Commercial Finance Manager - Paris

Your responsibilities:

Within the Commercial Finance Europe team, you are responsible of the overall financial steering of your scope of country(s) / business area(s) from top to bottom line, monitoring independently its performance vs financial targets

• by owning the forecasting and planning process for your scope 
• by monitoring and reporting on the actual performance in comparison with budget / forecast on a weekly and monthly basis, and staying agile in the financial steering in order to meet financial targets
• by setting up efficient processes that allow to hold key stakeholders accountable for the financial impact of their actions and decisions
• by being the principal point of contact regarding all financial questions and developments for your scope

You are a key sparring partner to local and central management regarding investment decisions for your markets as well as business opportunities in terms of growth, monetization and efficiency

• by consulting them on what’s driving the business and what levers to pull to increase performance 
• by evaluating the investment level based on your knowledge of the market and the involvement it will have on the budget allocated to your scope
• by challenging operational and marketing teams on their investment decisions in awareness of both market and overall company interests
• by supporting business decisions through financial analysis and business casing

You’ll take an active role in shaping the positioning of the Commercial Finance team within the organization

• by participating in and maintaining the strong network to other functions within the headquarter and within the local markets
• by taking part in further development of our existing tool kit for steering the business
• by taking ownership for transversal projects with internal stakeholders

Your profile:

• You’ve outstanding records of academic achievement in either the fields of Economics or any other field of academia + a corresponding advanced financial education
• You’ve >4 years of professional experience in the fields of Consulting, Private Equity, Controlling or Operations with strong financial focus
• During that time, you achieved a proven track record of driving business performance through executing your commercial mindset

Your skillset:

• You’ve an intuitive understanding of what drives a business model in a given market and the ability to validate this using commercial data
• You feel comfortable working collaboratively with many other stakeholders from different departments, challenging them on their positions and defend your interests and thoughts and commit to the final decisions
• You’re adapting quickly to new situations and bring natural curiosity to understand market specific challenges and potential solutions
• You’re able to communicate complex ideas effectively in English
• You’re a team player who is comfortable working in cross-cultural teams 

Diversity and inclusion:

At FREE NOW, we commit to being an equal opportunity employer(e)We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age(e)We celebrate diversity and have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and do their best work(e)Together with passionate, creative and collaborative colleagues, we are following our purpose of making mobility available for everyone.

Move like you

At FREE NOW we have colleagues from over 70 nations! We value open communication and welcome everyone as they are(e)We are all one team and follow the same goals – that’s why we share our insights and results to get on track together every month. 

Your wellness and work-life balance matters to us(e)We offer trust-based and flexible working hours as well as the option to work from home(e)In the office, you can enjoy our free drinks and daily fresh fruit(e)Do you like to be active? Take part in our subsidised gym membership(e)Bigger plans? Take a sabbatical leave and get out there!

Let’s grow together! We believe in a transparent career growth plan, quarterly development sessions with your team lead as well as regular 1:1s to help you thrive! For your own ideas, you’re welcome to set up initiatives and projects.

Need a lift? We offer Udemy e-learning platform, subsidised language classes, internal peer-to-peer trainings and more to support your learning & development opportunities.

More Benefits? ? Monthly mobility budget for FREE NOW rides, quarterly team events, company-wide onboarding days at our HQ in Hamburg, relocation assistance for internationals, birthday-off, kudos and many more!

About FREE NOW:

FREE NOW is Europe’s leading multi-mobility platform backed by BMW Group and Daimler AG(e)Next to ride hailing, FREE NOW also offers micro-mobility services such as e-scooters, e-bikes, e-vespas as well as car sharing(e)It consists of the services FREE NOW (10 European markets) and Βeat (5 Latin American and 1 European market)(e)Summed up, those services currently attract 50 million users in 16 markets and more than 150 cities(e)FREE NOW is therefore the biggest multi-service mobility provider in Europe and the fastest-growing ride-hailer in Latin America(e)FREE NOW works with various third party providers to offer their customers an even wider range of options to get from A to B(e)In total, around 1,900 employees in around 35 offices work for the services of FREE NOW, which is led by CEO Marc Berg.