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Location: Paris, France
Start date: As soon as possible
Employment type: Full-time contract (French: CDI)
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About Decade Energy
Founded in 2024, Decade Energy is a fast-growing start-up, currently with a team of 20 employees convinced by the energy transition. Specializing in energy storage and charging stations for logistics sites, the company designs, finances, installs and operates power and connection security infrastructures based on battery storage solutions (BESS).
With the aim of decarbonizing the transport sector, Decade Energy supports road transport operators and real estate owners to electrify their depots. We’re now looking for a VP finance to create and manage our whole finance function.
Your responsibilities
- Own the company’s financial operations and performance management: Lead accounting, cash management, FP&A, controlling, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and supplier payments to ensure robust financial discipline and visibility.
- Manage lenders and infrastructure investor relations: Oversee debt and equity drawdowns, covenant compliance, performance tracking vs. Business Plan, and reporting to lenders, investors, and partners. Contribute to refinancing and fundraising processes.
- Design and improve financial systems and processes: Build scalable internal processes, reporting templates, and analytical dashboards to support data-driven decision-making across the company.
- Ensure compliance and risk management: Guarantee accuracy of financial statements, compliance with tax and regulatory obligations, and adherence to internal control procedures.
- Support business operations and project execution: Partner with construction, operations, and development teams to monitor project costs, margins, and cash flow at both corporate and asset levels.
- Work closely with the executive team on strategic initiatives: Collaborate with the COO and CEO on fundraising, growth strategy, and business planning.
- Implement financial tools and systems: Drive improvements to the ERP/accounting stack to automate and streamline reporting, consolidation, and cash tracking.
- Manage consolidation across entities: Oversee financial consolidation between TopCo and AssetCo structures, including intercompany flows, performance reporting, and compliance alignment.
Your profile
- 8-10 years’ experience in finance (audit, controlling, FP&A) with a strong plus if part of a renewable IPP.
- Comfortable with managing the finance function of an IPP, from TopCo to SPVs.
- Strong analytical mind, rigor, and ability to anticipate.
- Fluent in French and English
Benefits