VP Finance (all genders)

SYNAOS

DEINE ROLLE Als VP Finance (all genders) trägst du die strategische und operative Verantwortung für das gesamte Finanzwesen bei SYNAOS. Du arbeitest eng mit dem CEO zusammen, baust skalierbare Finanzstrukturen auf und bist ein entscheidender Verantwortlicher im Executive Committee von SYNAOS. Du kombinierst unternehmerisches Denken mit Hands-on-Mentalität — und weißt, wann du die Perspektive des Controllers und wann die des Strategen einnehmen musst. DEINE MISSION * Strategische Finanzplanung: Verantwortung für Mehrjahresplanung, Budget- und Forecastingprozesse sowie KPI-Frameworks — vom Umsatz bis zum Free Cashflow * Accounting & Controlling: Aktive Steuerung der gesamten Buchhaltung (Kreditoren, Debitoren, Mahnwesen) sowie kontinuierliche Optimierung und Automatisierung finanzrelevanter Prozesse * Financial Reporting: Verantwortung für Monats- und Jahresabschlüsse sowie internes und externes Reporting — inklusive SaaS-spezifischer Metriken (ARR, Churn, LTV/CAC) * Fundraising & Investor Relations: Eigenständige Führung und Weiterentwicklung des Finanzmodells für Finanzierungsrunden, Vorbereitung von Investorenberichten und Board-Präsentationen in enger Abstimmung mit dem CEO * Stakeholder Management: Zentrale Ansprechperson für Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Banken und interne Teams — souveränes Auftreten auf allen Ebenen * KI-gestützte Automatisierung: Gezielte Einsetzung von KI-Tools, um repetitive Finanzprozesse zu automatisieren, Analysen zu beschleunigen und die Finanzfunktion insgesamt effizienter zu machen * Teamaufbau: Mittelfristiger Ausbau und Führung eines kleinen Finance-Teams DEIN PROFIL * Mindestens 5 Jahre relevante Berufserfahrung im Finance-Umfeld, idealerweise in einem B2B-SaaS- oder Tech-Startup * Abgeschlossenes Studium der BWL, Finanzen, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen oder vergleichbar; eine Qualifikation als Certified Controller / CPA ist ein Plus * Nachweisliche Erfahrung in der Begleitung von Finanzierungsrunden sowie im Aufbau von Finanz- und Reportingstrukturen von Grund auf * Sehr gute Kenntnisse im Business Modelling und ein tiefes Verständnis für Entrepreneurial Finance und SaaS Economics * Erfahrung im Umgang mit Datev oder vergleichbaren ERP-/Buchhaltungssystemen; sicherer Umgang mit Excel auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau * Aktive Nutzung von KI-Tools im Arbeitsalltag, Kenntnisse mit Claude oder vergleichbaren LLM-basierten Tools sind ein Plus * Ausgeprägtes unternehmerisches Denken kombiniert mit einer präzisen, strukturierten Arbeitsweise und hoher Zahlenaffinität und und keiner Berührungsangst mit operativen Finanzthemen * Fließende Kommunikation auf Deutsch und Englisch (mind. C1) * Hannover-nah oder Bereitschaft zu regelmäßigem Vor-Ort-Einsatz (ca. 1-2x pro Monat) PERKS & BENEFITS Schließ dich unserem Team an und sei einfach du selbst - wir feiern Diversität! Unsere unternehmerische Kultur wird von einem talentierten und leidenschaftlichen Team angetrieben. Wir bieten volle Flexibilität, um deine Bedürfnisse zu erfüllen, egal ob du lieber remote, im Büro oder in einer Hybrid-Umgebung arbeiten möchtest. Und wenn du aus dem Ausland arbeiten möchtest, kannst du bis zu 180 Tage remote arbeiten. Aber das ist noch nicht alles! Wir bieten auch ein wettbewerbsfähiges Gehaltspaket und 30 bezahlte Urlaubstage, damit du dich erholen kannst. Hier ist eine Zusammenfassung der Vorteile, die wir bieten: * Flexible Arbeitsregelungen (remote, im Büro oder Hybrid) * Modernes Büro im Herzen von Hannover für Hybridarbeit * Bis zu 180 Tage (6 Monate) Remote-Arbeit aus dem Ausland * Wettbewerbsfähige Vergütung mit Zusatzleistungen  * Attraktives Gehaltspaket und 30 Tage (6 Wochen) bezahlter Urlaub * Moderne Hardware- und Software-Lösungen * Corporate Benefits: Zugang zu exklusiven Mitarbeiterrabatten und Vergünstigungen bei einer Vielzahl von Partnerunternehmen ÜBER UNSERE WERTE Ehrgeizig, viel versprechend und immer in Bewegung: Das ist SYNAOS. Wir sind ein Team von über 90 Menschen aus 15 Nationen. Wir halten zusammen und arbeiten alle für das gleiche Ziel: eine ganze Branche auf den Kopf zu stellen. Kannst du dich mit unseren Principles identifizieren? * We go above & beyond for our customers * We always push forward * We make informed decisions * We challenge each other and win together * We seize ownership * We make bold moves ANSPRECHPARTNER:IN SYNAOS GmbH Nura Abou-Taha join-us@synaos.com

