Financial Controller

🎯 Responsibilities

You’ll join the finance team as Financial Controller, reporting to Jean-François, our VP Finance. It’s the right seat for someone who wants to see the whole finance function of a scaling industrial company.

Controlling & reporting

• Own the month-end close: accuracy of cost allocations, accruals, prepaids and intercompany across our French, US and Japanese entities
• Analyze financial performance against budget and targets; explain variances to the VP Finance and leadership
• Prepare the monthly reporting package (P&L, cash, KPIs) for management, the board and investors
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting cycles

Operations & cash

• Invoice customers and monitor collections; follow up on overdue payments with Sales and Deployment
• Prepare supplier and payroll-related bank payments
• Track down and collect missing supporting documents (invoices, POs, expense receipts) and drive the team to keep them clean

Building the function

• Improve internal finance processes and tooling, including using AI tools to automate collection, matching and reconciliation work
• Take over bookkeeping (AP, AR, bank, accruals, prepaids) from our external accountant over the next 12–18 months
• Support audit, tax and grant-related requests (CIR, BPI, etc.)

✍️ Position details

• Role : Financial Controller
• Team: Finance
• Contract: CDI, full-time
• Location (lieu): Paris
• Work mode: 3 days minimum on site per week
• Start date: ASAP

✨ Benefits

• 📍 Prime office location
• 📈 Stock-options package
• 🤝 Team-building events & off-sites
• 🍽️ Meal — lunch expenses
• 💪 Gymlib — subscription fully covered
• 🩺 Health coverage
• 🐶 Bring-your-dog-to-work policyInbolt values end-to-end ownership, high rigor, and a hands-on curiosity. We move fast while staying precise, with a proactive, autonomous, results-driven mindset and strong collaboration with engineering teams.

🔎 Preferred experience

• 3–4 years of experience in controlling, accounting or audit: ideally a mix (e.g. audit or expertise-comptable followed by an in-house role)
• Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business (DCG, DSCG, Master CCA or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of French GAAP, financial statements and month-end mechanics
• Comfortable with financial analysis and budget tracking
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets
• Familiarity with accounting or ERP software (Pennylane, Sage, NetSuite or similar)
• Fluent in French and English: both required, as you’ll work with our US and Japanese teams

💫 Additional Plus

• Experience in a startup/fast-paced environment
• Experience in leveraging or implementing AI solutions to improve and streamline financial processes.1. Initial interview with Inès (Talent Partner)

2. Technical test with Jean-François (VP Finance)
3. Final interview with Rudy Cohen (CEO)