Finance Corporate Development

**Our mission**? Making day-to-day banking easier for SMEs and freelancers thanks to an online business account that's combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and spend management tools. Thanks to its innovative product, highly reactive 24/7 customer support and clear pricing, Qonto has become the leader in its market.

**Our journey**: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 400,000 customers. We also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking

**Our values**:

- **Customer focus |** Prioritize customers in everything you do.
- **Ownership |** Own your part, get things done
- **Teamwork |** Make (team)work easy
- **Mastery |** Continuously raise the bar.
- **Integrity |** Always do what’s right, and respect people.

**Our beliefs**: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 49% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.
- Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

**Our career track**:At Qonto, we value your unique skills, offering personalized career tracks and expertise levels from 1 to 9 that celebrate your impact, without conventional labels like 'senior' or 'director'.

As a
**Corporate Development Associate**, you'll be part of shaping Qonto’s future, engaging directly in high-impact projects such as
**M&A** and
**fundraising**, as well as
**investor relations**. Your expertise in financial and data analysis will drive our decision-making process, fueling our future growth and performance.

You'll collaborate with a diverse group of passionate professionals from various departments—Finance, Legal, Strategy, and Growth—forming the backbone of our ambitious projects.

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**As a Corporate Development Associate at Qonto, you will**
- Prepare strategic presentations, financial reporting, and investment memos to steer decision-making:

- Financial reporting to the management and board of investors, ensuring transparent communication;
- Detailed investor presentations that articulate the company’s business, operations, strategy, and results
- Play an active part in the company's corporate development projects, such as mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and special projects:

- Evaluate and analyze acquisition or merger opportunities by producing complex financial models and incorporating in-depth financial analyses to assess viability and value creation potential for Qonto;
- Coordinate and conduct financial due diligence (including Q&A process), perform ad hoc financial analysis, including detailed performance modeling;
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders and advisors
- Participate in structuring transactions, negotiating financial terms, and managing the financial aspects of deals (including sourcing and securing appropriate financing);
- Participate in business plan updates, drawing potential financial impacts from scenarios and sensibility analysis;

**What you can expect**
- To work closely with Qonto's **Corporate Development, Finance, and Strategy** teams and also be exposed to other Qonto team members
- To be exposed to **strategic financial and corporate topics** (M&A, investors reporting)
- To contribute to **the development of the Corporate Development function** in one of the most promising European scale-ups / fintech
- To work in a **fast-paced** environment with a strong focus on **quality** (click here to know more)

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**About your future manager**

Your manager will be Baptiste, who is our Lead Corporate Development.
- **His path?** He has worked 5 years in TS and Capital Market advisory and is now leading the Finance Corporate Development team, and is looking for the next gem
- **What he can bring to the team?** Baptiste brings to the table a wide range of expertise. Recently he worked on a company-wide new business model assessment, participated in our latest acquisition post-merger financial integration, and his in charge of investor reportings. He has contributed to enhancing robustness and automation for multiple financial processes.

**About You**
- **Experience**: you have 3 to 6 years of experience in Transaction Services, M&A, FP&A, or controlling; ideally with previous experience working with fintech or SaaS model companies
- **Communication**: you have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate ideas clearly and in a structured way
- **Mastery**: you are analytical, fully proficient in Excel, and strong strategic thinking. You know how to use data to build powerful insights and strategies
- **Languages**: you are fluent in English and another European language (French, German, Italian, or Spanish) is a definite plus**Perks**

A tailor-made and dynamic career track. An inclusive work environment. And so