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FP&A Senior Associate

Berlin, Germany · Finance & Accounting

At SumUp, we believe small merchants are the cornerstone of a healthy economy and a thriving society. Through their hard work innovation occurs, communities thrive and neighborhoods flourish. 

Our mission is to provide easy-to-use, accessible and affordable products for small business owners to manage payments, their finances and their customer relationships, making their lives and work that much easier for them. Simply speaking we want to help small businesses to be successful doing what they love.

As a Senior Associate in the Corporate FP&A team, you’ll join the Global Finance team in Berlin and be at the heart of financial decisions and business partnering. You will be working closely with SumUp’s global product, technology and hardware teams, alongside a team of smart, dedicated, and fun finance professionals, as a key advisor and partner to our business teams. You will work closely with global leadership by communicating financial goals, providing financial visibility, and delivering actionable insights. With your analysis, business acumen, and diligence you will help the organization to make better and more impactful decisions. It will never get boring as there is no such thing as a typical day.  

What you’ll do:

  • Use your strong business acumen and attention to detail to help global leaders make sound investment decisions.

  • Manage and develop financial models that guide our strategic decision-making on supply chain and inventory as well as headcount and technology investments

  • Optimize integrated business planning processes in modern tooling in order to accurately manage financial forecasts

  • Own required rituals for aligning business functions with FP&A and Accounting

  • Lead executive summaries, business reviews, and board meetings with timely and accurate analyses 

You’ll be great for this role if:

  • You have experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, and/or supply chain teams

  • You have 3+ years of relevant experience in FP&A (Tech, Fintech, Consumer Electronics or FMCG), Investment Banking, Corporate Development, Strategy or Consulting experience

  • You have exceptional analytical abilities paired with high business acumen. You have proven experience in drawing conclusions, recommendations and insights from data 

  • You have strong experience building and maintaining complex financial models in Excel. Experience with FP&A Tools, SQL, Python and Tableau is a plus

  • You have a “Founder’s Mentality” mindset and are a self-directed self-starter 

  • You’re comfortable with ambiguity and unprecedented challenges that a fast growth environment can bring

  • You’re fluent in English, and are a strong and efficient communicator

Why you should join us:

  • We’re a truly global team of 3000+ people from 60+ countries, spread across 3 continents.

  • You’ll receive a budget for attending conferences and external training 

  • We offer a corporate pension scheme, 28 days’ paid leave, free German and yoga classes, subsidized Urban Sports Club membership, a stock option plan, and other great benefits.

  • We offer visa and relocation support for you, your family, and your pets

  • You’ll be based in the heart of Berlin, one of Europe’s leading tech hubs and most vibrant cities

  • You’ll attend global offsites and/or hackathons

  • Break4me - 1 month paid sabbatical after 3 years of service 

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

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