Senior Finance & Innovation Specialist – G&A

About Kestra

Kestra is a deep tech scale-up specializing in workflow orchestration. Our open-source platform enables enterprises to orchestrate their data pipelines, IT automation, and AI systems at scale. We work with leading organizations worldwide and are on a strong growth trajectory driven by our product, our open-source community, and our technological ambition.

In March 2026, we closed a $25M Series A led by RTP Global, with participation from Alven, ISAI, and Axeleo – backed by founders from Datadog, dbt Labs, and Hugging Face.

The Role

As we scale, we are strengthening our G&A Finance team with a profile capable of structuring, steering, and unlocking value across complex topics at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations.

You will play a cross-functional role, working closely with leadership and operational teams, with direct impact on how the company is structured and managed.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the financial and strategic management of the company

  • Build processes for analysis, reporting, and decision support

  • Identify and activate financing and optimization levers

  • Support the formalization of strategic initiatives and their operational follow-through

  • Strengthen collaboration between finance, product, and leadership teams

  • Help communicate and valorize the company's activity to internal and external stakeholders

R&D Financing & Innovation

  • Own the end-to-end management of innovation financing schemes: Research Tax Credit (CIR), JEI status, public grants and exceptional funding programs (BPI, European funds, etc.)

  • Ensure tracking, control, and documentation of eligible R&D projects, in close coordination with engineering teams

  • Develop a deep understanding of R&D projects to translate their substance into a financial and regulatory framework

  • Ensure compliance of submitted files and optimize the return on innovation investments

Profile

  • 5+ years of experience in finance, strategy, management control, or similar roles

  • Comfortable in technical environments and able to grasp complex subjects

  • Strong analytical, structuring, and synthesis skills

  • Experience with French R&D financing mechanisms (CIR, JEI, BPI) is a strong plus

  • At ease in fast-moving, high-growth environments

  • Excellent written and verbal communication in both French and English

Why Join Kestra

  • A high-impact role at the heart of a fast-growing scale-up

  • Direct exposure to strategic, financial, and operational challenges

  • A cross-functional scope with real room to act

  • An ambitious, international, and fast-moving environment