6 days ago

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Finance Operations

Alan

Paris, FranceRemote

🐼 Who we are

You. Better. With Alan.

Alans vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission is to help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment.

Were building a vertically integrated health partner that seamlessly unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one system.

By connecting all aspects of care - private, public, and direct to consumer - we create the most member-centric healthcare experience. Through deep engagement, we empower everyone to overcome day-to-day health obstacles and live healthier lives.

We partner with 32,000+ companies of all sizes, serving more than 700K members, and have reached €500M+ in ARR.

Our team of 600 people (still growing) operates across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦.

🤘 How we do it ?

People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as:

  1. Mission is the Boss: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the companys success above all else.

  2. Member & Customer-led: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust.

  3. Excellence like Athletes: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance.

  4. Enlightened Despots: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility.

  5. Radically Transparent: We ****make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data.

  6. Kind, Methodic Optimists: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best.

  7. Empathetic Challengers: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication.

  8. Bold & Creative Contrarians: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks.

  9. Disciplined Executors: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces.

  10. Fight for Simplicity: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically.

📈 Finance & Strategy Community at Alan

The Finance & Strategy Community conducts critical strategic, data and operational projects.  There are 2 main areas within the finance community: 

  • Finance Operations: is the steward of our financial data in charge of building, automating and optimizing Alans finance processes to ensure efficient and accurate data production and of communicating this to various stakeholders, including the board, team, tax administrations, regulator (ACPR)

  • Finance & Strategy: steers Alan’s financial performance through business planning, financial and operational monitoring, strategic explorations and implementation of high P&L impact initiatives; communicates with Board & investors, notably on financing

Both areas have Finance and Business profiles, and work closely in multiple instances, with some Alaners working across both areas. The main focus of the role is within the Finance Operations area. 

⭐️ Your mission ⭐️

We are seeking a forward-thinking, experienced finance professional who can help us design, scale and automate of our finance processes.

You will be responsible for the production and communication of accurate financial data to key stakeholders and consequently for ensuring that all key finance processes are as automated as possible, seamlessly integrated in our broader tech stack

You will working in full autonomy, with the support of the rest of our experienced team and in close collaboration with all our internal teams, helping them monitor and steer their performance and make relevant business decisions.

You will be exposed to a wide variety of topics and stakeholders and you will be core to the scaling of our business.

⭐️ What you will do ⭐️

  • Scaling and Operational Efficiency: Identify and implement process improvements and automations to enhance information accuracy and compliance with internal policies and external regulations. Assist with finance run activities to maintain efficient operations. Implement new finance tools

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with various teams to offer financial insights on projects and support the implementation of streamlined and automated financial processes. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to align financial processes with company objectives and drive effective decision-making.

  • Budgeting and Data Reliability: Work closely with the Finance Strategy area, supporting them in the budgeting and financial planning and analysis work

  • Strategic Project Contribution: Contribute to ad-hoc strategic projects such as M&A, fundraising, cash management, new tool rollout initiatives

⭐️ Qualifications ⭐️

  • Financial process and accounting

    • Good knowledge in French accounting (ideally in insurance)

    • As a bonus, experience with optimization of key financial processes

  • Analytics:

    • Good analytics skills

    • As a bonus, basic knowledge in SQL

  • Language

    • Fluent in spoken and written English, as it is the primary language of communication within the company.

    • Proficient in French, given the regulatory requirements and interactions with French-speaking counterparts.

🙌 Perks & Benefits

At Alan, we believe that being in good health is a basic need, and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are happy, efficient and spend only high-quality time with co-workers.

Therefore, we offer:

  • Fair rewards. Generous equity packages complement your base salary, for permanent contracts only.

  • Flexible Office. Amazing office space at our HQ, sponsored co-working hubs or a full-remote experience with home office equipment sponsorship, we want you to live where you’re the happiest.

  • All the tools you need. Top of the range equipment: Macbook Pro, keyboard, laptop stand, monitor, and Bose noise-canceling headphones.

  • Flexible vacation policy and flexible working hours. Organize your time as you wish.

  • Delightful healthcare insurance: Extremely comprehensive health insurance - 100% for you and your children, 90-100% for partners depending on your country (permanent contracts only).

  • Transport. Country-specific commuter benefits.

  • Learning & Training opportunities. A highly flexible Training policy free books and budget to attend and speak at conferences if the opportunity arises.

  • Personal growth through coaching: At Alan, coaching isnt just a perk - its core to who we are. Every Alaner is paired with a dedicated coach from day one, who helps maximize their impact, nurture engagement, and navigate Alans values to develop their full potential. Learn more about our coaching culture.

  • Parental leave. Extended parental leave for all new parents, for permanent contracts only.

Important note: we hire people, not roles.

If youre excited about this opportunity but dont check every box, wed love to hear from you. Everyone, no matter how underrepresented, should feel free to apply as it can only bring learnings or success.

If you identify yourself as a woman: Did you know that research shows women often apply only when meeting 100% of requirements?

Remember, this is just a guide, not a checklist.

Well be thrilled to receive your application!

🔖 Check out our About Alan and Career pages, as well as our Medium, blog and Glassdoor page for more info.