FP&A Manager
Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm that invests from seed to growth stage (Series B to pre-IPO), backing founders with sector-specific expertise and a large network of operational support. It leads the majority of its initial investments and continues to support portfolio companies through multiple follow-on rounds as they scale.
About Speedinvest
Speedinvest is a pan-European venture capital investor with specialist investment teams organized around core sectors including AI & Infra, Climate Tech & Industrial Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, and Marketplaces & Consumer, alongside a dedicated Growth team writing checks from Series B to pre-IPO. The firm emphasizes leading with conviction and long-term capital from day one, leading 85% of its initial investments, participating in 100+ follow-on rounds each year, and backing 70+ Series A companies over the past four years. Speedinvest works with startup founders across Europe and beyond, providing not just capital but network access and growth support, and counts companies like Bitpanda, Moove, cylib, Tide, Gigs, Upvest, and GoStudent among its portfolio.
Skills
About the Role
You will own monthly management reporting, provide clear variance analysis, and explain financial performance to executive leadership. You will connect FP&A with Financial Reporting and Control, Treasury, and Tax; build cash-flow and balance-sheet forecasts; support regulatory capital reporting; automate reporting workflows; develop management dashboards; and lead budgeting, reforecasting, and strategic finance projects.
Requirements
- Undergraduate or postgraduate degree from a top-tier institution, ideally in engineering, mathematics, computer science, or finance.
- Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- 7+ years of relevant Accounting, Finance, or FP&A experience.
- Experience in a high-growth technology or fintech environment.
- Deep Financial Control and Reporting experience.
- ERP optimization expertise, preferably with SAP S/4HANA.
- Advanced financial modeling skills.
- Proficiency with FP&A systems such as Aleph or Anaplan and Excel or Google Sheets.
- SQL experience for complex data analysis.
- Strong communication, presentation, and executive storytelling skills.
Responsibilities
- Own monthly management accounts and deliver financial commentary on trends, variances, and business drivers.
- Lead budget-versus-actual analysis across weekly, monthly, and quarterly workstreams.
- Identify financial risks and communicate performance drivers to global leadership.
- Bridge FP&A and Financial Reporting and Control teams to ensure reporting integrity and alignment on accounting treatments.
- Build and maintain automated cash-flow and balance-sheet forecasting models.
- Lead FP&A contributions to regulatory capital reporting.
- Automate reporting tasks, data pipelines, and workflows using Aleph, data tools, and AI/LLMs.
- Design and scale management dashboards for P&L metrics, unit economics, and departmental performance.
- Partner with Finance Business Partners and Department Heads to manage spend and optimize budgets.
- Lead rolling quarterly reforecasts and the annual budgeting cycle.
- Spearhead scenario modeling and fundraising or M&A support projects.
Benefits
- Share options.
- Generous annual leave in addition to bank holidays.
- Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Paid and unpaid sabbatical options after milestone years.
- Private family health insurance with OPD coverage and top-up options.
- Accidental and life insurance.
- Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops.
- Paid volunteering and personal-growth days.
- Annual learning and development budget.
- Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually.
- Home office setup contribution.
- Laptop replacement and ownership of the old laptop.
- Office snacks, coffee, tea, and lunch where available.