Role Summary
We are looking for a FP&A Manager to join our Finance department and help support the growth of Mistral AI.
As an FP&A Manager, you will drive strategic financial projects to help scale Mistral AI’s fastly expanding business. Key responsibilities include new revenue and pricing models, margin analysis and process implementation.
Key Missions
• Financial Planning and Forecasting: Develop and update financial reports and forecasts providing detailed analysis and explanations.
• Performance Analysis: Conduct in-depth financial analyses to evaluate company performance, identify trends and opportunities for margin and profitability improvements.
• Budgeting: Work on budgeting the activity and propose adjustments based on market changes and strategic priorities.
Additionally, you will be working on:
• Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support the development of long-term financial plans and strategies that align with the organization's goals. This involves scenario analysis and modeling different financial outcomes.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the financial health, monitor performance and operational efficiency of the organization.
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior management. This includes working on dashboards and visualizations to communicate financial data effectively.
• Help identify cost-saving opportunities and manage expenses to ensure they align with budgetary constraints.
• Work closely and act as a business partner with various departments (such as HR, GTM, Engineering or Product) to understand their financial needs and ensure that financial plans support their operational goals.
• Continuously improve financial processes and systems to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Provide financial insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making by senior management.
These tasks require a strong understanding of financial principles, analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely.
Qualifications
You must have:
• At least 4 years of experience in Transaction Services or FP&A (ideally Corporate FP&A), preferably in a fast-paced organization with strong knowledge of cost topics
• A master degree in Finance, in a top tier Business School
• Knowledge in financial reporting
• Experience working on complex business models (eg Tech or SaaS), on new business models or revenue lines
• Excellent skills in financial modeling (modeling new revenue lines, services, products, etc) including advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• A strong attention to detail and ability to make sense of complex business figures
• An ability to translate financial data into actionable insights, to take a step back to understand the big picture to deliver business insights
• You are rigorous, proactive, autonomous, problem-solver and result oriented
Now, it would also be ideal it you:
• Have proficiency in accounting software and/or ERP systems would be a strong advantage
• Ideally previous involvement in audits and interactions with external auditors is a plus
Benefits
💰 Competitive cash salary and equity
🥕 Food : Daily lunch vouchers
🥎 Sport : Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription
🚴 Transportation : Monthly contribution to a mobility pass
🧑⚕️ Health : Full health insurance for you and your family
🍼 Parental : Generous parental leave policy
🌎 Visa sponsorship
About Mistral
At Mistral AI, our mission is to make AI ubiquitous and open. We are passionate about bridging the gap between technology and businesses of all sizes. We are a leading innovator in the field of open-source large language models.
Our advanced LLM solutions can be seamlessly deployed on any cloud, allowing for optimized integration and robust performance. Developers are using our API via la Plateforme to build incredible AI-first applications powered by our models that can understand and generate natural language text and code. We are multilingual at our core. We released le Chat, as a demonstrator of our models.
We are a tight-knit, nimble team dedicated to bringing our cutting-edge AI technology to the world. Our teams are distributed between France, UK and USA. We are creative, low-ego, team-spirited, and have been passionate about AI for years. We hire people who thrive in competitive environments, because they find them more fun to work in. We hire passionate women and men from all over the world.