Chief Finance Officer (CFO) / VP of Finance / Head of Finance - F/M

Sparteo - Suite of Solutions for Web Publishers

Since 2016, Sparteo has been revolutionizing advertising technology. Our AI-powered solutions boost media value on websites.

Sparteo is skyrocketing in Europe :

🇫🇷 2nd fastest-growing French ad-tech startup and 32nd nationwide (Les Echos).

🇪🇺 21st fastest-growing European ad & marketing startup and 359th overall (Financial Times).

Why?

🧙 Passionate, dedicated teams! We empower them to learn, excel, and drive Sparteo’s success.

🌟 High-performance solutions: Actirise for display, FastCMP for consent management, Viously for video, and Voxeus for audio.

Discover our journey, products, and culture on 👉our website👈 !

Your Job

Chief Finance Officer (CFO) / VP of Finance / Head of Finance (depending on profile)

The CFO of Sparteo is responsible for overseeing all financial activities, providing strategic financial guidance, and ensuring the company's financial health. This position requires a forward-thinking leader capable of balancing strategic planning with practical financial operations management.

To specify

Financial & Accounting Management:

• Supervise accounting, audits, and taxation; evaluate existing services (teams, processes, tools, suppliers), and maintain all or part of the scope.
• Support internationalization in compliance with local regulations.

Cash Flow and Risk Management:

• Monitor forecasted cash flows and manage treasury, optimize working capital requirements.
• Implement foreign exchange hedging strategies.
• Manage financial risk of SSP clients and advertisers: credit insurance, credit limits, etc.

FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis):

• Supervise management control and cost optimization. Implement real-time analytical monitoring.
• Budget preparation and monitoring: Coordinate and prepare budgets in collaboration with business teams, track and analyze variances, assess the financial impacts of strategic and operational decisions. Simulate various scenarios to guide business strategy and facilitate decision-making.

Funding:

• Supervise financing strategies and financial engineering through dilutive and non-dilutive financing.
• Bank financing, factoring, and financing for innovation and development (grants, BPI, R&D tax credit, etc.).
• Manage fundraising/M&A, handle relationships with potential investors and service providers, manage due diligence processes.

Corporate:

• Manage relationships with investors and shareholders.
• Financial communication with our partners and develop a visibility strategy around our results (e.g., FT 1000).
• M&A strategy: Identify acquisition or divestment opportunities aligned with the company's strategy.
• Manage internal control.

Leadership and Innovation:

• Lead and develop the financial team to ensure optimal performance and foster the Sparteo culture.
• Implement automation tools and AI to eliminate repetitive tasks, identify anomalies and risks, and conduct predictive analyses.
• Implement data visualization and data analysis tools to aid in understanding and decision-making.

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Has proven experience as a Head of Finance or in a similar role within a technology company in a rapidly growing environment across multiple countries.

• Has at least 2 years of experience in a tech company.

• Has supported fundraising and investor relations.

• Has strong experience in an international environment, particularly in Anglo-Saxon contexts.

• Shares our hunger for improvement, data-driven decision-making, and a desire to systematize, automate, and maximize efficiency. This approach enables teams to focus on high-value operations and drive the company forward.

• Is fluent in both English and French.

Your mind set to share our adventure

• You want to make an impact and move things forward collectively. Does hearing phrases like "Yes, but we've been doing it this way for years..." make your hair stand on end? We feel the same way: progress is made by questioning what already exists.

• You solve problems pragmatically and analytically.

• You're looking for a fast-moving environment where your agility will be an asset. The 80-20 (Pareto) principle holds no secrets for you.

• Your ability to listen encourages you to challenge and improve yourself on an ongoing basis.

Our working conditions

• A convivial and flexible working environment, with our telecommuting culture integrated into the company's organization.

• A friendly and small-sized team that you can find in our offices near Lille or in Paris.

• Social gatherings and company events organized throughout the year.

• Sparteo is experiencing significant growth both in terms of business and workforce, especially internationally.

• Additional benefits include an advantageous compensation system with non-taxable and non-mandatory overtime hours, as well as a Swile restaurant ticket card.

Ready to join Team Sparteo? Send us your CV and continue the recruitment process!

Here are the stages in our recruitment process

• Discussions about your driving forces, your ambitions and our Sparteo mindset

• Analytical and business logic tests

• Discussions with one or more members of the Sparteo team, including your future manager

• Taking up references

Our recruitment process is mainly conducted by videoconference; however, certain stages may require a face-to-face meeting.