Job Description

About us

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We’re Cortea, a Berlin-based startup

transforming audits with AI

. Backed by top-tier VCs with €10m+ funding, a live product, and paying customers, we’re scaling with focus and care. We value

first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness

, and we build together

in our Berlin office

.

The role

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High-impact and collaborative. You’ll

lead finance, guide legal topics, and drive company-building projects

that

enable our next stage of growth.

What you’ll do

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Design and lead our

Ops and Finance

from €1m to €100m+ ARR: unit economics, pricing, margins, and payback discipline Own

investor relations and financial planning:

operating model, scenarios, board cadence, fundraising story, and data room quality Plan

international expansion

to 20+ countries in 12 months: company setup, tax, payroll, payments, compliance, and data residency Establish a

metrics

backbone: weekly business review, leading indicators, cohort and margin insights

Run the financial engine with reliability

: monthly close, budgeting, cash planning, reporting, and collections

Coordinate legal work

with counsel: commercial contracts, NDAs, SOC/ISMS inputs, and IP hygiene Bonus: help shape our AI for financial audits using high-quality data and workflows

You’ll grow faster here than anywhere else if you crave ownership, speed, and real impact.

Who you are

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1–4 years in finance/ops or adjacent roles

(FP&A, accounting, BizOps, consulting) with hands-on P&L exposure Experience in

fast-paced settings: startup, scale-up, or consulting

Comfortable

partnering with external counsel

; you know when to escalate and how to align stakeholders Structured and dependable; you

bring clarity and process to new problems

Analytical, curious, and ready to learn

unfamiliar domains quickly

Strong communicator

in English; German is a plus

What we offer

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Impact & ownership:

Shape the future of our AI product with the founding team

Growth:

Mentorship from experienced founders and exposure to all parts of the business

Career path:

Step into a future role in Product Management or Founding Product

Compensation:

Competitive salary + meaningful equity

Culture:

Collaborative, inclusive, kind team working in-office in central Berlin

Perks:

Learning budget, team lunches, offsites, flexible vacation

Interview process

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Intro call

— with Leon (Founders Associate Growth)

Deep-dive interview

— with Valentin on your previous experience

Cultural interview

— culture and ambition fit with Philipp *

On-site half-day (Berlin)

— meet the team and jam on a live problem