As La Vie’s CFO & Key COMEX member, you will manage financial operations, provide strategic financial insights, and ensure regulatory compliance to push our growth to new heights🚀. You will lead a great team of 3 people in finance & accounting and report directly to our CEO & co-founder, Nicolas.

Here’s what you’ll be responsible for:

• Provide Strategic financial leadership to guide La Vie™ in achieving its short-term and long-term financial goals

• Work closely with other COMEX members to develop and execute financial strategies that align with the company’s overall vision

• Help write the equity story of La Vie that will generate the maximum value

• Initiating & leading financial operations as fundraising, M&A, debt funding

• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting activities to ensure the company’s financial health and stability

• Produce accurate and timely financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, for internal and external stakeholders

• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax requirements

• Implement cost-effective strategies and optimize financial resources to maximize profitability

• Risk Management: Identify and manage financial risks, implementing appropriate measures to mitigate them effectively

• Accounts Payable and Receivable Management

• Provide support in our Global expansion

• Manage the finance & accounting team, boosting a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement

• Proven experience as CFO in a Food production environment or FMCG sector

• Strong financial analysis and strategic planning skills

• A hands-on attitude is unnegotiable

• Knowledge of financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax laws

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong Leadership and team management experience

• Adaptability and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-growing environment

• You are fluent in English. French is a big plus!

• Available to work in our Paris office 3 days per week and occasionally add traveling to our production partners

• Last but not least: A true passion for La Vie’s mission!🥰

Process You will have a first video call with HR, a second interview with our CEO, Nicolas, and a business case to present to COMEX. We will also ask you to share your references 😉

If all these steps go smoothly, we are happy to show you around in the office and present you to the rest of the team!

What makes La Vie unique?

🌱 Impact: We exist to put a happy end to animal-intensive farming. Waking up every day to save pigs and tons of CO2 is pretty cool.

🚀 Unique adventure: Our vision is to become by 2040 the largest pork brand on Earth… Without hurting a fly! We’ll achieve this vision and tackle all the challenges on the way in what will surely be your craziest professional experience.

💙 People-first: Everyone at La Vie is passionate, smart, and good-vibe. It’s pretty unique to feel you are only surrounded by people who truly care.

🌎 International environment: English-speaking and various nationalities.

👩🏻‍🔬 R&D + Innovation: expect to learn a lot and eat a lot of samples!
💡Opportunities to learn and Grow: training, learning lunch, regular Q&A sessions with our leadership, honest discussions about our company KPIs, monthly feedback sessions

♡ Values that brings us together : #Examplary #Ambition #Teamwork #Sunny

🤩 Trust: respect and transparency from everyone.

🥳 Weekly after-work drinks with the team

🏃 A healthy mind in a healthy body: Team Participation in sports events!

BENEFITS

A fair & competitive salary package with equity Benefiz insurance 50% Navigo OR the equivalent in green mobility Holidays: 10 days RTT in addition to the legal 25 days for long-term contract CDI Healthy snacks IT tools of your choice from BackMarket Pocket-friendly veggie lunch by Foodles!

La Vie is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
If you are passionate about plant-based innovation, have a successful sales track record in the food manufacturing sector, and are ready to make a significant impact in the European market, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at La Vie.