FP&A Analyst (f/m/d)

About the role

Taktile exists to create value for organizations through smarter and safer decisions at scale. Our goal is to become the world's leading software provider for automated decision-making in the financial services industry and, to date, our software has been used by our customers to power over 1’000’000 critical business decisions every day.

• Taktile is based in New York City, London, and Berlin. 

• Taktile was founded by machine learning and data science veterans with extensive experience building and running production ML in financial services. 

• Our team consists of engineers, entrepreneurs, and researchers with a diverse set of backgrounds. Some of us attended top universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford and some of us have no degree at all. 

• Our team has accumulated extensive work experience at leading tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Meta, startups, and the enterprise software sphere. 

• Our backers include Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and stellar angels such as the founders of Looker, GitHub, Mulesoft, Datadog, and UiPath.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors and show great traction with scale-ups and large enterprises across the financial services industry. We are looking to build on this success by growing our team across all seniority levels from software engineers, web developers, marketing and sales experts, and entrepreneurial business analysts.

That's where you come in.

As the new FP&A Analyst you will play a critical role in driving our financial planning and analysis efforts, ensuring that our business strategies are supported by sound financial insights. Your primary focus will be on analyzing financial data, developing forecasts, and providing actionable recommendations to optimize our performance.

What You'll Do

• Refine FP&A Processes: Develop and monitor budgets and financial plans.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with all departments to ensure alignment with growth objectives and provide data-driven financial insights that drive informed decision-making

• Advanced Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of pricing, ARR, unit economics, and core KPIs to support and inform strategic decisions.

• Reporting: You will create management and investor reports to guide executive and operational decisions.

• System Implementation: Assist in establishing a modern finance tech stack by reviewing and implementing finance tools. Continuously identify opportunities for automation in tasks such as closing, reporting, invoicing etc.

Required Experience

• Experience: 3-5 years in FP&A or similar roles, ideally with 1-2 years of foundational experience in private equity or investment banking before transitioning to a startup/scale-up environment. Experience in SaaS is preferred but not required.

• Skills: Strong analytical abilities with experience in financial modeling, revenue analysis, and budgeting.

• Technical Proficiency: Open to working with FP&A systems beyond Excel; experience with FP&A software and tools is a plus.

• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build relationships, influence, and lead cross-functional discussions.

• Languages: Fluent in English; German proficiency is a plus.

Our Offer

• Professional Development: Access to a self-development budget for conferences, books, or classes.

• Work Environment: Join us onsite in our inspiring office spaces in Berlin, NY, or London, with opportunities for global travel to quarterly team meetings.

• Impact: Make a meaningful impact by shaping an early-stage company and creating new opportunities.

• Flat Hierarchy: Experience a truly flat hierarchy, interacting directly with founding team members and voicing your ideas.

• Mentorship: Learn from experienced mentors, including the founders of Looker, GitHub, Mulesoft, Datadog, and UiPath.

• Flexibility: Use the equipment of your choice and benefit from a meaningful home office setup.

• Onboarding: Receive best-in-class coaching and training to become an expert in your field.

Our Stance

• We're eager to meet talented and driven candidates regardless of whether they tick all the boxes. We're looking for someone who will add to our culture, not just fit within it. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underestimated and underrepresented in tech to apply

• We seek to actively recognize and combat racism, sexism, ableism and ageism. We embrace and support all gender identities and expressions, and celebrate love in its many forms. We won't inquire about how you identify or if you've experienced discrimination, but if you want to tell your story, we are all ears

About us

Taktile is building the world's leading software platform for running critical and highly-automated decisions. Our customers use our product to catch fraudsters, prevent money laundering, and expand access to credit for small businesses, among many other use cases. Taktile is already making millions of such decisions across the globe every day.

Taktile is based in Berlin, London and New York City. It was founded by machine learning and data science veterans with extensive experience building and running production ML in financial services. Our team consists of engineers, entrepreneurs, and researchers with a diverse set of backgrounds. Some of us attended top universities such as Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford and some of us have no degree at all. We have accumulated extensive work experience at leading tech companies, startups, and the enterprise software sphere. 

Our backers include Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and stellar angels such as the founders of Looker, GitHub, Mulesoft, Datadog and UiPath.