Manager FP&A & Investor Relations (f/m/d)

Manager FP&A & Investor Relations (f / m / d)

What if your work empowered change in an industry that essentially impacts the prosperity of the entire world? Forto is in business to exactly do that disrupt logistics! Simplifying global trade has been our mission from day one.

Our exponentially growing team of technology and logistics experts forge ahead each day with the goal to deliver a highly transparent, frictionless and sustainable digital supply chain while chasing towards our moonshot goal of achieving climate neutral operations by 2025.

We are hard working and have a genuine interest to get things done because we love what we do. We are empaths thinking about others first and deeply committed to our team.

We value an organized and autonomous working style, but also a positive and creative mindset.

Your role

Reporting to the Head of FP&A and Investor Relations, the Manager FP&A and Investor relations will partner with all departments of Forto to influence decisions in support of profitable growth.

In this highly visible role key activities include rigorous business partnering, financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, management financial reporting and establishment of financial KPIs / standard dashboards to track performance.

Our ideal candidate for this role will need knowledge in Corporate Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis with a strong technical and analytical background, self-starter mentality, strong interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills.

You will

• Support in improving and maintaining Forto’s global Business plan across multiple products in the logistics space, as well as support in quarterly commercial reforecasting
• Analyze the trends of major business KPIs of Forto especially relating to commercial metrics such as volume generation across products and tradelanes, total revenues / gross profit, unit economics, etc
• Co-lead in preparing monthly reporting packages for Forto’s investors
• Support during preparation for the Quarterly board meeting and any ad-hoc investor oriented analysis
• Develop and lead ad-hoc analysis on various to support new strategic initiatives
• Support management team and the Heads of Department with data-driven analysis
• Support in providing Forto executive team a monthly overview of the business performance
• Serve as a sparring partner for Senior Finance leadership team
• Support the reporting and budgeting processes for local departments and overseas entities
• Support Forto through a migration of FP&A planning activities to an external FP&A software

What you bring

• 3-5 years experience in Corporate Finance, FP&A or similar position with emphasis on forecasting, financial analysis, and financial modeling
• Demonstrated track record of high-performance (e.g. top rank, promotion)
• Willingness to enter a fast paced and dynamic environment, ideally worked for a successful Start-up or a similar working environment such as investment banking / consultancy and ideally have already been part of a global hyper-growth story.
• Deep financial modeling skills that allow you to create insightful financial analyses and provide recommendations for decision making.
• Thereby, you are embracing teamwork and intensive hands-on mentality in your daily routine
• Skill Set : Your affinity for numbers, accuracy and reliability characterize your personality. Strong analytical and quantitative skills and a track record for planning, delivering and auditing work.

Excel and PPT (Gsheets and Gslides) affinity are a must, SQL skills and data analytics are important but not a must.

Forto is an internationally growing company

• Company language : English
• 17+ offices across Europe & Asia
• 800+ employees
• 30+ nationalities represented
• 2500+ customers

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Team :

• At our core, we are in love with progress and cannot cope with the standstill.
• We are constantly striving for ways to be even better tomorrow. We are facilitators, we are explorers, we are visionaries.
• Forto provides a sense of belonging, where everyone has equal access to opportunities, career advancement and recognition.

It stands for a workplace where people from all walks of life, with diverse perspectives and experiences can do their best work, while being their authentic selves.

That’s why we encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ages, races, religions, and abilities to apply for our opportunities!

Work Life :

• Experience a company culture where we work on eye level and knowledge sharing, as well as mentoring is on our daily agenda.
• We love our work and tackling business challenges but also believe in the importance of having a healthy balance with our personal life.

That's why we appreciate a flexible work setup that fits around family, friends, and physical health.

We have the freedom to work in a hybrid setup.

Company Offering :

• Sustainability Team
• Emission Offsetting
• Green Energy
• Organic Food
• Paperless Office
• Inspiring Office Spaces
• Flexible Working Hours
• Team & Company Events
• Hybrid Work
• Peer Learning Program
• Mentorship Program
• Leadership Training
• L&D Budget
• Best Onboarding Program
• Visa & Relocation Support
• Remote Onboarding
• Buddy Program

Team

Finance

Department

Finance

Location(s)

Berlin