About Gradyent

Half of all energy in the world is consumed in the form of heating, used in either buildings or industrial processes. Smart production, exchange and consumption of heating is the most significant opportunity for cities and industries to decarbonise. Gradyent is a leading scale-up company with a mission to help cities and industries to decarbonise faster by digitising their heating networks with our digital twin. Backed by a group of top investors, we are scaling the platform globally.

We currently have a team of 70+ people and offices in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary & beyond. Our team combines AI and energy specialists, data scientists and top-tier consulting alums. We are expanding quickly and looking for an experienced Business Development Lead in Germany to help us scale in the industrial sector.

What we do

We offer a SaaS solution to create digital twins of heating networks. These digital twins, powered by AI and analytics, optimise district heating networks and industrial steam networks from heat production to distribution and consumption. As a result, we help transform networks and reduce CO2 emissions and optimise operations in terms of temperatures, pressures, and other metrics. These AI solutions minimise energy usage, CO2 emissions and operating costs while maintaining the proper end-user service levels.

What you will do

As a Business Analyst in our finance department, you will be reporting directly to our Head of Finance & HR, you will drive and professionalize our finance processes in a rapidly scaling organization. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to work on various more technical and product-related cost projects, such as cloud cost analysis and operational efficiency, where you will create insights and drive improvements. Furthermore, you will be the driving force to work with our operations and product expert teams on efficiency, for example, on FinOps – cloud financial management. Finally, you will have a role in Gradyent’s long term strategic plan, supporting both short- and long-term budget modelling and performing strategic deepdives where needed. You will support creating crisp reporting and insights for management and investor reporting.

In addition, you will also be working on the following:

•\tDrive our financial processes, such as customer invoicing and revenue management with our sales team, purchasing, budgeting, working capital administration and control, subsidy management and reporting, accounting (key contact person for our external bookkeeper), reporting, etc.

•\tIdentify improvement opportunities in our current financial processes and tools, drive organizational changes, and set up new processes and tools where needed.

•\tSet up and drive efficiency roadmap with the organization, including working with product expert teams performing cloud cost analyses and driving efficiency roadmap.

•\tSupport with investor reporting and prepare analyses for management crisp insights.

•\tPerform strategic deep-dives, such as market research and setting up various business cases.

What you bring

•\tBSc, MSc or higher, preferably in finance, data analytics, business, economics, or econometrics.

•\t1 to 3 years of finance experience, preferably as a consultant or analyst.

•\tProactive and pragmatic problem-solver, passionate about analytics and finance and with technical/software affinity.

•\tEffective collaborator and strong project management capabilities, you get things done.

•\tYou know how to create intelligent reporting to get insights from data and are a strong communicator, verbally and written.

•\tComfortable with ambiguity and changing scope.

•\tYou're a self-starter and able to ask for help.

•\tStrong personal development ambition, open to feedback, embracing opportunities to grow.

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Gradyent, we support a growth mindset for our teams through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

What you will get

•\tA very ambitious scale-up: just raised Series A from an international consortium of investors in the sustainable energy industry.

•\tThe opportunity to directly impact sustainability and the energy transition in a senior role.

•\tBeing part of a mission to make the world more sustainable by reducing losses in heating: the most significant opportunity for cities to decarbonize.

•\tA competitive salary with a variable incentive (SAR) on top.

•\tAn excellent benefits package including a public transport card and fantastic team events.

•\tA great scale-up dynamic with a high-performance culture while having fun (drinks, offsites, sports events) and a unique opportunity to shape your path in a fast-growing team.

•\tWe invest in your personal growth – the team is competent at coaching, mentoring and development, entirely focused on you (and not on completing some rusty HR process).

•\tOpportunity to work 80% in combination with studies (e.g. CFA)