Description
Job Overview
As a Senior FP&A Analyst at Helsing, you will be a critical expert providing valuable insights and analyses to drive capital allocation decisions across software and advanced manufacturing domains.
Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Forecasting & Manufacturing Scale-Up
- Model financial outcomes for Helsing's advanced manufacturing footprints, assessing factory ramp-up costs, supply chain/inventory dynamics, and capital expenditure vs. operating expenditure trade-offs.
- Design pricing, revenue recognition, and margin models that accommodate various defense contract types under relevant local standards.
- Build robust scenario analyses that stress-test revenue, manufacturing output, supply chain resilience, contract win-rates, and geopolitical/procurement variables.
- Support in delivering monthly financial review cycles with clear variance analysis and commercial insight against budgets and forecasts.
Capital Allocation & Strategic Finance
- Support the Director FP&A in optimizing massive working capital requirements tied to long-term government payment cycles and milestone-based defense contracts.
- Assist in evaluating diverse financing structures, debt covenant modeling, and government or subsidized financing opportunities.
Requirements
- Proven strong experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, or Corporate Finance, with a clear track record in high-growth, venture-backed, or recently listed technology/industrial environments.
- Hands-on approach to monthly reporting, variance analysis.
- Strong passion for modern technology, automation, and data structures, leveraging advanced tooling and AI to drive insights.
- Ability to distill complex operational, supply-chain, and defense-contract economics into a clear strategic narrative.
- Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), MBA, or CFA as a highly desirable add-on.
- Proficient in German & English.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and VSOP options.
- Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation.
- Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance.
- Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health).
- Social: regularly company events and monthly social allowances.
- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work.