budget, continuous feedback & yearly career development talks
- Free German classes, free sports classes, a whole bunch of team events & more benefits
- We provide visa & relocation support
Company HQ
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Janis Meyer Plath
(CMO & Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Business Development Executive at Shell, before co-founding Dreambookers in 2008.
Tim Kunde
(Managing Director & Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Senior Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Was CEO of JT Internet, a Rocket Internet company.
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