Babbel

We are looking for a VP of Finance (all genders) for our dynamic team in the heart of buzzing Berlin! This pivotal role will lead our FP&A as well as Financial Systems teams, driving financial strategy, analysis, and planning to support Babbel's growth and long-term vision. The VP of Finance will report to Babbel's CFO and collaborate closely with senior leadership as well as business unit leaders to ensure financial integrity and optimize business performance. You will: * Develop and execute financial strategies that align with Babbel's strategic objectives and growth plans * Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes * Identify steering optimization opportunities in close collaboration with the leadership, revenue teams and data teams * Provide strategic insights and financial modeling to support executive decision-making, with a focus on B2C marketing * Report on and regularly present financials and key metrics to the leadership team as well as the board of directors and external stakeholders * Develop and optimize on a strategy to improve the financial systems and process landscape as well as oversee the implementation of these improvements * Set financial processes up for scale with the help of new technology * Lead and develop high-performing FP&A and financial systems teams You have: * At least 10 years of experience in finance, with a proven track record in strategic financial planning and management * A minimum of 5 years of leadership experience, demonstrating the ability to inspire and develop high-performing teams * A strategic mindset with the ability to develop and implement comprehensive financial strategies * Expertise in financial planning, analysis, and management, with a proven track record of driving business performance – especially in B2C marketing * Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial data to provide actionable insights * Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating financial strategies and influencing stakeholders at all levels * Experience in optimizing end-to-end finance processes in the areas of record to report, order to cash and procure to pay * Leadership qualities that inspire and develop high-performing teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation * A collaborative approach with a strong ability to drive change and align financial initiatives with organizational goals * Strong written and oral English skills are a must Please note that our company's operating language is English, so you will need to be able to work in English. Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian: * Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling. * Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote-friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms. * Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel. * Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership. * Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events. Diversity at Babbel As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

Faculty

WHY FACULTY? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here. We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen. ABOUT FRONTIER Frontier is building the system for running high-stakes decisions at the organisations that run critical parts of the economy — hospitals, life sciences companies, manufacturers. Frontier is an Intelligent Decision System that combines enterprise data, AI, simulation, optimisation, and human judgement to support the full decision loop — from understanding a situation, to evaluating options, to taking action and learning from the outcome. We don’t believe in AI that thinks for people. We believe in AI that helps people think - humans and agents working together inside a decision system. Done well, people operate with more speed, more evidence, and more confidence than they ever could alone. We're starting with clinical development decisions in life sciences — one of the highest-stakes, highest-complexity decision environments there is — and architecting to scale from there. Frontier is a product of Faculty, an AI company that's been working with some of the world's most consequential organisations since 2014.. ABOUT DESIGN AT FRONTIER We’re a small team, growing deliberately - we’d rather have five designers who trust each other than fifteen who don't. We're tightly integrated with engineering. We prototype in code. We co-own the design system with developers. We're actively exploring what agentic-augmented design work looks like in practice, not in think pieces — and we're honest when we don't have the answer yet. We’re active in shaping the product culture at Frontier; putting people first, raising the quality bar and ensuring a coherent experience. You’ll be part of shaping that culture. ABOUT THE ROLE You'll be one of the most senior designers on Frontier, shaping a product that's still early enough that the decisions you make will define how it works for years. Day to day, you'll be designing the surfaces where people and agents collaborate on real clinical decisions — how evidence gets surfaced, how recommendations get explained, how humans push back, how teams learn. This is hard, unsolved design work. The existing patterns for AI interfaces mostly come from consumer chat products; they don't transfer cleanly to environments where the cost of a bad decision is measured in years of research or patient outcomes. You'll be expected to work end-to-end: from framing the problem with product and engineering, through prototyping in code and design canvases, through shipping. You'll help set the craft bar for the team, mentor the designers around you, and push back when something isn't good enough yet. WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON * Designing the core interaction patterns for how humans and agents collaborate inside a decision loop. * Making dense, analytical information legible for expert users who need to trust it, challenge it, and act on it. * Shaping the shared design language and system that lets a small team move quickly without the product fragmenting. * Partnering with engineering from day one of any problem, not from handoff. * Raising the bar for craft — through your own work, through critique, and through the standards you hold the team to. WE THINK YOU'LL DO WELL HERE IF * You've shipped complex software for expert users, in a domain where getting it wrong has real consequences. * You design end-to-end and care about the pixels as much as the strategy. * You've done serious work on AI or other non-deterministic systems and have opinions about what works and what doesn't. * You're comfortable prototyping in code, or motivated to get there. * You're direct, kind, and can hold a clear point of view without needing to be the loudest in the room. * You want the people who use your product to have better working lives because of it. YOU MIGHT NOT ENJOY THIS ROLE IF * You want to work on a mature product with established patterns. Frontier is early, and the ambiguity is real. * You prefer to work handoff-style, away from engineers. * You're looking for a role where design sets direction in isolation from product and engineering. We work as one team. INTERVIEW PROCESS 1. Intro call with our talent team (30 min) 2. Conversation with Duncan, VP of Design (60 min) 3. Portfolio and case study deep-dive (90 min) 4. Final conversation with a cross-functional leader (60 min) OUR RECRUITMENT ETHOS We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations. Some of our standout benefits: * Unlimited Annual Leave Policy * Private healthcare and dental * Enhanced parental leave * Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working * Sanctus Coaching * Hybrid Working If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.