Head of Finance

Le besoin

Based in: Paris

Reports to: Group CFO

Dotted-line to: Country Manager France (Shipup)

Type of contrat : Freelance or CDI/CDD

Shipup is a 50+ people company that envisions a world where brands keep their promises along the entire customer journey.

That’s why we enable brands to take control over the most volatile part of the customer experience —the post-purchase— so they increase brand loyalty and save support costs.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Finance Director, you'll be the finance lead at Shipup, owning all local finance activities in France and partnering with our leadership team to help the business scale efficiently and sustainably.

You’ll manage a team of 3 people and report into the Group CFO, working closely with the Country Manager France and the broader leadership team.

What you’ll do:

1. Financial leadership

• Own all core finance activities (accounting, tax, cash management, budgeting, financial reporting, etc.)

• Monthly management and local reporting according to IFRS and local French GAAP within set deadlines and in accordance with Group guidelines, with the support of our external accountant

• Coordination with the central accounting team to update accounting accordingly

• Establish and maintain fiscal files and records to document transactions

• Coordinate monthly and quarterly closings with the Group finance team

• Manage relationships with external stakeholders (accountants, tax authorities, banks)

• Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions

• Receivables and payments management

2. Financial planning & analysis

• Build and manage financial planning processes (budget, forecast, long-term planning)

• Provide strategic insights to support decision-making by the Country Manager and Executive Committee

• Track business KPIs and operational performance, identify risks & opportunities

• Work closely with the Go-to-Market, Product and Ops teams to optimize business performance

• Oversee the calculation and tracking of commission plans for the Sales and Customer Success teams

3. Legal, administrative & risk management

• Supervise all legal matters (contracts, commercial terms, data privacy, etc.) in collaboration with external legal advisors and the Group Legal team

• Manage all statutory documentation

• Manage insurance policies and risk exposure for the French entity

• Ensure compliance with corporate governance and internal policies

4. Office management & admin

• Oversee the Paris office operations (contracts, vendors, lease management, equipment)

• Collaborate on office culture & employee experience

• Ensure smooth coordination of administrative tasks and employee onboarding/offboarding

5. People management

• Manage and grow a team of

• Manage relationship with the accounting firm and the chartered accountant

Our technical stack

• Slack , messaging platform

• Notion , collaboration platform

• Pennylane , accounting and bookkeeping

• ChargeBee , billing and subscription management

• GetAccept , contract management and e-signature

• Spendesk , expense management

• PayFit , payroll & compliance for french talents

• Lucca , people success platform

WHAT YOU HAVE…

• 5+ years of experience in a similar finance leadership role or solid foundation from a top-tier audit firm

• At least one significant experience managing a team

• Strong expertise in accounting, FP&A and overseeing contracts / legal topics

• Fluent in both English and French

• Based in Paris

• Proactive and hands-on: you like to build, not just monitor