Finance Business Partner

Are you ready to join the Bike Club adventure? We're on the lookout for a Finance Business Partner to be the financial backbone of our German operations. This marks our first Finance position in Berlin, you will have a wide variety of tasks and responsibility, exciting challenges, and a pivotal role in shaping the success of Bike Club in Germany.

About Bike Club:

At Bike Club, we offer subscription-based kids' bikes that grow with your children. Families pay €5-17 per month, and when their kids outgrow their bikes, we swap them for the next size up. We refurbish the used bikes, making them available to other families. It's sustainable and hassle-free, somewhat like Swapfiets, but for children.

With over 80,000 bikes, we're the second-largest bike rental network worldwide, and we're the biggest in kids' bikes. Having raised over $50 million, we're rapidly expanding across Europe. While our home market is the UK, we've already launched in Germany, Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands.

What Are We Looking For:

In the startup realm, the focus is on achieving profitable growth and reaching ambitious targets. Our Finance team, historically centred in London, has been the driving force. With our success in Germany, we're now on the lookout for our first Finance Business Partner in Berlin.

Your role is distinctive, combining FP&A/Commercial Finance with fundamental Finance and Accounting tasks. As a crucial all-rounder, you'll collaborate seamlessly with diverse teams. Working closely with the DE country manager, the HQ Finance Team, and the CFO, you'll actively contribute to shaping Bike Club's financial success in Germany!

Tasks

Unit Economics Mastermind:

• Maintain and comprehensively understand the 'unit economics' for the German entity, proactively identifying areas for improvement.

Strategic Collaboration with HQ FP&A:

• Contribute insights to the HQ FP&A team, participating in forecasting, analysing sales trends, cohort analysis, and managing bad debts.

Operational Support for DE Leadership:

• Assist DE leadership/Ops with tasks such as stock forecasting, identifying slow-moving stock, and ensuring accurate cost forecasting compared to actuals for the Ops function.

Financial Governance and Efficiency Guru:

• Act as the primary point of contact with the local accounting firm and government authorities for Germany and Austria entities.
• Lead monthly accounts, ensure compliance, and manage tax returns with inputs from the HQ Finance team.
• Enhance the cost base efficiencies of the Germany entity, managing fixed and variable costs, feeding into accurate budgeting/forecasting throughout the year.
• Serve as the go-to person for all finance matters in Germany and Austria, managing transactional entries, reconciliations, and overseeing payment operations.
• Mainly focussed on Germany and Austria, with occasional support for Spain and The Netherlands, involving travel to our European Operations.

Finally, take charge and actively engage in diverse ad-hoc finance and operational projects as needed by the business.

Requirements

Who we’re looking for:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
• Bring 3-4 years of valuable experience, either from a high-growth startup or the realms of Investment Banking, Management Consulting, or Corporate Finance.
• Demonstrate proficiency in both written and verbal communication in both German and English.
• Hands-on experience with DATEV would be great.
• Showcase excellent Excel skills; familiarity with Salesforce is considered an asset.
• Exhibit a collaborative and team-oriented approach, coupled with strong organizational skills and unwavering reliability.

Ready to pedal into a role that's as dynamic as Bike Club itself? Join us, make an impact, and let's inspire tomorrow's cyclists together!

Benefits

What we offer:

• Family-friendly company with purpose
• Strong progression opportunities
• Working in the co-working space in Schöneberg, including coffee, snacks, events, table tennis
• Flexible working hours and home office days
• A small, international team with flat hierarchies
• MacBook or Dell XPS laptop
• Employee discount

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Zuletzt aktualisiert am 19.04.2024