At La Vie, we love meat, but we don’t love its impact on life. We’re on a mission to help people move from an animal-based diet to a plant-based one, whilst keeping a big smile on their face. Our unique product technology and patented vegetal fat recipe, delivers the juiciest meat-like experiences ever known in the category. We are building a movement, a positive change for the industry and for the planet.
Come and join us.
From plants with Love.
La Vie™
As La Vie's CFO & Key COMEX member, you will manage financial operations, provide strategic financial insights, and ensure regulatory compliance to push our growth to new heights🚀. You will lead a great team of 3 people in finance & accounting and report directly to our CEO & co-founder, Nicolas.
- Provide Strategic financial leadership to guide La Vie™ in achieving its short-term and long-term financial goals
- Work closely with other COMEX members to develop and execute financial strategies that align with the company's overall vision
- Help write the right equity story for La Vie
- Initiating & leading financial operations as fundraising, M&A, debt funding
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities to ensure the company's financial health and stability
- Produce accurate and timely financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, for internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with all financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax requirements
- Implement cost-effective strategies and optimize financial resources to maximize profitability
- Risk Management: Identify and manage financial risks, implementing appropriate measures to mitigate them effectively
- Accounts Payable and Receivable Management
- Provide support in our Global expansion
- Manage the finance & accounting team, boosting a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement
- Proven experience as CFO in the FMCG sector
- Strong financial analysis and strategic planning skills
- A hands-on attitude is unnegotiable
- Knowledge of financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax laws
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong Leadership and team management experience
- Adaptability and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-growing environment
- You are fluent in English. French is a plus!
- Available to work in our Paris office at least 3 days per week and occasionally add traveling to our production partners
Process You will have a first video call with our Head of People Apolline, a second interview with our CEO, Nicolas, and a business case to present to COMEX. We will also ask you to share your references 😉
If all these steps go smoothly, we are happy to show you around in the office and present you to the rest of the team!
What makes La Vie unique?
🌱 Impact: We exist to put a happy end to animal-intensive farming. Waking up every day to save pigs and tons of CO2 is pretty cool.
🚀 Unique adventure: Our vision is to become by 2040 the largest pork brand on Earth… Without hurting a fly! We’ll achieve this vision and tackle all the challenges on the way in what will surely be your craziest professional experience.
💙 People-first: Everyone at La Vie is passionate, smart, and good-vibe. It’s pretty unique to feel you are only surrounded by people who truly care.
🌎 International environment: English-speaking and various nationalities.
👩🏻🔬 R&D + Innovation: expect to learn a lot and eat a lot of samples!
💡Opportunities to learn and Grow: training, learning lunch, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, monthly feedback sessions
♡ Values that brings us together : #Examplary #Ambition #Teamwork #Sunny
🤩 Trust: respect and transparency from everyone.
🥳 Weekly after-work drinks with the team
🏃 A healthy mind in a healthy body: Team Participation in sports events!
BENEFITS
A fair & competitive salary package with equity Benefiz insurance 50% Navigo OR the equivalent in green mobility Holidays: 10 days RTT in addition to the legal 25 days for long-term contract CDI Healthy snacks IT tools of your choice from BackMarket Pocket-friendly veggie lunch by Foodles!
La Vie is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
If you are passionate about plant-based innovation, have a successful sales track record in the food manufacturing sector, and are ready to make a significant impact in the European market, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at La Vie.
- Contract Type: Full-Time
- Start Date: 04 November 2024
- Location: Paris
- Education Level: Master's Degree
- Experience: > 10 years
- Occasional remote authorized
- Salary: between 80000€ and 120000€ / year