Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

Meet DeepL. DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact.

What Sets Us Apart: What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive. When we share what it’s like to work at DeepL, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. This may be because of our products that have helped countless people worldwide or our shared mission to improve communication for individuals and businesses, bringing cultures closer together. Being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation and employee well-being.

What you’ll be doing: The Senior Manager, Strategic Finance is a high-visibility and high-pace role designed for a finance professional who thrives at the intersection of Finance, Strategy, Data Science, and Investor Relations. This role partners closely with executive leadership to drive long-term value creation, translating complex financial and operational data into clear strategic insights that inform decision-making at the highest levels of the organisation. The successful candidate will play a critical role in shaping financial strategy, supporting growth initiatives, and ensuring the business is well positioned for scale, investment, and future capital markets activity.

• Core Responsibilities:
• Office support: Act as strategic partner on a daily basis, leading the coordination of broader finance processes and events.
• Cross-Functional Bridge: Act as the primary liaison between Finance, Data, Communications, Strategy and Revenue operations.
• Strategic Initiatives: Lead "Special Projects" for Finance, specifically focusing on AI Automation within the Finance stack to drive efficiency and predictive accuracy.
• Ad-hoc strategic analysis: Support the CFO, VP FP&A and VP Finance in ad-hoc requests, strategic analysis, and core finance processes (business plan, audit, etc.).
• Board Governance:
• Board and investor reporting: Support the CFO and the VP FP&A with the end-to-end production of Board of Directors materials and Quarterly Investor Updates. Translate data and metrics into a compelling strategic and financial narrative.
• Metrics Governance:
• ARR Analytics: Support the CFO and the VP FP&A with detailed financial analysis of Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR). Partner with Revenue Operations and Data teams in ensuring high accuracy and completeness of ARR data.
• Metrics Leadership: Define and govern the "Master Glossary" of SaaS KPIs (NRR, GRR, CAC Payback, LTV, Magic Number) to ensure Sales, Marketing, and Finance are aligned on a single set of facts.
• Advanced Analytics: Leverage SQL and Python to build automated dashboards that scale with our data volume.
• Strategic Finance & Corporate Development:
• Competitive Intelligence & Benchmarking: Constantly monitor the AI industry and DeepL’s competitors, and prepare actionable insights for the different parts of the organization.
• Valuation & Benchmarking: Maintain DeepL’s valuation models and perform "Outside-In" analysis against public SaaS and AI peers to track relative performance.
• Partnerships: As required, support the Head of Partnerships with strategic analysis and financial modelling.

Requirements & Skills:

• Technical Skills:
• SQL (Advanced): Ability to query large datasets directly from our data warehouse to audit ARR logic and build custom reporting without Engineering support.
• Python (Intermediate): Experience using Python for data manipulation, automating manual reconciliation tasks, or basic predictive financial modeling.
• Financial Engineering (Advanced): Expert-level Excel/Google Sheets skills with the ability to build complex, audit-ready cohorts analysis, three-statement models and DCFs from scratch.
• Experience & Background:
• Professional Pedigree: 10+ years in Strategic Finance, Investor Relations, Investment Banking, Management Consulting, or a Chief of Staff role at a high-growth (Series D+) Tech company.
• SaaS Mastery: Deep understanding of SaaS metrics.
• IR Experience: Previous exposure to Investor Relations or Board-level reporting in either a private or public company environment.

The "Soft" Edge:

• Executive Presence: Ability to challenge VPs and C-suite leaders with data-driven insights while maintaining high-trust relationships.
• Extreme Discretion: Proven ability to handle highly sensitive data (cap tables, compensation, M&A) with total integrity.
• Storytelling: The ability to take a "data dump" and distill it into actionable insights for the Leadership Team and Board.

What We Offer:

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback: we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
• Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role.
• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays, where you can spend your time diving into a project you’re passionate about.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
• Competitive benefits: we’ve crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team and tailored it to align with your unique location.

If this role and our mission resonate with you, but you’re hesitant because you don’t check all the boxes, don’t let that hold you back. At DeepL, it’s all about the value you bring and the growth we can foster together. Go ahead, apply—let’s discover your potential together. You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here.