Chief Financial Officer

Hi, we're Phiture — the mobile growth consultancy working with the teams behind leading apps like Adobe, Headspace, and LEGO®. We're on a mission to become the #1 company in our industry, and we need great people to make it happen.

You'll be responsible for the strategic and financial development of our fast-growing 150-people fully bootstrapped and profitable company. With your guidance we'll solidify our leadership position and achieve **high double-digit CAGR** over the foreseeable future. You'll own the end-to-end accounting, payroll, and financial planning & forecasting. You will will recruit and manage a team that can help you build out a best-in-class finance function at Phiture.

**WHAT YOU'LL DO**
- **Strategic and financial development** of the company
- **Structuring, recruiting and managing a team **of 4 (currently one) financial experts such as a financial accountant, controller or financial planners/analysts.
- Introduction and further development of the **necessary business processes**, with a **clear focus on the company's growth strategy**:

- Integrating **operational tools **such as time tracking into our financial reporting processes
- Preparation and coordination of **monthly and annual financial statements**,
- Processing and coordination of all **financial accounting tasks**, in particular account assignment and posting of current business transactions in accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets, payroll, general ledger and balance sheet accounting
- Carrying out **regular account and ledger reconciliations **with your team
- **Setting up a controlling system,** including cost and performance accounting, tying into metrics that are relevant to service businesses like ours.
- **Benchmarking **our financial metrics against industry standards and helping us continue to over-achieve those
- **Reporting** to the management team and **advising** the management **on strategic investments**:

- **Consulting extended Senior Leadership team **in understanding the financial health of their departments.
- Responsibility for **digitalisation and automation** within Finance & Controlling function
- **Management of external service providers,** such as tax consultants, auditors, etc.

**WHAT YOU BRING US**
- You're a compassionate leader in finance, with the ability to easily interface with senior and exec management as well as your team & external stakeholders
- You've successfully** completed university studies, **preferably Masters or an MBA in business, finance, investment or related field.
- You have** at least 10+ years of professional experience**, ideally within an service company or within consulting with an industry focus on marketing/technology
- You have **3+ years of experience** in leading a team of several people
- Extensive **practical knowledge in finance and accounting, **in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB)
- Fluency in **German and English**, both written and spoken
- Experience with DATEV
- Preferred: Experience with NetSuite
- Preferred: Experience in the field of M&A

**WHAT WE OFFER YOU**:

- Unlimited remote work within your home country and up to 90 days of international remote work every year
- The opportunity to boost your salary with our quarterly bonus scheme and share in the company's financial success
- Full and free mental health support from licensed therapists through our partnership with the Oliva
- Regular team events and a yearly, all-expenses-paid company offsite
- A yearly €1,000 budget for your personal development
- One training day a month to focus on your personal and professional growth
- Accelerated career development supported by quarterly feedback and progression sessions via Culture Amp, the online people and culture platform
- Flexible working hours so you can find the working patterns that best suit you
- Up to 30 days of paid vacation every year — plus more for special occasions
- An individual career roadmap and personal development plan to support a progressive learning curve
- A flexible working space at our spacious, pet-friendly headquarters in one of Berlin's lively districts
- Onboarding package full of branded Phiture gear and a company MacBook
- Opportunity to actively influence change by joining our internal Culture, Climate Action, and Diversity & Inclusion teams
- A monthly remote work allowance to help you spruce up your home office space — plus your own monitor and desk chair
- Birthday, anniversary, and seasonal gifts from responsibly sourced local businesses