FP&A Specialist (Topline and Deal approval)

Job description

**🪐 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 🔭** As Malt rapidly scales its business, protecting and optimizing our margins is key to sustainable growth. Joining our Finance team in Paris, you will play a pivotal role in building a robust Topline FP&A function and driving commercial performance. Partnering closely with Commercial teams and RevOps, you will oversee deal modeling, financial validation, and monthly closing routines to turn complex data into actionable commercial decisions. ### Key responsibilities ✨ - **Deal Desk & RFP Modeling:** Co-own financial deal modeling and economics validation alongside Senior FP&A, ensuring fast turnaround times (SLA <24h) for deal desk responses and accurate RFP documentation. - **Topline Closings & Operations:** Execute monthly topline closing mechanics, reconciliations, and reporting routines accurately and efficiently. - **RFA Management:** Oversee end-to-end processing, accruals, and reconciliations for Rebates (RFA), Accruals, and Inventory. - **Bad Debt & Factoring:** Monitor and calculate bad debt provisioning as well as optimize factoring fee calculations. - **Process Automation & Scalability:** Partner with internal tools and databases to eliminate repetitive manual tasks and build scalable financial workflows. ### About you 🧑‍🚀 **Experience & Hard Skills:** - **Background:** Proven experience in FP&A or Business Finance, with strong experience in financial modeling and profitability analysis. - **FP&A Operations:** Hands-on experience with topline closings, internal & external reportings. - **Tooling Proficiency:** Strong command of Excel (or Gsheet) and financial tools (Pigment/Anaplan). Database query (SQL / DBeaver) & BI tools (Looker) are a plus **Soft Skills & Mindset:** - **Commercial Partnering:** Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with Commercial and RevOps teams while enforcing deal desk governance. - **Reactivity & Speed:** Maintain high accuracy on strategic & high-stakes deals - **Automation Mindset:** Continuous-improvement mindset with a strong preference for building scalable automated solutions over manual workarounds. ### How to join the mission? 🚀 - **First call** with Yassine from our Talent Acquisition team, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. - **Interview** with Nicolas Cervantes, your future manager, to dive into the role and ensure it’s a match! - **Business case** for you to complete and present in order to assess your skills for the role and presentation skills. - **Final interview**with Edith Savoye, our FP&A director, to discuss Malt’s long-term vision.