Head of Finance

Company Description

Founded in 2014, Shippeo is a leading European SaaS company transforming supply chain visibility. With a global presence and multicultural team of 27 nationalities operating across Europe, North America, and Asia, we offer real-time multimodal transportation visibility to top industry leaders across various sectors.

Our ambition is to become the world's leading supply chain data platform, using predictive AI, high-quality real-time data, and a robust partner network to enhance customer experience and operational excellence.

Learn more about our mission and values on our website: https://www.shippeo.com/en/company/about-us

Job Description

About the role

The Head of Finance serves as the CFO's indispensable strategic partner. This individual will be a natural-born leader responsible for managing the entire finance department, with a primary focus on designing and implementing the next-generation FP&A framework that supports our rapid international scaling.

You will lead a lean but high-impact team covering FP&A, Sales Administration, and Accounts Payable/Office Management. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience building and scaling robust financial structures, is highly tech-savvy, and possesses the authority and strategic vision required to drive financial performance and discipline across all global business units.

Please Note: This role is based in Paris, France. It has a global focus and operates on a hybrid model, requiring two days per week in the office.

Since we operate internationally, we ask all candidates to submit their CV in English. Unfortunately, applications submitted in French will not be considered.

Contract Type: permanent

Function:  Finance

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning & Performance Leadership: Drive the annual budgeting and planning process, ensuring organizational buy-in and alignment with strategic goals. Act as the Executive Committee's authority on resource allocation and ROI.

• Next-Gen Reporting & Analysis: Prepare and present a detailed monthly management reporting package, providing actionable insights into performance. This includes designing operational reporting decks for each Head of Department.

• Financial Discipline & Oversight: Ensure that all accounting entries and financial transactions are booked accurately, timely, and in compliance with all relevant standards. Leverage natural authority to enforce financial controls and budget adherence company-wide.

• Team Leadership & Maturation: Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse finance team. Focus on automating and scaling transactional functions (Billing, AP) to empower your team and allow you to dedicate the majority of your time to strategic FP&A and business partnering.

• External Interface: Act as the main point of contact and manage the relationship with third-party accounting firms, tax advisors, and financial auditors.

• Tool Ownership & Stack Deployment: Own and manage the entire suite of finance-related tools. This includes being the key driver in fully deploying and maximizing the value of Abacum (or similar modern FP&A tools) as our central planning engine. Ensure seamless integration with core operational systems (e.g., Salesforce, ERP).

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience in Finance, with a significant focus on FP&A, Reporting, and Budgeting within a complex international environment, ideally in the SaaS/tech sector.

• Leadership: Proven experience successfully managing and developing a diverse finance team.

• Bilingual Fluency: Complete fluency in both French and English is mandatory for internal communication with the Paris-based team and external engagement with international stakeholders.

• Technical Acumen: Mastery of modern FP&A tools is mandatory. Demonstrated ability to select, implement, and integrate a comprehensive finance tech stack. 

• Hands-On Leadership: While strategic, you must possess a "doer mentality" and be prepared to jump into the details of a financial model, process workflow, or system implementation to ensure execution excellence.

• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex financial information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences (from board to operations).

Preferred (Not Required):

• Background within the SaaS industry

• Experience with