Group Financial Controller

🐼 Who we are

Alan envisions a world where anyone holds the power to actively influence their physical and mental health. We strive every day for a healthier humanity, starting with healthier people and healthier businesses.

Alan simplifies access to care, and empowers everyone to be healthier, physically and mentally, thanks to preventive care, health and insurance all in one experience. From prevention to extra-fast reimbursement of health care, and overcome together, as easily as possible, health related issues. We go the extra-mile for our members, becoming a resource for them, and obsessively creating solutions to help them in their day-to-day obstacles with a caring, tailored, personalized approach. They are never alone with Alan.

We partner with 25,000 companies, with 500K members, and cumulate €350m+ and growing ARR. We operate in France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸 and Belgium 🇧🇪. The team is 580+ people, all over Europe.

🤘 How we do it ?

People joining Alan are always surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

- Members first. We put our members first, our team second, our shareholders third.

- Radical Transparency. We make all choices in writing and adopt a direct and honest style of communication.

- Personal & Team Growth. We are self-improving whilst helping others grow. We’re no ego-doers and we all edit the company.

- Distributed Ownership. We trust our colleagues to make the right choices. We are not afraid to fail fast individually to learn collectively in the long run.

- Fearless ambition. We shoot for the moon and work backwards. We focus on solving complex problems with simple principles far from ready made ideas. We embrace AI to increase our productivity and be at the forefront of technological changes.

⭐️ Your mission

We are looking for a forward-thinking, experienced finance professional who is ready to take on the challenge of transforming Alan's finance processes. 

The Group Financial Controller needs to master every process with a potential impact on Alan’s finances, define and design the data structure needed to track them and build the source of truth that will be used for the production of financials and all dashboards used in the company. 

The ideal candidate will not only bring a strong foundation in finance and accounting, acting as the trusted guardian of our financial integrity and obligations but will also embody the innovation and leadership necessary to propel Alan towards its  ambitious growth and eventual transition to a publicly listed company. 

• Global Financial Stewardship: Take charge of producing all financial information for the entire Alan group, spanning 6 entities across 3 countries (and counting). This encompasses translating business activities into financial KPIs, supporting FP&A monitoring by designing a reliable cockpit to drive the group activity, and ensuring timely account closures in compliance with legal obligations across all markets.
• Strategic Data Oversight: You will spearhead the creation of a comprehensive data structure that underlies all financial reporting and dashboarding across the company. This includes defining and designing processes and systems to establish a single source of truth for Alan's financials, imperative for informed decision-making and operational excellence.
• Innovative Process Design: Collaborate closely with the FP&A team to develop scalable accounting and financial monitoring tools that support Alan's rapid growth and international expansion. Your role demands a unique blend of high-level strategic vision and the ability to dive deep into process intricacies, crafting systems in tandem with our business operations teams.
• Audit and Regulatory Compliance Leadership:  Lead interactions with financial, tech and tax auditors, ensuring seamless audit processes. Oversee ACPR reporting and compliance, maintaining strong relationships with regulatory bodies and ensuring adherence to financial regulations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Operate at the intersection of Operations, Data, and Business Strategy. This role requires a deep integration with various teams to ensure that financial processes are aligned with Alan's broader objectives and that financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are driving the company's activity effectively.
• Leadership and Growth: You will drive the recruitment and development of a robust team, setting the standards for financial data governance across the company.

• 6+ years experience profile in corporate finance, with strong knowledge in both accounting, financial planning is a significant plus.
• Strong experience in project management, building new processes. Insurance knowledge is a plus.
• English: Fluent in spoken and written English, as it is the primary language of communication within the company.
• French: Fluent in French, given the regulatory requirements and interactions with French-speaking counterparts.

🙌   Perks & Benefits

At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers. 

Therefore, we offer:

- Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary, for permanent contracts only.

- Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest.

- All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.

- Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish.

- Delightful healthcare insurance. Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% of the contribution covered by Alan for you and your family, for permanent contracts only.

- Transport. Country-specific commuter benefits.

- Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.

- Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents, for permanent contracts only.

Important note: we hire people not roles. 

After reading this job description, if you feel like you don’t have all the necessary prerequisites but that it matches where you are now or what you'd like to grow into in your next position, we encourage you to apply!

Not everybody will enter our recruitment process, but all, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply as it can only bring learnings or success.

🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info.