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# Senior Commercial Finance Manager at Freenow by Lyft

- **Company:** Freenow by Lyft
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freenow/jobs/8176630

## Job description

Location: Hamburg or Berlin!

At Freenow by Lyft, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive.

We are looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to drive financial planning, business casing, and performance tracking across our dynamic growth segments and key strategic initiatives. In this role, you will act as a core financial business partner to the segment leaders and business owners accountable for driving these growth levers, providing the analytical rigor needed to guide investment decisions and strategy. Your scope extends beyond our core marketplace model to encompass B2B SaaS solutions and other business models. Beyond commercial FP&A, you will play an active role in M&A activities by supporting buy-side due diligence and post-acquisition financial integration.

## YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:

- Lead structured financial modeling and business casing for growth segments and strategic projects in close collaboration with business owners.
- Act as a key finance partner to segment leaders and business owners, providing objective analysis to inform senior leadership discussions on resource allocation and major investment decisions.
- Establish continuous ROI tracking frameworks and conduct routine performance reviews to ensure capital efficiency across all growth levers.
- Work alongside the Data team to define and implement consistent KPI tracking, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards.
- Collaborate with the broader Commercial Finance team to build and maintain sustainable "shadow P&L" reporting for growth segments (prospectively utilizing Anaplan).
- Support buy-side M&A projects by assessing target financials and evaluating business models within the context of our own operational data to complement external due diligence advisory work.
- Structure and drive the post-acquisition financial integration of newly acquired businesses from an FP&A perspective, ensuring data alignment, standardizing KPIs, and incorporating new entities into central forecasting and reporting processes.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

- 5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Management Consulting, or Transaction Advisory.
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Advanced financial modeling capability and strong data manipulation skills. Experience with AI-enhanced modeling techniques and modern FP&A tooling are a plus.
- Ability to translate complex operational and product mechanics into clear financial models and commercial insights.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to constructively challenge assumptions and clearly communicate financial trade-offs to business leaders.

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

- Flexible working arrangements
- LinkedIn Learning
- Sabbatical & special leave policies
- WeRoad partnership
- Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
- Short term EU work policy
- Mobility Credit
- Employee assistance program

Plus more local benefits depending on your work location!

## DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.

## ABOUT FREENOW:

Freenow by Lyft empowers smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. Through our multi-mobility app, we feature broad options for everyone across 9 European markets and over 180 cities. Millions of passengers can access services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, and public transport within a single app.

In July 2025 Freenow was acquired by Lyft, a global mobility platform, which connects riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together, Freenow and Lyft are creating a more caring and connected world, with transportation for everyone. We are a global, diverse, highly motivated, and collaborative team that strives for excellence and likes to have fun. Ready for your next ride?

https://www.glassdoor.de/%C3%9Cberblick/Arbeit-bei-FREE-NOW-EI_IE954578.11,19.htm       https://www.kununu.com/de/mytaxi-intelligent-apps        https://www.linkedin.com/company/free-now/life/2b1603ea-741a-49f8-9847-f1214f483a1a/

## About Freenow by Lyft

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Freenow is a European multi-mobility app (formerly mytaxi) that connects users to taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, and public transport across 180+ cities in nine European markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of Lyft, acquired July 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Hamburg, Germany
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Niclaus Mewes, Sven Külper, Tomás Ó Riain

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mobility as a Service (MaaS) / Internet Marketplace Platforms
- **Target customers**: B2C (passengers), B2B (corporate travel via Freenow for Business), and B2B (drivers/transport providers)
- **Mission or purpose**: To make urban mobility safe, reliable, accessible, and sustainable for all — providing mobility that sets people free.

## Products & Services
- **Freenow App (Consumer)**: A single mobile app offering taxis, private hire vehicles (PHV), carsharing, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, car rental, and public transport integration across 9 European markets.
- **Freenow for Business**: A corporate travel management solution allowing companies to manage employee ground transportation with invoicing, tracking, and policy controls. Used by over 15,000 companies across 9 countries and 150+ cities.
- **Freenow Driver App**: A platform for drivers providing flexibility, real-time trip tracking, quick payments, and support.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Acquired by Lyft in July 2025 for €175 million.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $100.6M across 9 prior funding rounds (prior to acquisition). Headcount of ~1,685 employees (2025).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Formerly owned by the BMW/Daimler joint venture "Your Now" (which invested €1B in mobility services); now wholly owned by Lyft.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +2.1% year-over-year; active job postings up +69.4% quarterly and +5.2% yearly; operates in over 180 cities across 9 European countries; allocated €100M+ for fleet electrification (2021-2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Broadest multi-mobility offering in Europe**: Combines taxis, PHV, carsharing, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, and public transport in a single app — a unique aggregation play.
- **Lyft backing**: Post-acquisition, Freenow gains access to Lyft's global scale, technology, and operational expertise, creating a transatlantic mobility powerhouse.
- **Deep taxi industry integration**: Strong relationships with local taxi fleets and regulators across 9 European markets, built over 15+ years.
- **Sustainability focus**: Committed to promoting eco-friendly mobility and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with a €100M+ electrification program.

## Strategic Focus
- **Post-acquisition integration**: Deepening ties with Lyft to create a seamless global mobility platform across North America and Europe.
- **Autonomous vehicle readiness**: Active hiring for "Senior Partnership Manager - Autonomous Vehicle" and "City Fleet Manager - Autonomous Vehicle" roles, indicating strategic preparation for AV deployment.
- **Market expansion**: Maintaining and strengthening presence in 9 core European markets after withdrawing from Portugal, Romania, and Sweden in 2022.
- **Sustainability**: Accelerating fleet electrification and reducing carbon emissions across operations and marketplace.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as "go-getting, people-loving cityholics" with values of decisive action, high-performing team mindset, and data-driven decision-making. Teams are diverse (70+ nationalities across 26 offices).
- **Flexibility**: Flexible work options with remote opportunities across the EU; can work up to 20 business days every 6 months from any EU country or Switzerland.
- **Perks**: Mobility benefits card (monthly budget to try different transport options), sabbatical leave after two years, birthday off, welcome & anniversary gifts, employee assistance program.
- **Growth**: Dedicated training courses, regular development check-ins, and career progression opportunities.
- **Work environment**: Fast-paced, inclusive, collaborative with a focus on impact and innovation.

## Sources
1. [Freenow About Us](https://www.free-now.com/fr-en/about-us/)
2. [Freenow Careers Page](https://www.free-now.com/career/)
3. [Freenow Job Board (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freenow)
4. [Freenow LinkedIn](https://de.linkedin.com/company/freenow)
5. [Freenow Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenow)

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