Senior Manager / Lead FP&AI (m/w/d)

About ALVA Energie

At ALVA Energie, we’re driving the energy transition forward! With solar operator models for apartment buildings and commercial properties, we offer a comprehensive, worry-free package: from installation and management to the operation of PV systems as an energy supplier. Our goal is to make the decentralized energy transition simple and accessible.

As a growing startup in Berlin, we value teamwork, responsibility, and active participation. Everyone has the opportunity to actively contribute to our growth and share their ideas. Together, we’re working toward a sustainable future.

About your role

We think: impact over headcount! At our company, FP&A doesn't grow with the volume of work, but with its impact on the business. Data preparation, variance commentary and standard reports belong to automation and agents. Our people's time belongs to what machines can't do: judgment, model logic, challenge and decisions. If an additional hire enables significantly more impact, we grow. But never to absorb manual work that is better built than distributed.

You are the first dedicated hire in FP&A , start as an Individual Contributor and work directly with the CFO and management. Our existing models and tools have grown organically and are partly manual. You understand them, keep what works, rebuild the rest and automate consistently. With AI agents, you build the leverage that elsewhere would take an entire team.

Outlook: The path to Head of FP&A is open, but not planned for the short term. Your responsibility grows with the impact you create, not with team size.

Your responsibilities

As the Senior Manager / Lead FP&AI (m/w/d), you will drive financial planning, analysis, and artificial intelligence initiatives to support our growing operations.

• Rebuild the FP&A foundation: current-state assessment, target architecture, budget, rolling forecast and multi-year planning

• Build and maintain integrated, driver-based financial models (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) for projects, the portfolio and the group, including multi-entity planning and intercompany

• Develop the KPI framework and prepare management, board, investor and bank reporting with clear recommendations for action

• Run scenario and sensitivity analyses and conduct deep dives on investments, financing, pricing and portfolio prioritization

• Build and operate agentic AI workflows for forecasting, anomaly detection, variance commentary and reporting, incl. guardrails and governance

• Close collaboration with the Data Team: you bring the finance logic and are the most demanding user of the data

• Evaluate and implement suitable FP&A tools and manage tool and AI costs (FinOps)

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience in FP&A, controlling or strategic finance, ideally in a high-growth, complex environment

• Very good financial modeling skills (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) and understanding of complex financial and intercompany structures

• Experience in rebuilding or redesigning planning and reporting processes, as well as with planning and BI tools

• Hands-on mentality and enjoyment in building structures yourself

• Strong communication skills: you convince management, investors, banks and business functions

Ideally you bring:

• Energy sector experience, ideally solar/renewables, or other project-based business models

• Multi-entity planning, intercompany and investor/bank reporting

• Good German language skills

• Experience with Claude or other AI coding tools and agentic workflows

In addition, we value the following skills:

• Tech affinity: You see new tools and AI as leverage, not as a threat

• Openness to change: You approach change positively and with agility

• Impact mindset: For every analysis, you ask which decision it enables, and for every task: "Does a human need to do this, and where does it create the greatest impact?"

• Entrepreneurial thinking: You always consider financial decisions in the context of growth, market opportunities and overall strategy

• Drive to shape: You look at an organically grown Excel model and know what to keep, what to rebuild and what an agent can take over

• You are motivated by the mission to advance the energy transition

Here’s what you can expect from us:

With your ideas, you’ll have the chance to enrich our dynamic team and actively help shape the future of solar energy at a rapidly growing startup!

• Flat hierarchies, quick decision-making, and direct communication in a relaxed and positive work environment

• Creative freedom—with us, you’ll have 100% responsibility for what you do and will have the opportunity to grow through challenges

• Close collaboration with the founders, leading to a steep learning curve

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home ensure a good work-life balance

• A modern office in the heart of Berlin with excellent BVG transit connections (e.g., Nordbahnhof, Rosenthaler Platz)

• A fully stocked kitchen with coffee, soft drinks, and snacks available around the clock

• Regular team lunches and other team events

• We offer attractive subsidies for Urban Sports Club, a JobRad bike, and public transportation