
Babbel · Berlin
We are looking for a VP of Finance (all genders) for our dynamic team in the heart of buzzing Berlin! This pivotal role will lead our FP&A as well as Financial...
We are looking for a VP of Finance (all genders) for our dynamic team in the heart of buzzing Berlin!
This pivotal role will lead our FP&A as well as Financial Systems teams, driving financial strategy, analysis, and planning to
support Babbel's growth and long-term vision. The VP of Finance will report to Babbel's CFO and collaborate closely with senior
leadership as well as business unit leaders to ensure financial integrity and optimize business performance.
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bunch is building the backbone of private markets. We are enabling next-gen fund operations with one integrated system that combines secure data infrastructure, AI-powered workflows and expert fund services. If you value ownership, growth through real responsibility, and working with a thoughtful, ambitious team, this role might be for you. We are looking for a Head of Finance to be the most senior finance hire at bunch as we rebuild our finance function from the ground up. bunch has just closed its Series B, is actively acquisitive, runs multiple entities across geographies and is building toward Series C and ultimately an exit. This role owns capital, forecasting, budgeting, investor reporting, M&A finance, and EPR implementation and architects a function that scales from scrappy to exit-grade. You will own the Finance function at a high-growth, VC-backed fintech at an inflection point, reporting to the General Counsel, working directly with the founders and management team. Your role * Own the full budgeting cycle end-to-end — top-down and bottom-up — working with the founders, department heads, and all teams. You'll run monthly variance reviews, drive quarterly budget control processes, challenge and sign off on procurement and vendor requests, and translate business strategy into financial plans with clear KPIs and milestones. * Build and maintain a robust cash forecasting model, providing regular management updates on burn rate and runway. * Prepare monthly and quarterly updates for board meetings, present financial performance to investors, and field questions on KPIs and progress. * Set up the analytical foundations expected of a Series C/D company. You'll own unit economics, cohort analyses, and profitability modelling; centralise Finance as the single source of truth for financial and operational KPIs; drive data quality improvements across Sales, Analytics, and other teams; and support commercial strategy with pricing analysis. You'll also hire to build out this function over time. * Lead all financial aspects of equity rounds — modelling, due diligence management, and investor responses. Your first major milestone: get bunch Series C ready. * Manage financial due diligence on acquisitions, build M&A models, support target selection, and own Finance's role in post-merger integration. You'll also develop relationships with banks to secure acquisition financing when needed. * Own bunch's banking relationships and build a strong network of German and European banking partners. Manage liquidity optimisation strategies and establish treasury policies for the group. Keep other financial risks such as currency risk in mind and develop mitigation strategies as appropriate (e.g. hedging) * Scope and lead the implementation of an ERP system across the bunch group. * Own existing non-dilutive funding disbursements and lead future applications — including grants and other funding options across our markets. * Lead audits from the Finance side, coordinating with external tax advisors and accountants. Act as primary liaison for all external bookkeeping, accounting, and tax advisory relationships — including cost reviews and optimisation. * Set the standard for excellence in the team, drive process optimisation and automation, and ensure Finance is a high-performing function that's a genuine driver of bunch's growth. About you * 6+ years of progressive experience in an in-house finance role (ideally SaaS or VC-backed environment), PE, reputable management or financial consultancy, and/or investment banking, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role * Proven experience in VC-backed financing rounds post-Series B * Track record of building robust financial models from scratch and comfort working with multi-entity and multi-currency structures * Familiarity with accounting, billing, and spend management tools (e.g. DATEV, Stripe, Moss, Spendesk) as well as ERPs (NetSuite, etc.) * Proven ownership of forecasting and budgeting cycles, not just supporting them * Hands-on now, strategic later as the role grows into a VP level; wants to “do” and build from scratch, not just managing others * Combines excellent technical expertise with the versatility, commercial flexibility and presence to be the strategic finance partner for management and represent bunch to investors and external partners — equally comfortable in the boardroom and in the spreadsheet * Excellent communication skills, i.e. able to translate complex financial data into clear narratives for non-finance stakeholders * High levels of proactivity and solutions-orientedness * Fund industry or fintech experience is a plus, not a requirement * Comfort with operating with ambiguity and building processes where none or few exist * Fluent in English, B2/C1+ German strongly preferred Workplace & Benefits * Benefit from working with a diverse mix of talents, unrivalled energy, and team spirit within a culture of drive and ownership * Take part in a network of people passionate about investment and work closely with the most interesting players in private markets * Flexible hours and a hybrid office setup (3 days/week in office) * 4 remote calendar weeks/year * 28 days of vacation, 2 company days, plus local public holidays * A competitive compensation package * A great tech and work setup with everything you need Hiring process * People Team Interview (30 min) – Meet us & ensure mutual fit * Deep Dive Interview (45 min) – Collaboration, ownership, and culture * Case Study (90-120 min) – Technical skillset evaluation * 2-3 Stakeholder Interviews (30 min each) – Meet the Founders and your most important stakeholders About bunch bunch is building the operating infrastructure for the next generation of private markets. We combine AI-powered automation with deep regulatory expertise to replace fragmented spreadsheets and manual processes with one integrated platform across the fund lifecycle, purpose-built for private markets heading toward $32 trillion in Assets Under Management. We've 4x our ARR in 2025, crossed 150 fund managers and 12,000 LPs on the platform, and just closed our $35M Series B in May 2026. We're looking for ambitious people who want real ownership of hard problems, and who care about building infrastructure that actually matters to the people using it. ____ At bunch, we're committed to an inclusive environment where diversity is valued and celebrated. We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants. We process personal data in line with applicable laws (including GDPR). See our Privacy Policy for details on your rights and how to reach us.
