Head of Finance
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Head of Finance owning accounting, annual statements, controlling, and BMD implementation for DrAnsay, a German digital HealthTech platform connecting patients, doctors, and pharmacies.
Responsibilities:
- Take end-to-end ownership of finance: day-to-day accounting, financial statements, controlling, processes, and systems
- Prepare outstanding annual financial statements and submit them on time in collaboration with the tax advisor
- Identify and correct historical accounting errors
- Stabilize ongoing accounting and month-end closing through established routines, clear responsibilities, and reliable figures
- Build controlling with budgeting, forecasting, cost and revenue transparency, and monthly reporting
- Define, enforce, and document budgeting and approval processes
- Implement BMD as the leading accounting and controlling system and align finance-related workflows accordingly
- Set up document management for financial records, including filing structures, access rights, and a deadline overview
- Provide functional leadership to the internal accounting team
- Independently coordinate external tax advisors and legal counsel
- Report directly to the Director of Operations and work closely with the executive management team
- Optionally prepare the company for investment readiness, including the data room and financial documents for investors or transactions
Requirements:
- Several years of hands-on finance leadership experience in the German-speaking market
- Experience independently preparing annual financial statements and submitting them for filing
- Experience working with disorganized finance structures, historical accounting errors, missing supporting documents, and undocumented processes
- Experience building controlling and budgeting processes from the ground up in a company
- Practical, day-to-day experience with BMD, DATEV, or a comparable accounting or ERP system
- Strong knowledge of German tax regulations and statutory deadlines
- Ability to work independently with tax advisors
- Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken
- Residence and valid work authorization in Germany or Austria
- Willingness to work hands-on and dive into operational details
- Nice to have: experience in an owner-managed or VC-backed company with approximately 50 to 250 employees
- Nice to have: BMD experience
- Nice to have: experience with multiple entities, intercompany matters, or cross-border structures
- Nice to have: experience with investment readiness, due diligence, data rooms, or funding rounds
- Nice to have: initial people-management experience; prior Head-of-level experience is not required
Benefits:
- 100% remote work from Germany or Austria
- Genuine ownership and the opportunity to shape the entire finance function
- Regular check-ins; every three days for critical topics
- Initial BMD onboarding provided by the tax advisor
- Small, hands-on team with short decision-making paths, a low-ego culture, and direct feedback
- Work on a product with real-world impact in the HealthTech sector
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