Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (m/w/d)

CoachHub is on a mission to democratise coaching for all career levels worldwide. We need an amazing team to achieve this, so we’re bringing together kind, smart and highly-skilled people from all corners of the globe.

If you'd like to shape the success story of a fast-growing, award-winning company and the leading global digital coaching platform - get in touch!

Your Challenge
At CoachHub, we are on a mission to democratize coaching for employees at all career levels. Our world-class platform connects organisations with top-tier coaches, driving personal and professional growth at scale. As we continue to scale, we are looking for a Director of FP&A (m/w/d) to drive financial strategy and provide data-driven insights. 

You will play a critical role in formulating and executing the financial strategy for all of our group entities. You will report directly to the VP Finance, lead the financial planning and analysis function and partner closely with our department leaders to align financial cost targets and to ensure strict budget compliance.
We are looking for a driven financial leader with exceptional business and strategic acumen, strong analytical capabilities, keen attention to detail and the ability to both challenge and partner with senior leadership stakeholders. You will transform complex data sets into actionable insights that support short and long-term strategic decision-making, operational excellence, budget compliance and sustainable growth.
Furthermore, you will provide mentoring to a growing team, institutionalize best practices and drive the implementation of scalable tools and processes that enable data-driven decision making across the organization.
Your Responsibilities

• Define and execute a robust FP&A strategy to align financial planning and analysis with the company’s strategic objectives.

• Provide high-quality financial insights, enabling timely decision-making and preemptive risk management through concise presentation of financial analyses, including budget vs. actual variance analyses, customer lifetime value and acquisition cost analyses as well as retention and churn analyses.

• Oversee financial planning processes, including revenue forecasting, bottom-up cost budgeting, rolling forecasts and liquidity planning

• Drive the development of complex financial models, scenario analyses, and presentations for leadership, investors, and other external stakeholders.

• Partner with senior department leaders to align financial plans with operational goals, ensuring accountability for financial performance and strict budget adherence 

• Drive initiatives to streamline existing FP&A processes, adopt advanced analytics and AI tools and to improve reporting speed and accuracy
   

Your Profile

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in FP&A or Controlling, including leadership roles within high-growth technology startups.

• Demonstrated success in building and leading FP&A teams, driving performance excellence, and partnering with senior-level stakeholders.

• SaaS experience in a hyper growth environment (start-up/scale-up).

• Mastery of financial modelling, forecasting, and data analytics, with a strong understanding of financial statements and accounting principles.

• Strong familiarity with digital business models, including cohort analysis, customer lifetime value, customer acquisition cost and retention analyses.

• Track record of implementing scalable FP&A processes, systems, and tools in dynamic, fast-paced organizations.

• Proficiency in leveraging financial systems, advanced analytics, AI, and automation tools to optimize financial operations.

• Self confident and highly professional business conduct and the ability to lead discussions with senior stakeholders
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern financial planning tools like Workday Adaptive, Pigment, Abacum, Anaplan, or similar platforms.

• Full professional proficiency in English required. 

• Master or Bachelor degree in business, finance, accounting, economics or related fields 

• Previous experience in the financial services industry, including Investment Banking, Strategy Consulting, Private Equity or Accounting firms.

• Extra bonus if you have additional language skills in French or Spanish (but not essential). 

Why CoachHub

• Join a mission driven organization, fast-growing company revolutionizing the future of coaching. 

• Work alongside passionate, international colleagues in a high-impact role.

• Grow your career in a company that values learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Hybrid working, competitive compensation, and strong benefits. 

Location: The role can be based in Berlin, hybrid Berlin or remote within Germany.

Ready to drive financial excellence and shape the future of CoachHub? Apply now and join us on our journey. 

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About CoachHub

CoachHub is your trusted global talent development platform. We enable behavioral change with world class coaching delivered through our state-of-the-art digital platform. Every day, we reinvent people development to support individual, collective and organizational transformation.

Our scientific, holistic coaching approach has been formulated by our Innovation Lab, a collective of in-house learning experts, behavioral scientists and a dedicated Science Council of research leaders from around the world. Together, they leverage scientific evidence and platform insights to maximize business impact and drive innovation at CoachHub.

Our global pool of over 3,500 certified business coaches in 90 countries offer coaching sessions in over 80 languages to more than 1,000 enterprise clients across six continents and are supported by our international team of over 400 dedicated CoachHubbers.

We provide personalized, one-on-one coaching at scale with our AI-enabled technology platform that offers a simple and elegant user experience and a seamless coaching journey.

In June 2022, CoachHub closed a $200M Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $330M. Read more about our announcement and plan for the future here.