Lead FP&A

Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up on a mission to help insurers make better decisions, faster.

Our SaaS platform turns complex risk data into clear, transparent insights, enabling teams to price risk accurately today and anticipate claims tomorrow.

Powered by advanced analytics and transparent machine learning, Akur8 brings speed, reliability, and clarity to critical insurance decisions — developed by multidisciplinary teams in product, engineering, and actuarial expertise.

Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in:

• CB Insights’ Insurtech )
• CNBC’s InsurTech Top )
• InsurTech100 Global Insurtech Top )
• Professional Equality Index 97/ )

With 40+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 320+ clients across 4 continents — scaling rapidly in mature insurance markets.

Equal Opportunities

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, assessing all applications fairly based on skills, experience, and potential. Diversity, equality, and inclusion are core to who we are.

Job Title

Senior FP&A

Job Summary

We’re seeking a hands‑on and detail‑oriented Senior FP&A to reinforce our finance team. This role is central to our financial operations, with a strong focus on monthly reporting, internal audit implementation, cloud cost tracking, investor communication, ESG tracking, and project support.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual budget process end‑to‑end, including coordination with all departments
• Lead the monthly forecasting process
• Build and maintain robust financial models to support planning, scenario analysis, and decision‑making
• Monitor actual performance versus budget and forecast, identify variances, and provide clear recommendations
• Produce high‑quality analysis on revenue, headcount, operating expenses, productivity, and profitability
• Prepare management reporting materials with clear insights on performance, risks, and opportunities
• Define, track, and continuously refine the company’s core financial and business KPIs, in collaboration with the COO team
• Manage investors regulatory reporting
• Support the CFO in steering the company toward its profitability objectives
• Strengthen budget tracking and cost control processes while keeping them pragmatic and adapted to a startup context
• Coordinate R&D tax credits and potential subsidies requests
• Participate in ESG reporting
• Coordinate potential financing projects, both dilutive and non‑dilutive
• Participate in potential M&A projects, from Due Diligence to Integration
• Identify opportunities to use automation, data tools, and AI to enhance finance workflows, analysis, and reporting
• Act as a trusted business partner to leadership, with the ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions
• Help raise the level of financial rigor, transparency, and accountability across the organization

Qualifications

• Qualified from a Business School
• At least 7 years of experience in FP&A; experience in a VC or PE fund is a plus
• Proficient in leveraging AI in daily work; demonstrated implementation of AI agents
• Very agile in Excel and Google Sheets
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in French & English, and happy working in a multicultural environment
• Highly organized, thorough, and a quick thinker
• Capacity for detailed analysis and converging to actionable plans
• Empathetic, discreet, and trustworthy; able to handle confidential information
• High sense of ownership and strong autonomy
• Flexible and adaptable; comfortable dealing with multiple evolving priorities and fast turnaround
• Current legal authorization to work in France and able to work from our Paris office

Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual bonus
• Hybrid office/home working policy
• 25 days of paid holidays + RTT
• Gym membership with Gymlib
• Excellent health insurance (including spouse and family coverage) with Alan
• Swile lunch vouchers (12,10€)
• Public transportation reimbursement (75%) + sustainable mobility allowance
• IT equipment allowance (500€)
• Sponsored crèche access with Babilou
• Free cafeteria with fresh fruit, drinks and snacks
• Great office in the heart of the 9th arrondissement of Paris

Company Culture

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.

We care about strong teamwork and a positive day‑to‑day environment. The team regularly connects through optional activities such as team lunches, sports, karaoke, or occasional after‑work gatherings.