Head of Finance

Join Skynopy, a rapidly growing space start-up based in Paris. As the Head of Finance, you will play a crucial role in shaping the company's financial strategy and driving its growth. You will be responsible for fundraising, debt and project finance, financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax and controls, and managing international entities. This is a hands-on role that requires strong financial expertise and a passion for the space industry.

Responsibilities

• Assurer la croissance financière de Skynopy en structurant et en exécutant des opérations de financement, y compris la préparation et la gestion de la Série A.
• Gérer les relations avec les investisseurs, y compris la préparation des rapports mensuels aux investisseurs et des documents pour le conseil d'administration.
• Superviser le cycle budgétaire, les prévisions et le plan de trésorerie, et construire le modèle d'économie unitaire par antenne, site et client.
• Hands-on: you build the model and run the closing yourself when needed.

Requirements

• 8+ years in finance, including at least one equity round of €20M+ led or co-led from the company side (or equivalent investment banking / VC experience followed by an operating role).
• Hands-on experience structuring debt or project finance (SPV, infrastructure, asset-backed).
• Strong FP&A and modelling: unit economics, capex-heavy business plans, cash forecasting.
• Working knowledge of French public funding and of French accounting and tax.

Fluent English and French

• You anticipate financing needs 12–18 months ahead and bring options, not just reports.
• Comfortable with institutional counterparts, investors and engineers alike.

Preferred

• Space, telecom, energy or other infrastructure sector
• Multi-entity set-up and consolidation