Finance Operations Manager (gn) @ Delivery Startup, France, Germany, Carribean

at  FoodLabs Atlantic Labs

ABOUT PARADISE FOODS

Paradise Foods is building the first e-commerce platform of the seas. Trusted by sailors, yacht charter fleets, and maritime businesses we provide smarter, smoother, and simplified food provisioning and aim to become a trusted travel companion for sailors globally.
Paradise Foods is not only an innovative technology company, but one of the most exotic and joyful projects in the European and international tech scene. We are founded and based in Berlin, Germany. Our operations run in various Caribbean islands such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Virgin Islands, and the Grenadines - all among the most popular boating hot spots in the world. Island by island we establish local bases, and work with local people & suppliers to create a modern, inclusive, and impact-driven international company.
Our team is mostly working remotely and with high independence and self-reliance with team members based in the Caribbean (especially Martinique) and in Germany, France, and Poland. We are looking for an open-minded, dynamic, and pragmatic Finance Operations Manager to join our diverse company, coordinate and support our international team, and ensure successful scale-up of our business.

In the position of our very first Finance Operations Manager, you will:

• Work directly with the founding team
• Be the main point of contact and generalist for everything around Finance, Accounting & Controlling,
• Analyse, optimise, and automate our & other admin processes to work with high efficiency and accuracy
• Prepare and send monthly/quarterly/annual reports (bank statements, invoices, etc.) and handle other related communication to our external tax advisors and accountants
• Provide support for closing of monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements
• Check invoices for accuracy and correct uploading by team members, in collaboration with local team assistants
• Contribute to budget and controlling processes, drive budget accountability with other team leads
• Control incoming customer payments and initiate the invoice dunning process
• Stear invoice approval and budget request processes
• Conduct analysis and provide performance insights across different areas of the business (e.g. top-selling products; compare branch performances) to the management team to drive business decisions

• Support founding team in investor reporting, both with financial and qualitative data

Workload: 60 - 100% (availability at least 4 days per week)

• Workplace: remote / hybrid, should be based & registered in Germany or France (incl. French Caribbean)