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Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform, pioneering the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) market with a full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack. The company empowers partners—from SMEs to large multinationals—to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Solaris employs 300 people across Europe.
We seek a Senior FP&A Specialist to serve as the financial engine driving our Planning & Controlling function. You will orchestrate financial narratives, analyze sophisticated unit economics, and act as a critical sparring partner to senior leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Proactively drive annual budget and multi-year business plan cycles, ensuring cross-functional alignment and constructively challenging assumptions.
- Elevate monthly performance packs and executive-ready reporting, translating complex data into clear strategic insights for the CFO, CEO, and Management Board.
- Build, maintain, and scale integrated financial models spanning P&L, Balance Sheet, and capital dynamics, performing scenario analyses against regulatory constraints (CET1, leverage ratios).
- Analyze contribution margins, transaction processing, vendor spend, and cost-to-serve metrics to optimize gross margin performance across the BaaS model.
- Provide trusted financial guidance to functional leads (Tech, Commercial, Operations, Risk) on strategic initiatives, pricing, and partner onboarding.
- Ensure accuracy of cost allocations and contribute to audit-ready financial processes within a regulated environment (BaFin/SRB expectations).
Required qualifications:
- 5–6 years of relevant experience in financial institutions (preferably banking), fintechs, strategy consulting, investment banking, or data-driven finance roles.
- Educational background in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
- Proficiency in financial modeling (P&L, balance sheet, capital dynamics, scenario modeling, business case evaluation).
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to build structured models, dashboards, and management-ready presentations.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise planning platforms (e.g., Pigment) for forecasting and process optimization.
- Experience with analytical/automation tools (SQL, VBA, Python) is a strong plus.
- Solid understanding of financial statements, profitability drivers, and cost structures in banking or regulated environments.
- Structured, detail-oriented thinking with high stakeholder-management maturity; ability to challenge assumptions while balancing commercial and regulatory needs.
- Professional fluency in English; German language skills are a bonus.
Benefits include home office budget, €1,000 annual learning & development budget, competitive salary with variable remuneration, monthly meal allowance, Deutschland ticket subsidy, 28 vacation days (increasing after 2–3 years), and opportunity to work abroad up to 12 weeks per year.
