Head of Finance (f/m/x)

Posted Feb 7

In short: Full-time, remote position in Europe or the US. Please only apply if currently residing in Europe or the US. Competitive salary, stock options in the company. We are building a phone plan you'll love.

We are Gigs

  • Gigs is building Stripe for phone plans. Enabling platforms to sell phone & data subscriptions to their users through an easy-to-use API in 200+ countries.
  • For consumers, Gigs makes it super simple to subscribe to and manage a phone plan with a few clicks. A phone plan you’ll love to use yourself. Easy, transparent & global connectivity for your smartphone, smartwatch, or IoT device.
  • See immediate results of your work. Our large-scale integrations mean huge adoption within a short time. We obsess about the needs of our partners and their end customers to build a best-in-industry experience.
  • We are backed by the investors behind Stripe, Dropbox, Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify & Plaid. As part of Gigs, you will have access to the teams, resources, and support from any company we work with. We count on a team of world-class advisors and investors that can help us in tricky situations.
  • We completed the Y Combinator W21 batch and have further raised our Seed and Series A rounds with USA-based investors.

The position

  • Being the first point of contact for all local financial matters, also those more broadly related to finance, such as investments, compliance, reporting & controlling.
  • Build up, structure, lead, manage & continuously further develop an efficient and effective in-house finance team.
  • You will help grow the usage of Gigs and advise on and coordinate expansion into new verticals and jurisdictions by existing customers.
  • Drive the company’s financial planning in close collaboration with the founders.
  • Support the organization on complex transactions and ensure the company's readiness for further fundraising initiatives.
  • Ensure correct filing of tax and financial reports regularly and lead any financial or tax audits.
  • Coordinate communication with our shareholders, potential investors, and financial institutions.

Requirements

We know that perfect candidates don’t exist. Even if not all of this applies to you, we’d love to learn more about you.

  • Comprehensive finance knowledge both from a P&L, Cashflow and Balance Sheet perspective
  • Experienced and comfortable with integrated financial planning and company valuation methods
  • Deeply familiar with various tech-first business models
  • The ability to define and moderate a recurring budgeting and performance management process in the company and implement the required instruments and tools to run it
  • Strong, demonstrable leadership experience
  • Proven ability to interact with senior leadership and to lead small teams, top management consulting, PE, or advisory environment
  • The ability to translate business problems into analytical questions and define the “killer analyses” required to highlight and illustrate the issue at hand to management
  • The ability to understand the company’s products, business model, and addressable market and use this insight to inform and develop the company’s business plan
  • A strong entrepreneurial drive and an appetite for growth and scale
  • Strong communication and both English and German language skills are desirable

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience.
  • 28 paid vacation days per year (PTO).
  • Generous stock options: We want everybody to be a true owner in Gigs (tax-free until exercised).
  • Free phone and data plan

Flexible working hours: Early riser? Night owl? Need to pick up your kids and finish up later? You can discuss and organize with your team to work out what’s best for you.

Get your perfect setup: Mac, Mechanical Keyboard, Plugins, IDE. We are flexible and cover whatever you need to do the best work of your life.

A workplace built for remote-first work: We are building Gigs as a remote-friendly company, but we also believe in the magic of face-to-face interaction. That means we’re building ways to get you out of your home office from time to time:

Gigs Pads: Our collection of beautiful homes around the world, for when you need a work-cation getaway.

Gigs Republic: Our semi-annual sunny offsite, a time for us to all come together. Meet fellow Gigsters from around the world to spend quality in-person time with your team. Cook a delicious meal at our cooking competition, Gigs Table. Have fun playing games, going on a hike or get creative at a hackathon.