FP&A Business Partner – Tech & Product at Malt
Malt is hiring a FP&A Business Partner – Tech & Product in Paris, France. Hybrid.
About Malt
Malt is a freelance management system (FMS) and marketplace that connects companies with freelancers for projects. It provides tools for sourcing, contracting, managing, and paying independent talent, along with features like secure payments, project insurance, and legal document verification. The platform serves both freelancers and companies, covering skills in IT, tech, data, design, marketing, and business roles, including AI-related projects.
FP&A Business Partner – Tech & Product job description
Explore your future career 🔭
To act as the primary Financial Business Partner for the CTO and CPO, providing financial visibility, challenging investment assumptions, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of Capital Expenditures (Capex) and operating expenses for software development and infrastructure, ensuring strict application of IFRS framework at Malt.
Key responsibilities ✨
Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the annual budget and quarterly rolling forecasting cycles for the R&D and IT departments, including monthly variance analysis.
Financial Gatekeeping, Business Partnering & Business Cases:
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Evaluate, under strict IFRS rules, new R&D phases and IT projects by calculating NPV, IRR, ROI, and Payback Periods to guide Product Committee decisions.
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Partner with Engineering Leads to optimize headcount/freelancing spend, and track R&D Intensity/Innovation Effectiveness ratios.
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Capex & Capitalization Management:
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Define and enforce IAS 38 capitalization policies (IFRS guidelines), track hardware/software lifecycles, and coordinate month-end closing with Accounting.
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Audit the internal time-tracking system to ensure accurate Project ID tagging, defending R&D Tax Credits and Capitalization audits and ensure strict IFRS compliance
- Tool Ownership: Own and build a dedicated Pigment app.
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About you 🧑🚀
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of progressive experience, specifically focused on R&D and project controlling.
- Accounting Knowledge: Strong IFRS knowledge, practical grasp of IAS 38 (Intangible Assets), and project accounting rules.
- Financial Modeling & Business Partnering: High proficiency in building complex financial models for forecasting, business cases, and scenario analysis (NPV, IRR) , combined with excellent interpersonal skills to challenge assumptions collaboratively across technical and product departments.
- Technical Tools: Advanced Excel, dashboarding solutions, and FP&A software (Pigment is a major plus; ERP knowledge advantageous).
- Languages: Fully fluent in both French and English to operate in an international European environment.
- Adaptability: Comfortable managing multiple priorities and milestone-tracking in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment.
How to join the mission? 🚀
First call with Claudia, our Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. (30-45 minutes)
Interview with you future manager to dive into the role and ensure it’s a match! (45-60 minutes)
Business case for you to complete and present in order to assess your skills for the role and presentation skills.
Final interview with a C-level to discuss Malt’s long-term vision.
