--- title: 'FP&A Specialist (Topline and Deal approval) at Malt' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/fp-a-specialist-topline-and-deal-approval-malt-paris-9cqs94w0gz4w' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # FP&A Specialist (Topline and Deal approval) at Malt - **Company:** Malt - **Location:** Paris, France - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/malt/405e6ede-71a8-4232-b887-fc8e81e850dd ## Job description 🪐 Discover our galaxy Join the Future of Work ! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different: - A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries - A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth - Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI - A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! 🪐 At Malt we believe that Ambition is the Way, so all lists of missions and responsibilities are non-exhaustive. Explore your future career  🔭 As Malt rapidly scales its business, protecting and optimizing our margins is key to sustainable growth. Joining our Finance team in Paris, you will play a pivotal role in building a robust Topline FP&A function and driving commercial performance. Partnering closely with Commercial teams and RevOps, you will oversee deal modeling, financial validation, and monthly closing routines to turn complex data into actionable commercial decisions. ## Key responsibilities ✨ - Deal Desk & RFP Modeling: Co-own financial deal modeling and economics validation alongside Senior FP&A, ensuring fast turnaround times (SLA <24h) for deal desk responses and accurate RFP documentation. - Topline Closings & Operations: Execute monthly topline closing mechanics, reconciliations, and reporting routines accurately and efficiently. - RFA Management: Oversee end-to-end processing, accruals, and reconciliations for Rebates (RFA), Accruals, and Inventory. - Bad Debt & Factoring: Monitor and calculate bad debt provisioning as well as optimize factoring fee calculations. - Process Automation & Scalability: Partner with internal tools and databases to eliminate repetitive manual tasks and build scalable financial workflows. ## About you 🧑‍🚀 Experience & Hard Skills: - Background: Proven experience in FP&A or Business Finance, with strong experience in financial modeling and profitability analysis. - FP&A Operations: Hands-on experience with topline closings, internal & external reportings. - Tooling Proficiency: Strong command of Excel (or Gsheet) and financial tools (Pigment/Anaplan). Database query (SQL / DBeaver) & BI tools (Looker) are a plus Soft Skills & Mindset: - Commercial Partnering: Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with Commercial and RevOps teams while enforcing deal desk governance. - Reactivity & Speed: Maintain high accuracy on strategic & high-stakes deals - Automation Mindset: Continuous-improvement mindset with a strong preference for building scalable automated solutions over manual workarounds. How to join the mission? 🚀 - First call with Yassine from our Talent Acquisition team, to better understand your background, aspirations and answer any questions you may have. - Interview with Nicolas Cervantes, your future manager, to dive into the role and ensure it’s a match! - Business case for you to complete and present in order to assess your skills for the role and presentation skills. - Final interview with Edith Savoye, our  FP&A director, to discuss Malt’s long-term vision. Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally 💫 - Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other new joiners at our office in Paris - Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options - Lunch vouchers (legal benefit): €9/day on your Swile card - Transportation (legal benefit): 50% reimbursement (any type of transport) - Healthcare insurance (legal benefit) - RTT: From 8 to 12 days off per year - Sports: Company participation to a Gymlib (Wellpass) membership - Malt sabbatical: Every three years, all Malters are entitled to a one month fully paid sabbatical leave - Free books: If you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow - Remote work: Hybrid policy balancing on-site and home office - Team building events organized every year Ready? Get your ticket to Malt 🪐 At Malt, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Our mission is to create a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe to thrive. Your profile may be subject to background screening. For more information see our candidate privacy policy. ## About Malt ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Malt is a European freelance marketplace that connects businesses with vetted freelancers and provides integrated administrative, legal, and payment tools. - **Entity Type**: Private (scale-up; ~$195.3M total funding across 5 rounds) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2013 - **Founders**: Vincent Huguet and Hugo Lassiège ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Internet; freelance/independent talent marketplace - **Target customers**: B2B — from SMBs to enterprise companies; also serves independent freelancers and consultants - **Mission**: "Create a world where everyone is free to choose the best people to work with." Malt aims to redefine the world of work by giving people the freedom to choose what work they do and who they do it with. ## Products & Services - **Malt Marketplace**: The core platform connecting freelancers with companies. It covers a wide range of categories including tech, design, marketing, consulting, and more, with tools for project matching, collaboration, and secure payments. - **Malt Strategy**: A dedicated category for independent management consultants and interim executives, launched after Malt acquired Comatch in 2022. Clients can access vetted senior expertise. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$195.3M** across 5 rounds; reported annual revenue of **$441.5M**; over **1 million freelancers** and **90,000+ clients** per LinkedIn data - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Specific investor names were not detailed in the provided sources. Notable strategic move: acquisition of **Comatch** in 2022 to enter the management consulting/interim executive category. - **Growth Signals**: - Active in 9 countries/regions: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK - 100% revenue growth reported for 2021 vs. 2022 - Workforce of ~1,079 people, up 6.8% YoY - Growing freelancer community: from 700,000+ to 1 million+ depending on source timeframe ## Competitive Advantages - **Strong network effects**: A large and growing two-sided marketplace (freelancers + companies) makes each side more valuable to the other. - **European scale**: Deep multi-country presence gives Malt a regional advantage over local or fragmented competitors. - **Integrated admin, legal, and payment processes**: Malt simplifies compliance and payments for freelancers and companies, reducing friction in independent work arrangements. - **Trust and vetted talent**: Particularly in senior consulting categories through Malt Strategy, supported by the Comatch acquisition. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding across Europe and the Middle East (UAE presence) - Growing enterprise and global account business, evidenced by recent hires for Enterprise and Key Account roles - Investing in AI and automation to improve matching and internal efficiency - Building a more complete platform for freelancers and companies, including financial, legal, and project management support - Maintaining a strong, inclusive, and scalable company culture as headcount grows ## Why Work Here - **Culture & diversity**: Malt emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Women make up 51.2% of the workforce and 40.9% of leadership; employees represent 31+ nationalities. The company scored 85/100 on France’s 2025 Gender Equality Index. - **Work model**: Flexible remote/hybrid policy — split time between the office and home. Onboarding in Paris for new hires. - **Perks**: Competitive benefits include equity for all employees, free books for learning, a one-month fully paid sabbatical every three years, sports sponsorship, and additional vacation days depending on country. - **Hiring process**: Average process lasts ~28 working days; offers follow within 48 hours. English is required as Malt works mostly in English across Europe. - **Growth environment**: Hybrid team across six countries to work from, with a rapid scale-up environment focused on autonomy, smart risks, and continuous improvement. ## Sources 1. [careers.malt.com](https://careers.malt.com/) 2. [malt.com](https://www.malt.com/c/about-us) 3. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/malt) 4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/maltcommunity) 5. 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