Senior Financial Controller - France

Senior Financial Controller

Shine is the financial copilot for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Rico Andersen and Martin Hegelund, Shine is a leading European fintech unicorn on a mission to restore the joy of running a business, by ending wasted time on financial admin. Shine offers a connected solution for invoicing, accounting, payroll, business accounts, payments, and financing, meaning business owners can focus their energy on growing a healthy business, not held back by manual admin.

Today we're part of Cegid, a European leader in cloud software for finance and accounting. Together we're building Europe's leading financial copilot for small businesses and their accountants. Shine already supports more than 400,000 small businesses. As part of Cegid, we now reach over one million small businesses and 15,000 accountants across Europe. We're a multicultural team working from France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, contributing to a wider European network that spans Spain, Portugal and Belgium.

Your hiring experience matters Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine and Cegid should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive. If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

The Financial Controller team at Shine The Financial Controller team consists of two key leadership roles: one Head of Financial Controlling responsible for France, and one Head of Financial Controlling responsible for all markets outside of France. The team is highly dedicated and specialized, and is located across multiple countries in Europe. Despite the geographical distribution, the team works closely together with a strong focus on aligning financial processes and ensuring consistent, high-quality reporting across legal entities.

Your role as a Senior Financial Controller We are looking for a strong and detail-oriented Senior Financial Controller to join the French Financial Controlling team s is a hands-on, operational role with close collaboration with the Head of Financial Controlling – France and broad interaction with both local and central stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring high-quality financial reporting, solid cost control, and accurate handling of assets and capitalization.

The role offers significant responsibility and opportunities for professional growth in an international, fast-growing organization. The role reports to Head of Financial Controlling – France.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Financial Controlling & Reporting Prepare and maintain monthly financial reporting (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow)
• Analyze variances and explain financial performance, delivering clear and actionable insights
• Support our FP&A team with the budgeting and forecasting processes for the French entity
• Ensure high data quality and consistency in financial reports
• Participate in year-end close activities and related financial reporting
• Cost & Asset Management Actively contribute to cost controlling and follow-up on cost development
• Analyze cost drivers and identify improvement and efficiency opportunities
• Ensure accurate registration, monitoring, and reporting of assets
• Support correct capitalization of development costs in compliance with accounting standards and internal policies
• Compliance & Governance Ensure compliance with local accounting regulations and internal financial policies
• Participate in the preparation of annual financial statements and audit documentation
• Collaborate with external auditors and contribute to a smooth audit process
• Processes & Systems Contribute to the continuous improvement of controlling processes and reporting structures
• Actively work in ERP and analysis tools, supporting better system utilization
• Support standardization and implementation of best practices across the organization

About you Qualifications +10 years of experience with financial controlling, including monthly reporting and analysis Experience with cost controlling and basic asset management Strong analytical skills and solid business understanding Professional-level French & English Experience…