Senior Strategic FP&A Lead

About the Role

A fast-expanding FinTech company based in Berlin is seeking a Senior Strategic FP&A Lead to strengthen its finance function amid rapid European growth. This role is critical in guiding top-level decision-making, capital management, commercial evaluation, and long-term company planning. The position primarily involves individual contribution and close collaboration with senior leaders across Finance, Product, Commercial, and Operations divisions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the company’s main financial model by integrating Profit & Loss statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flows, operational KPIs, and scenario analyses, continuously refining it for accuracy and insight.
• Construct tailored financial models to assist with investment decisions, expansion into new markets, pricing strategies, fundraising efforts, and strategic company initiatives.
• Lead the company’s budgeting and forecasting efforts, ensuring creation of robust, scalable models for revenue, staffing levels, and operational expenditures.
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to facilitate strategic planning and support high-level capital allocation decisions.
• Collaborate closely with senior teams from commercial, product, technology, and operational areas to provide data-backed insights and challenge existing assumptions constructively.
• Develop and maintain cohort and unit economic models examining customer behavior, retention rates, profitability, customer lifetime value versus acquisition cost, payback periods, and contribution margins.
• Analyze profitability trends across various products, customer groups, and geographical markets, delivering actionable insights for executive leadership.
• Drive improvements in FP&A processes, enhance modeling frameworks, elevate reporting quality, and optimize planning capability.

Candidate Profile

• At least four years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, transaction services, investment banking, consulting, or a similar finance analytical role.
• Proven background in high-growth environments, particularly in FinTech, payments, SaaS, technology, or scaling businesses.
• Expertise in advanced financial modeling techniques, including integrated three-statement models, scenario planning, and strategic financial analyses.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
• Strong knowledge of business drivers, unit economics, and principles underpinning commercial finance.
• Ability to clearly explain complex financial data to senior non-finance stakeholders.
• Highly analytical mindset with commercial awareness and proactive problem-solving attitude.
• Experience with large datasets and financial planning software is an asset.