At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest’s Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business. We are proud to partner with Europe’s leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. Upvest is backed by €280M in total funding from world-class investors, including BlackRock, Tencent, Sapphire Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners, Earlybird, Notion Capital, and Motive. Our latest €105M funding round in March 2026 - led by Sapphire and Tencent - serves as a massive catalyst for our growth, allowing us to offer premier investment experience. ABOUT THE ROLE: As Upvest continues to scale, we are looking for an exceptional Head of Product - Clients. You will work closely with Florian Thiel, Christian Wöhlke, and the Product & Engineering teams of the tribe (3 domain teams in total). In addition you will need to build strong relations with the Operations, Banking and Commercial leadership teams, owning topics critical to Upvest's product and business success. Lead the clients tribe's product vision and strategy: As Head of Product, you start leading one of the Clients tribe teams directly, while guiding the overarching strategy and success of the Clients Tribe and you start scaling yourself. You will work very closely with the Director of Engineering and VP of Product to define the tribe's strategy, set OKRs, and shape the long-term roadmap. The goal: to power Upvest's asymmetric scaling by building the intelligent, seamless "AI-experience", internal and external, that makes flawless API experiences the foundation of Upvest's ecosystem. Drive asymmetric scaling through intelligent, agentic operations: Your challenge is to make our tools and workflows scale without lockstep headcount growth.. That means embedding intelligence and automation into every process, and exploring how agentic operations, AI agents handling operational workflows end to end, can take on work that today needs manual effort. You'll be the go-to voice for applied AI across our tooling, helping the business run efficiently and helping clients get to market faster, at lower cost and higher reliability. Take tooling into its next stage: You'll own the roadmap for Internal Tooling or Upfront, both key strategic product enablers for scaling the business, and drive it forward through OKRs, deciding where to push deeper automation, broaden coverage, or reimagine a workflow entirely. You'll work directly with the Engineering team, and stay close to the people the products serve, so every step forward is one that truly matters. WHAT YOU’LL DO: * Significant impact and strategic influence, shaping the roadmap and scaling strategy with a seat at the table with engineering and product leadership. * Autonomy coupled with inspirational leadership. You fully own the product success of your team and function. * Product-centricity throughout the organisation, with no struggle for relevance that product people may encounter elsewhere. * Product Engineering culture, working closely with engineering counterparts guided by joint OKRs and a clear roadmap. * An exceptional team, combining impactful work with a relaxed, fun atmosphere and consistently high eNPS. * Continuous learning across investments, API products, and a state-of-the-art tech stack. WHAT YOU BRING: * 5+ years in Product Management, ideally with a focus on internal and/or external tooling. Financial services, compliance, or fintech experience is a big plus. * Proven people leadership of teams of 3+ people. * Firm grasp of UI/UX best practices; can ideate and prototype through lo-fi wireframes and collaborate closely with design. * Strong track record of taking initiative, owning outcomes, and bridging dependencies. * Be a sponge. You don't need to be a finance or investment expert, but you'll need to absorb complex topics quickly (subledger reconciliation, mutual fund trading flow) and apply strong product fundamentals. * Experience with agile software development, delivering features and outcomes consistently. * Comfortable with product toolkits such as Linear, Slite, Miro, and Figma. * Familiarity with API documentation standards and an interest in how AI agents consume APIs (MCP or similar) is a strong plus. HOW WE UPVEST IN YOU: * Best-in-class AI tools: Every Upvenger has €20,000 per year to spend on the best AI tools available — so you're always working with the most powerful models and tooling on the market. * Impact-driven work: We’re building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe. It’s complex, ambitious, and meaningful. You’ll work with modern technologies and create something entirely new. No legacy systems, no limits. * Wellbeing: Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits. Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year. Recharge with UpRest, a one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest. * Development: Growth is in our DNA. Each Upvenger has access to a personal development budget and the freedom to decide how to use it. * Flexible work environment: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role. We give you the choice and budget to work where you’re most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose. * Compensation and equity: We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program. * Team celebrations: Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements. * Inclusion: We’re committed to a culture where everyone belongs and thrives. Our Employee Resources Groups foster inclusion and connection, like Upfem for our female Upvengers, or UpVergent supporting neurodivergent Upvengers and allies. OUR VALUES: * Make it easy for others. We simplify the complex and act with the best intentions. * Own the outcome. We are proactive, fast and confident to get the job done, valuing progress over perfection. * Rise to the challenge. We aim high and push the boundaries. We stay curious, learn and celebrate our wins together. * Tell the story. We start with the Why to align on purpose. We are transparent and share knowledge to empower and inspire others. Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR At thermondo, our mission is to decarbonize every home — technology is our primary lever. We are disrupting a massive industry still running on legacy systems and manual work. We build the intelligent software and automation that gives us a decisive edge, operating at a scale our competitors can't match. You will report directly to the VP of Engineering and work closely with Software and Business Systems Engineers across thermondo's functions. This is a visible role with real impact. IF YOU ENJOY THIS * You own the target-state architecture for our entire CRM and business-systems landscape: Salesforce (Sales, Service, Revenue Cloud, Field Service) and the surrounding stack — billing, telephony, automation/iPaaS, the data layer — and you drive the estate toward it * You advise on build-vs-buy and platform-fit decisions: when something belongs in Salesforce vs. an adjacent tool or a thermondo-built service, weighing maintainability, integration, and total cost of ownership * You shape our CRM data and integration architecture together with Software and Business Engineers — object model, data ownership and governance, event-driven and API-first integration * You set engineering standards for the CRM estate (version control, testing, CI/CD, release discipline) and champion engineering in code over click-configuration * You guide and enable the engineers around you through review, patterns, and teaching — not just delivering your own tickets AND RECOGNISE YOURSELF HERE * Proven Salesforce architecture ownership across multiple clouds: Sales, Service, Revenue Cloud, Field Service — including the data model, security model, and large-org integration * You think beyond Salesforce: you know the CRM field well enough to say when another tool fits better, and you can name it — whether that's a different CRM, CPQ/billing, telephony, CDP, or integration tooling like n8n or Make * Fluent in integration and data architecture: event-driven and API-first design, data ownership and governance, ERP and billing coupling * Code-first: comfortable with SFDX, version control, and CI/CD for the CRM stack — not click-only * You think in total cost of ownership and long-term health of the estate, not just whether something can be built * You use AI tooling as a default part of how you work * Nice to have: Salesforce CTA, Application Architect, or System Architect credentials; field-service/dispatch or high-ticket B2C domain experience WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER * In this role, you can expect an attractive compensation package starting from €(Ammount) * Join a team of Product Managers, Software Engineers, Designers, Data and Salesforce people who are excellent in their craft and are happy to share their knowledge and help you grow alongside them * Our team is using the latest frameworks and is working with a modern tech stack to build powerful products for our customers, craftspeople, and internal teams * Boost your skills with a dedicated annual learning budget to spend on conferences, courses or books * Choose your own AI coding companion – we provide you with the license for the AI model or assistant of your choice * We offer a challenge with purpose - the better our tech, the more people will live climate-neutral and the better the world becomes for future generations * We offer a fantastic culture in the tech team and beyond * Modern office in the heart of Berlin * Work from home - up to 3 days a week * You receive an Urban Sports Club membership & nilo.health membership * You can lease a job bike or bring your dog one day/week * Corporate Benefits at more than 100 partners * 20% employer contribution to your pension and disability insurance ABOUT US Every application is welcome here - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity. We are convinced that everyone is valuable and deserves a fair chance. Software has always been part of thermondo’s DNA. We have been the first to digitize trade a decade ago. Today, our proprietary software enables 800 thermondinos to scale the heating transition in Germany. But we want more. We want to enable fully digitized and smooth customer journey ensuring that all processes are coming together: commercial funnel, procurement, product, supply chain, project management, finance, dispatch, HR planning as well as customer facing offerings for maintenance and home energy management. Our product & tech teams in Xberg - the heart of Berlin - are a highly diverse and multicultural bunch. They make sure that we can make a difference and scale the energy transition in Germany and work closely together with all departments. Join our product & tech teams and pave the way for climate neutral living. YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS * An initial interview with your Talent Acquisition partner, Alex * If we are both on the positive side, you will talk to our VP of Engineering Pedro * After this stage, you will undergo some technical assessments * Then, you will have the opportunity to meet with your to-be teammates. * Finally, Become a thermondino! *The exact salary level will be defined during the interview process, based on your experience, qualifications, and the level of responsibility required for this role HERE WE GO Is this exactly the challenge you are looking for? Then don't wait any longer and apply to us. We look forward to getting to know you!