Job Description

About Revaia

Revaia is a technology growth equity fund launched in 2018 based in Paris, London, and in Berlin. We partner with the next generation of European digital scale-ups and help them build leadership positions in a sustainable way.

We are a young, complementary, gender-equal, and diverse team with entrepreneurial and finance backgrounds. We build bridges between venture, private and public markets.

We are sparring partners for innovative entrepreneurs who are working to transform our world for the better. So far, we have partnered with 15 technology companies: Aircall (a cloud telephony software), GetAccept (a sales enablement software), gohenry (a mobile neobank for kids), Welcome to the Jungle (a digital workplace platform), Yubo (a social discovery mobile application), Frontify (a digital asset management platform), Hublo (a staff management solution for the healthcare sector), Planity (a marketplace for the beauty sector), Algolia (a search and discovery API solution), deepki (an ESG data intelligence platform), Coralogix (an in-stream observability platform), platform.sh (a next-generation hosting platform), Kaiko (a crypto market data platform), Mews (a cloud-based hotel property management system) and Epsor (an employee savings and retirement solution).

We partner with and look for technology companies across a large spectrum of industries and business models. Our typical investment range is €10m to €40m, from series B to post-IPO investments. We incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics into our investment process and throughout the monitoring of our portfolio.

Based in Paris, the financial controller will take part in the building and structuring of the Management Company (and its subsidiaries) procedures and data monitoring/reporting tools. She/he will assist the Revaia team in the structuring and oversight of the financial vehicles (Funds and SPVs) alongside the CFO and outside partners (accounting firm, auditors, custodian, compliance…)

The projects the financial controller will be responsible for are the following

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

• Financial and administrative oversight of the Management Company and its subsidiaries (cashflows, inter-company transactions, preparation of financial statements and creation of financial monitoring tools)
• Manage quarterly closes and prepare the annual financial close, coordinating with outside parties (accounting firm, auditors, banks)
• Participe in deploying IT tools & systems (CRM, HR, …)
• Implement the internal control procedures (prepared by the RCCI) and oversee their roll-out in the Management Company.
• Optimise and automate (when possible) internal control procedures and financial information production to help scale the activity

DAILY OVERSIGHT OF THE FUND ACTIVITY

• Cash flow monitoring (billing, capital calls ,distributions) and cash projection preparation in coordination with the investment team
• In direct relation with the custodian bank, the other banks, the accounting firm and the auditors
• Take part in the financial and tax structuring of the funds and other financial vehicles
• Work on financial, tax and legal procedures alongside our RCCI and outside advisor
• Calculate and follow compliance with the legal and tax ratios of the funds
• Follow compliance with the French regulator’s requirements along with our RCCI and third party advisor ( FATCA / CRS reporting, AMF filings)

PORTFOLIO ACTIVITY

• Check adequacy of the Investment and Exit of each Fund portfolio company in collaboration with the investment team
• Collecte KPIs needed to monitor the portfolio activity from the different companies (performance indicators and KPIs needed for Investor reporting)
• Prepare the Valuation Committee and Risk Committee
• Oversee financial assistance from Portfolio companies with CFO

INVESTOR

• Participate to the Fundraising effort
• Participate in the Quarterly and Annual Investor reporting
• Provide and assist with any other investor request

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree
• Min previous work experience in the financial sector : 2 years
• Excellent written and spoken English
• French bilingual

• Knowledge of the PE/VC environment is appreciated
• Able to multi task and complete projects in a timely manner
• Analytical mindset and commitment to excellence
• Enjoys teamwork and being part of a collective effort
• Innovative, proactive and full of ideas
• Willing to work in an ambitious and fast paced team