Senior Financial Analyst

Shine is the financial copilot for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Rico Andersen and Martin Hegelund, Shine is a leading European fintech unicorn on a mission to restore the joy of running a business, by ending wasted time on financial admin. Shine offers a connected solution for invoicing, accounting, payroll, business accounts, payments, and financing, meaning business owners can focus their energy on growing a healthy business, not held back by manual admin. Part of something bigger Today we're part of Cegid, a European leader in cloud software for finance and accounting. Together we're building Europe's leading financial copilot for small businesses and their accountants. Shine already supports more than 400,000 small businesses. As part of Cegid, we now reach over one million small businesses and 15,000 accountants across Europe. We're a multicultural team working from France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, contributing to a wider European network that spans Spain, Portugal and Belgium. Your hiring experience matters Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine and Cegid should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive. If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you. 👀 Financial Planning & Modelling at Shine Our Financial Planning & Modelling team sits at the heart of strategic decision-making. We partner closely with Business Finance, Data Analytics, and Leadership to drive clarity and confidence in our company’s growth trajectory - through data-driven modelling, forecasting, and strategic insight. As our business expands across new markets and entities, we’re scaling our FP&A capabilities to match. That’s where you come in. 📋 Your Role as a Senior Financial Analyst As a Senior Financial Analyst you will: - Lead and consolidate budgets across all business entities, ensuring financial alignment company-wide - owning complex workstreams independently from start to finish. - Design and implement rolling forecasts and establish a continuous planning mindset. - Build and maintain complex financial models that enable scenario, sensitivity, and long-term planning — including auditing and restructuring legacy models to improve scalability. - Translate financial data into clear, actionable insights to help leaders make the right strategic choices, with a strong command of the bridge between operational KPIs and financial statements (P&L, BS, CF). - Collaborate across teams — acting as a strategic link between Finance, Strategy, and Data Analytics. - Drive efficiency across the team by automating manual reporting tasks and championing AI-powered tools to accelerate delivery and insight. - Support the implementation of a planning tool as we modernize our forecasting ecosystem. 📍 Job located in Berlin 🔎 About you - 7+ years of experience in FP&A, finance, or business analysis - A data-driven mindset , passionate about connecting numbers to business realities. - Deep experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and scenario planning . - Strong commercial acumen and ability to simplify complex analyses into business narratives. - Experience with (or curiosity for) planning tools (e.g. Anaplan, LucaNet, Jedox) or data querying (SQL, Power BI, Tableau) and AI tools — from LLM-assisted analysis to automation workflows. - Agile and collaborative approach - thriving in dynamic and fast-scaling environments. - Fluent in English 💚 Our recruitment process 1️⃣ 30' call with Talent Acquisition 2️⃣ 45' interview with Hiring Manager 3️⃣ A 1h business case presentation to highlight your skills and give you a hands-on feel for the role 4️⃣ A team introduction, followed by a soft skills interview based on personality assessments to see how we can best support your growth at Shine What we offer Impact: This team is foundational to ensuring multiple aspects of Shine’s business is operating as the best on the market. Ownership: Join a team and help shape its mission just as it’s getting started, with support from experienced leaders. Innovation: Work in a dynamic, ambitious environment with space to grow and try our ideas and approaches Mission-driven: Likes our mission to help entrepreneurs succeed by giving them better, smarter banking and administrative tools. Equal Opportunity Employer We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.