Lead, FP&A and Controlling

About the role

Be the operational backbone of Finance at Tourlane. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you'll be the most senior individual contributor on the FP&A & Controlling team — running our financial planning operations end to end and acting as the operational right hand of the Director of Finance as we scale across markets and entities. This is a hands-on IC role with a clear leadership trajectory.

What you'll do

• Be the senior hands-on expert: Live in the models, the data, and the monthly close. Build, fix, and run Tourlane's financial engine yourself — no task is "below" this role.
• Own the planning architecture: Design and evolve our core financial models (P&L, Cash Flow, Workforce, Sales, Marketing, Operations) using cohort-based revenue and margin modeling — and scale the model ecosystem as we grow.
• Run the performance cadence: Drive the weekly rhythm of dashboards, variance analysis, and commentary, and shape the story the Director of Finance brings to leadership.
• Lead end-to-end planning: Own the annual budget, quarterly reforecast, and monthly target-setting — blending top-down ambition with bottom-up input from Departments and Country Leads.
• Build the cash planning engine: Deliver the cash forecasts, liquidity views, and models that inform capital decisions.
• Partner with the business: Bring rigor and constructive challenge to Department and Country Lead plans, target-setting, and business cases.
• Run scenario analysis: Pressure-test plans and support business cases that inform decisions on growth, market expansion, and cost.
• Modernize the function: Lead the FP&A platform rollout and drive automation, workflow improvements, and tooling upgrades.

What you'll need

• A degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field — a Master's or MBA is a plus.
• 7–10 years in FP&A, Controlling, Strategic Finance, or Investment Banking — ideally with time spent in a fast-growing scale-up or internet business.
• A builder's mindset — you build models yourself, get into the data, and own your work from start to finish.
• Experience designing financial planning frameworks for a multi-entity, multi-market business — you've built models at scale, not just maintained them.
• A track record of running the full financial performance cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly) with senior leadership.
• Strong business sense and the confidence to challenge VPs and budget owners on their numbers, plans, and assumptions.
• Advanced Google Sheets / Excel skills; experience with FP&A platforms (Pigment, Drivetrain, Aleph, etc.) is a plus.
• Fluent in English; German or French is a plus, given our markets.

What they offer

• Flexible hybrid/remote setup with expectation to use Berlin office 2 days per week.
• Annual €600 self-development budget.
• Work abroad program (5 months per year, inside and outside of EU).
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to connect with diverse communities.
• Dog-friendly office.