Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. Solaris’ full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners – from SMEs to large, multinational, non-financial companies – to offer compliant, customer-centric banking services, providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016, Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

Your Role

• Your responsibilities include supporting the target-setting process for the overall organization (e.g., revenues, costs, and capital planning).
• You will support the Planning and Controlling team in steering toward the achievement of defined objectives, while ensuring transparency of business results, processes, and strategies.
• You will assist the team in daily operations, such as creating financial models for business decisions, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and monitoring the revenue and expense budget.
• Additionally, you will provide support in delivering detailed insights into company performance and offering guidance to inform management decisions.

We'd love to see 

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• An Education with a B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Economics, Finance, Business, or Mathematics is preferred. Specialization in Controlling or Accounting is a plus.
• Previous internships as a Financial analyst intern, M&A intern, Investment banking intern, or Private equity intern, preferably with touchpoints of the whole P&L statement, are preferred.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting standards (especially HGB and IFRS) is a strong plus and banking knowledge/expertise is preferred.
• Financial modeling skills are required.
• Knowledge of the main office IT tools (in particular Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint) and knowledge of programming languages (such as VBA, Python or SQL) are required.
• Professional fluency in English in both speaking and writing is required; German is a significant plus.
• You have an entrepreneurial hands-on and can-do mentality with exceptional analytical expertise and the greatest attention to detail.
• Interest in FinTech and Financial Services is a strong plus and experience in dealing with auditors and regulators is beneficial.
• Previous experience in Investment banking, Private equity or M&A is strongly beneficial.
• At the same time, you are a strong team player and an effective communicator who can operate in a diverse team cross-functionally, take ownership, and demonstrate self-initiative.

Benefits 

• Transparent framework to support your career goals
• Lunch reimbursement
• Mental health support via Thrive
• Flexible working model   
• Deutschlandticket subsidy for voluntary internship model

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

If your application is successful, you will be required to complete pre-employment background checks through our screening provider Zinc. These include, but not limited to identity verification, educational records, references, a criminal record check, etc. The processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Please see below Privacy Information for Job Applicants for details, including recipients, retention, and your rights.

Information on data processing:

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