Head of Strategic Finance (F/M/X)

<h2><strong>Who are we?</strong> <strong>👀</strong> </h2><p>As a leading innovative electric vehicle charging company, DRIVECO’s mission is to bring electric mobility within everyone’s reach. We strive to deliver the most seamless user experience, establish the most reliable network, and utilize renewable energy resources in the pursuit of a greener, more sustainable society. DRIVECO is a network of 10 000 charging points in operation or under construction, and the largest network of charging points open to the public in France, known for its market-leading reliability. Since its inception, DRIVECO’s charging points have enabled the charging of 230 million kilometers driven in electric vehicles, equivalent to 5 500 times around the Earth. With more than 45 000 tons of CO2 avoided, DRIVECO has supplied more than 40 million kWh of electricity since its establishment. </p><p>For more information visit <a href="http://www.driveco.com/" target="_blank">www.driveco.com</a> and LinkedIn (DRIVECO)  </p><h2><strong>About the role </strong>🚀 </h2><p>We are creating a key role within our finance team: Head of Strategic Finance, who will play a central role in building, managing, and communicating our financial performance to both internal and external stakeholders. </p><h3>Your Role</h3><p>Reporting to our CFO (Charles), you will be the go-to expert for strategic financial modeling at Driveco, and the key point of contact for shareholders, investors, and financial partners. This is a strategic, cross-functional, and hands-on position, with direct exposure to the executive committee.<br/><strong><br/>Your main responsibilities:<br/></strong><strong><br/>1. Business Plan Development and Management</strong>:    </p><p>You will design, maintain, and manage Driveco’s long-term financial model, working closely with the finance, strategy, operations, and business development teams.</p> <p>You will structure key assumptions, challenge business inputs, and propose alternative scenarios to support strategic decision-making.</p><p>You will analyze the financial impact of key initiatives (new product launches, international expansion, M&amp;A, strategic partnerships, etc.).</p><p><strong><br/>  2. Advanced Financial Modeling</strong></p><p>You will build dynamic, scalable, and robust models tailored to the company’s needs (fundraising, project financing, ROI, pricing, etc.).</p><p>You have expert-level Excel skills (complex formulas, pivot tables, macros...) and an interest in Python to automate and enhance certain analyses.</p><p><strong><br/> 3. Stakeholder and Investor Relations</strong><br/>You will prepare and present financial analyses for the board, investors, infrastructure funds, and banking partners.</p><p>You are able to simplify complex data and defend your analyses in high-stakes discussions.</p><p>You will play a key role in fundraising, structured financing, and due diligence processes.</p><p><strong><br/> 4. Performance Monitoring &amp; Business Support</strong><br/></p><p>You will support the Business Development team in analyzing investment projects: business cases, financial planning, offer structuring.</p><p>You will track actual vs. forecast performance and propose optimization levers.</p><p>You will work closely with the FP&amp;A team to help structure financial reporting tools.</p><p><strong><br/> 5. Team Leadership &amp; Structuring</strong></p><strong></strong><p><strong></strong>You will supervise a Financial Analyst and coordinate modeling work with leadership.</p> <p>You will actively contribute to building a high-performing finance function in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where everything is still being built.</p><p></p><h2><strong><strong>Preferred</strong> Experience</strong></h2><h3>🔍 <strong>Your Profile</strong></h3><p></p><ul> <li>You have <strong>at least 10 years of experience</strong> in financial modeling, ideally with a mixed background in <strong>strategy or transaction consulting, investment banking</strong>, and/or <strong>a scale-up or PE-backed environment</strong>.</li> <li> You are known for your <strong>analytical rigor</strong>, your ability to build reliable models, and your attention to detail.</li> <li>You are an excellent communicator, able to challenge, persuade, simplify, and work cross-functionally.</li> <li>You are an expert in <strong>Excel</strong> and comfortable in technical environments (Python, SQL, BI tools…).</li> <li>You want to bring your skills to a high-impact environmental project, in a rapidly scaling company where responsibility and autonomy are valued.</li> </ul><br/><p>🌟 <strong>Why Join Us?</strong></p><ul> <li>To <strong>build the strategic finance function</strong> of a fast-growing industrial scale-up.</li> <li>To work <strong>directly with top management</strong>, infrastructure funds, and contribute to key strategic decisions.</li> <li>To join a driven, supportive, and demanding team that values common sense, humility, and execution.<