Director Finance (w/m/d)

Berlin

About Us

Wunderflats helps people find fully furnished homes for a month or more, perfect for relocations, family moves, or life transitions. It offers a secure and seamless rental experience across Europe.

Founded in Berlin in 2015 by Jan Hase and Arkadi Jampolski, Wunderflats bridges the gap between verified landlords and carefully vetted tenants. As part of Europe’s housing infrastructure, it helps activate underutilized apartments and support the evolving ways people live and work today.

More than 63,000 apartments are currently listed, and the company employs a team of over 150 people.

Learn more at www.wunderflats.com.

Die Zahlen hinter Wunderflats: ein GMV im dreistelligen Millionenbereich, Umsatz im guten zweistelligen Millionenbereich und die klare Ambition, den Umsatz in den dreistelligen Millionenbereich zu führen. Wir wollen der führende europäische Anbieter für Wohnen auf Zeit werden und Marktführer herausfordern, die das Feld seit dreißig Jahren halten: durch geografische Expansion, Produkterweiterung und M&A. Wir finanzieren das selbst, durch profitables und schlankes Wachstum: Wir haben eine starke Investorenbasis, sind operativ selbstfinanziert, und zusätzliches Funding ist eine Option, keine Notwendigkeit. Diese Unabhängigkeit ist eine bewusste Entscheidung. Finance steht in ihrem Zentrum.

The Role

As Director Finance (w/m/d), you will lead Wunderflats' finance end-to-end: accounting, controlling, liquidity, taxes, and financial reporting. You will take over an experienced four-person team that reliably handles the day-to-day business and elevate the function to the next level. You will report directly to the managing director responsible for finance and have a seat on the leadership team.

The core of the role is control. We manage the company with dynamic control according to dynamic budgeting principles: ambitious relative targets, honest rolling forecasts, and resources where they have the most impact. You will master this system and make it so clear that everyone steers accordingly, from the board to the individual operational employee.

Financial deal-making (fundraising, M&A execution) is currently handled by the founder-CFO. This boundary is not forever fixed: as you grow into the role, it can shift.

Your First 12 Months, Honestly

The hard part of this job is not glamorous, and we say that upfront. The scaling foundation must be built cross-functionally from finance: claims cleaned and permanently without delinquency, no manual extras for large customers, processes that run automatically instead of via tickets. If you are looking for a big team and a polished machine, this is not the right role. If you want to build the machine, read on. After 12 months, together we will have achieved:

The company is on a profitable growth path towards three-digit sales.
Financial control is clear for everyone, from the board to the individual operational employee, and decisions follow it.
The incentives of the employees are financially aligned with the company's goals.
Reporting and accounts receivable management are 80% automated compared to today.

AI-native, with Evidence

Wunderflats is becoming an AI-native company, and that means concretely today: Everyone in the company has access to most of our data via MCP, everyone can automate their own work with Claude, and we are building cross-functional AI mission teams that are autonomously empowered and challenged to transform the company. Finance is a core part of this transition, and you will drive it for the function.

Responsibilities

Monthly and annual financial statements according to HGB, the annual audit as counterpart to the auditors, appendix, and management report.
Accounts receivable management and payment processes: automated, exception-free, scalable.
Taxes and compliance domestically and in our European foreign markets, with external advisors.
Controlling and steering: P&L by business unit, a 12-month rolling forecast according to dynamic budgeting principles, and a rolling 12-month cash forecast, plus management reporting that management actually steers by.
Quarterly Business Reviews: Together with our controller, you will prepare and conduct the QBRs for all executives, the forum where goals, forecasts, and resource decisions come together.
Investor and board reporting for a strong investor base; financial basis for expansion and M&A decisions.
Finance systems: architecture and further development of our ERP Microsoft Business Central (with implementation partner) and the payment infrastructure around our payment gateway Stripe; automation and AI adoption across all financial processes.
Leadership and development of the finance team (four people).

Requirements

In-depth knowledge of HGB and audit experience on the corporate side.
Long-standing hands-on experience with modern finance ERP systems (NetSuite, Business Central, or comparable). Business Central itself is not a requirement; understanding how ERPs work is: data model, closing process, integrations, reporting layer.
Proven controlling work: forecasts, unit P&Ls, management reporting that has changed real decisions.
Leadership standing: you have led a team and stood up to founders, auditors, and investors.

Fluency in German and English is a must; German for auditing, taxes, and authority communication. Accounting or CPA background, SQL or Python, and AI experience in finance are each a plus, not a requirement.

We Offer

A seat on the leadership team with real influence on the company's direction.
A mandate for modernization: systems, automation, AI-native finance, supported by both founders.
An experienced, stable team and an orderly handover by the current role holder.
Office-first culture at Hackescher Markt in Berlin, with remote possibilities.

We at Wunderflats value the diversity of our team and stand for equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We respect all differences from person to person, visible or not.

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