Kayzen
Finance Associate (m/f/d)
Job Summary
The Finance Associate role involves supporting the finance department with reporting, controlling, budgeting, and financial operations to aid strategic decision-making. Key responsibilities include maintaining management and investor reports, performing financial analysis, and managing financial operations such as contract amendments and credit systems. The position requires at least 3 years of experience in finance-related fields, proficiency in Excel, and familiarity with financial planning, analysis, and reporting processes. Strong operational, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills are essential in this fast-paced, dynamic environment.
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Finance Associate (m/f/d)
Remote Europe
(Make Finance a Strategic Driver at a Global AdTech Scale-Up)
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Hello👋I am Sven, Finance Manager at Kayzen, We’re scaling fast and looking for a Finance Associate who’s ready to step into a high-ownership, high-impact role. You won’t just be crunching numbers — you’ll help shape how we forecast, report, and operate as we grow globally.
If you love details, structure, and solving real business challenges with numbers, this is your shot to grow fast in an ambitious, international team.
But wait, you have not heard of Kayzen before?😃
Kayzen is a mobile demand-side platform (DSP) dedicated to democratizing programmatic advertising. We enable leading apps, agencies, media buyers, and brands to run programmatic customer acquisition, retargeting, and brand performance campaigns through its self-serve and managed service options. Built on the core pillars of performance, transparency, control, and empowerment, Kayzen powers the world’s best mobile marketing teams with bespoke solutions that fuel business growth and deliver a competitive advantage. With an unprecedented scale of 160B+ daily ad requests from 1.6B+ unique users worldwide, we serve up to 1B+ ads per day in 180 countries. Kayzen is accessible through our APIs and user interface.
(Applicant should be based in Europe only)
Responsibilities
You’ll partner directly with the Finance Manager and the Finance & Legal Lead to drive operational excellence and strategic insights across all finance areas.
1. Reporting & Controlling (30%)
Proactively maintain, extend, and improve our management and investor reporting landscape, including:
- Own and improve management & investor reporting.
- Analyse cost structures and unit economics to optimize performance.
- Monitor cash flow and deliver accurate forecasts.
2. Budgeting (20%)
- Support strategic planning through deep-dive data analysis.
- Create ad-hoc reports to guide decision-making.
- Help evolve our budgeting processes as we scale.
3. Operations & Internal Controls (50%)
Take full ownership of key financial operations, including:
- Own key finance ops: contracts, stakeholder requests, credit system management
- Be the go-to person for internal ticket requests (Sales, Customer Success, etc.)
- Maintain finance tools and systems with a proactive, audit-ready mindset
What you Bring:
- Up to 3 years of experience in Finance, FP&A, or Controlling.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar.
- Advanced Excel (you live in pivot tables, models, and PowerQuery is a bonus).
- Operational mindset – you get things done and spot problems before they happen.
- Great communication: you’re confident writing and speaking in English.
Why You’ll Love This Role
- Big impact, small team: You’ll get true ownership from day one to bring your own ideas and drive your responsibilities further.
- Fast learning curve: Hands-on exposure to investor reporting, forecasting, and commercial strategy.
- Remote flexibility: Work from anywhere in Europe.
- $1000/year learning & development budget.
- $500 home office setup budget.
- Access to a diverse, driven team building something meaningful.
Kayzen
A mobile-first DSP enabling apps, agencies, media buyers, and brands to run customer acquisition, retargeting, and brand performance campaigns
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