Chief of Staff (m/f/d)

Circula is entering into its growth phase with the vision to establish ourselves as a category leader in the accounting/ payroll industry of Europe.

As we grow our team to support our growing product offering, go-to-market plans and internationalizations we are on the lookout for our Chief of Staff that will work directly with our CEO Nikolai, to support our management team in their efforts to execute against our ambitious plans, to drive strategic projects end-to-end and be a force multiplier for the founder's strategic focus. You will be driving critical projects, strategic initiatives and business cadence, while building our organization for our scale from 70 to 200 colleagues and beyond.

Your mission: Maximize output of the management team and CEO.

The Chief of Staff role is a unique opportunity. You will be behind the scenes, with a 360 degree view on all aspects of the business. We are looking for a highly structured, smart, detail-oriented person with low ego and insane sense of ownership. Please be funny as well.

Your Tasks:

• Support CEO to drive Circula’s strategic priorities, managing planning and cross-functional governance structure to ensure focus on execution of our goals

• Oversee cross-functional projects and drive efficiency across functions by aligning stakeholders, support teams in decision making and reducing complexities

• Take over full responsibility on strategic initiatives from concept to execution as well as supporting the Management Team on functional projects

• Support the Management Team in developing long-term business strategy, board-related matters as well as acting as sparring partner to the CEO and Management Team

• Manage & document operating cadence and facilitate effective decision making building by maintaining an effective governance structure and reporting framework

• Planning annual all-company strategic planning sessions, smaller steering group sessions and off-sites focused on mid- and long-term business goals

• Support the CEO in internal and external communications

• Experience in a fast growing tech company with broad functional responsibilities across product, business operations, strategy and business development
• You've worked in demanding positions before - whether in consulting, private equity, or already at a startup.
• Excellent communication & social skills to establish strong relationships across departments and ability to navigate through conflicts
• Very strong problem solving and analytical skills; ability to divide and conquer complex problems by yourself and come up with great solutions
• High integrity and humbleness are imperative.

• The best time to join: 12M EUR raised in the Series A funding round with the plan of going international this year, team scaling at a fast pace, still flat hierarchies and opportunity to work directly with the founders, great career and development opportunities – you can contribute to building Europe's #1 Employee Finance App!

• Nikolai Skatchkov, our CEO, will be your direct mentor and sparring partner

• You benefit from Circula’s own products including our meal and mobility employee benefits and many more to come…

• We help keep you physically healthy with our Urban Sports club membership and a selection of 50 different types of sport and wellness offers

• Flexible and hybrid work environment

• Our office lounge is filled with healthy snacks (and some more indulgent snacks), refreshments, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea and much more…

• Dog-friendly office in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg

• Several company-wide, team, cultural and sports events throughout the year

• An open and inclusive culture awaits you, where everyone is welcome, regardless of gender, background or any other aspect

Circula is building the #1 Employee Finance App of Europe. Our mission is to give back time and money to employees. We are combining expense management, credit cards and corporate benefits – thereby increasing productivity of employees, putting money into the pockets of our users and driving automation in the Finance and HR spaces. Creating an amazing employee experience is our obsession.

We are not just a FinTech – we deeply care about creating a world-class product and company. Today, we have more than 1,200 companies that trust us. We are backed by great VCs (Alstin Capital, Storm Ventures, Capnamic Ventures, Peak, Wenvest, HW Capital, Main Incubator) and have raised €20M so far.

We are a team of 70 ambitious talents eager to make life easier for employees and businesses alike.

At Circula, we believe that diversity and representation are key for building not only innovative products, but also a truly great customer and employee experience. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or any other aspect. We particularly encourage People of Color (POC), people with a migration background and people with a disability to apply. As a SaaS company, it is very important for us to also support women with their professional and personal development.