FP&A Business Partner – Tech & Product

🪐 Discover our galaxy   Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:   - A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries - A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth - Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI - A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently   Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐   At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of missions and responsibilities are non-exhaustive. Explore your future career  🔭 To act as the primary Financial Business Partner for the CTO and CPO, providing financial visibility, challenging investment assumptions, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of Capital Expenditures (Capex) and operating expenses for software development and infrastructure, ensuring strict application of IFRS framework at Malt.  Key responsibilities ✨ • Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budget and quarterly rolling forecasting cycles for the R&D and IT departments, including monthly variance analysis. • Financial Gatekeeping, Business Partnering & Business Cases: • Evaluate, under strict IFRS rules, new R&D phases and IT projects by calculating NPV, IRR, ROI, and Payback Periods to guide Product Committee decisions. • Partner with Engineering Leads to optimize headcount/freelancing spend, and track R&D Intensity/Innovation Effectiveness ratios. • Capex & Capitalization Management: • Define and enforce IAS 38 capitalization policies (IFRS guidelines), track hardware/software lifecycles, and coordinate month-end closing with Accounting. • Audit the internal time-tracking system to ensure accurate Project ID tagging, defending R&D Tax Credits and Capitalization audits and ensure strict IFRS compliance • Tool Ownership: Own and build a dedicated Pigment app. About you 🧑‍🚀 • Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive experience, specifically focused on R&D and project controlling. • Accounting Knowledge: Strong IFRS knowledge, practical grasp of IAS 38 (Intangible Assets), and project accounting rules. • Financial Modeling & Business Partnering: High proficiency in building complex financial models for forecasting, business cases, and scenario analysis (NPV, IRR) , combined with excellent interpersonal skills to challenge assumptions collaboratively across technical and product departments. • Technical Tools: Advanced Excel, dashboarding solutions, and FP&A software (Pigment is a major plus; ERP knowledge advantageous). • Languages: Fully fluent in both French and English to operate in an international European environment. • Adaptability: Comfortable managing multiple priorities and milestone-tracking in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment. How to join the mission? 🚀 • First call with Claudia, our Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. (30-45 minutes) • Interview with you future manager to dive into the role and ensure it’s a match! (45-60 minutes) • Business case for you to complete and present in order to assess your skills for the role and presentation skills. • Final interview with a C-level to discuss Malt’s long-term vision. Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally 💫   - Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other new joiners at our office in Paris - Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options  - Lunch vouchers (legal benefit): €9/day on your Swile card - Transportation (legal benefit): 50% reimbursement (any type of transport) - Healthcare insurance (legal b