Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner - Offering (12-month Maternity Cover)

Location

Copenhagen, Lisbon, Madrid

Team

Finance

Intro

At Pleo, we're on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses manage company spending. No more outdated processes, clunky spreadsheets, or frustrating delays - we believe spend management should be seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike. We're creating tools that promote autonomy, foster trust, and let businesses focus on what truly matters.

Our culture is built on transparency, collaboration, and a deep commitment to innovation – which is reflected in our spending solution. At Pleo, you'll join a passionate team shaping the future of work, all while having some fun along the way.

About the role

We're looking for a high-performing Finance Business Partner to join our Finance Team at Pleo. This role is a unique opportunity to help shape investment decisions with clear financial insight and drive financial outcomes through target setting and support in daily operations. If you enjoy working at the intersection of finance, product, and strategy – and want to help drive the future direction of Pleo – we'd love to hear from you

What you'll do:

• Act as the primary finance business partner for the Product and R&D function
• Drive forecasting, budgeting, and business case development for Product initiatives
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to evaluate ROI, roadmap prioritisation, and performance metrics
• Translate complex financial insights into actionable recommendations for cross-functional stakeholders
  Support monthly and quarterly business reviews with clear financial narratives

What you bring:

• 5+ years' of work experience across finance business partnering, strategy and / or consulting
• Ideally proven experience supporting a Product or R&D function in a tech/SaaS environment
• Strong commercial mindset, analytical skills, and comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders with clarity and confidence
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is a plus

Who you'll be working with and reporting to

You'll report to our FP&A Director and work closely with teams in Product & Research and Development. Our team of 8 is highly collaborative and dedicated to providing great finance partnership across the organisation.

How you'll develop in this role

In your first 6 months at Pleo, you'll:

• Work closely with Technology and Product leaders to identify and report on key drivers of performance across a range of distribution channels
• Lead the development of a holistic business plan to ensure Technology and Product strategies can be executed and scaled effectively
• Grow your skills in Software and Fintech product impact, taking on new challenges as the company continues to scale.
• Act as a 'mini-CFO' for the Product team, ensuring they reach their operational targets while staying within budgets, and helping to communicate with senior leaders regarding team performance.

and help us build a scalable and efficient engine

Why join us?

Working at Pleo means you're working on something very exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo itself means 'more than you'd expect', and it's been the secret to our success over the last 8 years. So it's only fitting that we'd pass this philosophy onto our customers to help them make the most of their finances.

We think company spending should be delegated to all employees and teams, that it should be as automated as possible, and that it should drive a culture of responsible spending. Finance teams shouldn't be siloed from the rest of the organisation – they should work in unity with marketing, sales, IT and everyone else.

Speaking of working in unity, our values tell the story of how we work at Pleo. We have four core values, the first of which is 'champion the customer', which means we address real pain points that businesses face. Next up is 'succeed as a team', which highlights how our strength lies in our diversity and trust in each other. We also 'make it happen' by taking bold decisions and following through to deliver results. Last but not least, we 'build to scale', creating lasting solutions that address today's challenges and anticipate tomorrow's needs.

So, in a nutshell, that's Pleo. Today we are a 850+ team, from over 100 nations, sitting in our Copenhagen HQ, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal and Lisbon offices —and quite a few full-time remotes in 35 other countries Being HQ'd out of Copenhagen means we're inspired by things like a good work-life balance. If you don't work in the office with us, we'll help you set up the best remote setup possible and make sure you still have time to connect with your team.

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