Finance Manager

About fonio

We grew from $1M to $10M ARR in under 12 months and now serve 10,000+ customers.

Fonio is Europe’s market leader for AI phone agents for SMBs. Now we’re expanding globally and into new products.
We move fast, take ownership, give direct feedback, and avoid politics and unnecessary meetings.
Join one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies.

Your role

You will own everything operational finance at fonio. As part of the operations team, you will build up an operational finance function that acts as an asset. The processes and structures you build along the way will support fonio's rapid internationalization and growth. We are not looking for someone who performs repetitive work, but rather for someone who takes ownership, improves and automates processes, and builds the financial foundation for fonio's future success.

Systems & Automation

• Roll out and own a lean ERP system, from selection to implementation

• Build a clean invoice approval and control process (for incoming invoices)

• Automate internal and external monthly reporting – together with the Strategic Finance Lead

• Translate everything in finance that's manual today into workflows and agents

Planning & Reporting

• Operational financial planning with the Strategic Finance Lead and Chief of Staff

• Keep weekly cash-flow projections live and accurate

• Consolidation across entities

• KPI preparation and internal reporting

Accounting & Tax

• Monthly accounting prep together with our tax advisors

• Coordinate tax topics (VAT, corporate tax, payroll, international)

• Corporate credit cards: setup, limits, reconciliation

• Employee reimbursements and expense management

• Inter-company transfers and FX handling

What you bring

• At least 4 years of operational finance experience at a startup or scale-up – you've actually touched invoices, expenses, accounting prep and cash flow yourself

• Obsession with detail – clean handling of numbers, small errors bother you before they bother anyone else

• AI-first: workflows, agents and automations are your default solution, not the exception. Claude Code, n8n and similar tools are part of your toolkit

• Software fluency: Notion, Excel/Sheets, ERP systems – you pick up new tools in days, not weeks

• Excellent Communicator: It's easy for you to translate complex analytics into understandable insights

• Ownership mindset: you want to own topics, not just check them off

• Perfect German, very good English

What to expect

• Real responsibility for the financial foundation of one of Europe's fastest-growing AI startups

• Direct collaboration with the Strategic Finance Lead, Chief of Staff and CEO

• A clear growth path: you start operational and build the function out as we scale

• Flat hierarchies, high tempo, no bureaucracy

What we offer

• €70,000–110,000 gross annual salary (depending on experience) + equity

• On-site in Vienna

• Relocation package

• Top equipment of your choice

Application process

1. 15-min introductory call

2. 30-min skill deep dive

3. 20-min culture call with both founders