VREY
1 month ago
Founders Associate - Finance & Strategic Projects (m/f/d)
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Company information
- Company
- VREY
- Location
- Berlin HQ Germany
- Posted
- 1 month ago
Job description
About Us
At VREY, we are building the EnergyOS for multi-family houses.
In Germany, there are over 3.3 million multi-party houses – and they are the black hole of the energy transition.
At the same time, regulation is forcing owners into massive investments: solar is becoming mandatory, smart meters must be rolled out nationwide in the next 5 years, and heating and mobility are electrifying. The multi-family house is transforming from a golden asset into an active part of the decentralized energy infrastructure.
What's missing is an integrated system that makes this transformation manageable economically and operationally.
VREY combines certified metering point operation with its own software and, for the first time, enables owners to sell their self-generated solar power directly to their tenants – simply and without becoming an energy provider themselves (§42b EnWG).
This transforms regulatory compulsion into a profitable and predictable opportunity:
Double-digit returns and value appreciation for owners,
~20% electricity cost savings for tenants, and
digital infrastructure for storage, heat pumps, and flexibility.
We already manage a three-digit number of projects – including the largest portfolio holders and housing cooperatives – in all 16 federal states. This makes us one of the leading providers in the market after a very short time.
In the course of our seed financing, we have raised €3.3 million from leading impact and energy VCs (including Rubio Impact Ventures, HTGF, Kopa Ventures). With the fresh capital, we are entering the next phase of growth and are selectively expanding our team.
We are at the beginning of a structural market upheaval. Whoever defines the energy infrastructure in multi-family houses today will shape it for decades to come. Become part of VREY and build the leading EnergyOS with us.
Your Profile
You already have initial experience in Consulting (Tier 1/Tier 2), High-Growth Start-ups, or VC/PE
You have a completed university degree or a comparable qualification in a relevant field such as Industrial Engineering, Energy Management, or Business Administration
You already have experience in the energy or real estate sector, or have a strong interest in start-ups, energy, or real estate
You think entrepreneurially, make well-founded decisions independently, and set clear priorities with a view to impact, scalability, and long-term company success
You are deliberately not looking for a 9-to-5 job, but want to take responsibility in a fast-paced, founder-centric environment, build structures, and actively shape growth
You strive to become the best version of yourself and seek environments where you can unfold your full potential
You are based in Berlin (or willing to relocate) – our office is our home base
You speak German and English fluently
Your Responsibilities
Mission of the Role
You will work as an extended arm and staff unit for the two founders. You will ensure that strategic priorities are clearly defined and operationally implemented soundly.
Your goal: To drive strategic projects with focus, speed, and structure in close coordination with the founders into a rapidly growing company and to own them operationally.
1. Sparring Partner for the Founders
You structure complex issues (e.g., debt financing, funding opportunities, performance reviews) and prepare sound decision-making bases
You translate the founders' vision and strategy into concrete roadmaps and operational goals
You challenge assumptions, identify risks, and ensure clear prioritization
2. Management of Company-Critical Initiatives (esp. Finance)
You take ownership of cross-departmental key projects (e.g., finance topics, new business models, financing models, fundraising preparation)
You create comprehensive analyses for the founders' decision-making
You ensure the structured and timely implementation of strategic initiatives
3. Hands-on Finance Execution
You automate our cash flow management, document management, and investor reporting
You identify bottlenecks early and resolve critical issues with a high degree of personal responsibility
You help build scalable structures, decision-making processes, and reporting systems
Benefits
Compensation: Competitive salary and company shares
Start Date: as soon as possible, permanent
Team & Benefits: Fun team, Tech budget of €2,000, regular team events and learning lunches, free drinks, Deutschlandticket
Further Advantages: Daily collaboration with the founders, drinks & snacks, personnel responsibility, and the opportunity to shape the company from the ground up
The Most Important Thing: You are passionate about entrepreneurship and start-ups. With us, there are no endless slide decks or purely theoretical models – we are building a company and taking a big step forward every day. If you want to co-create something big from day 1, you are in the right place.
A Few Closing Words
At VREY, we are convinced that diversity strengthens us as a company and as a society. Neither during hiring nor during employment will decisions be made on the basis of skin color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, or age.
Even if you don't meet all the requirements, don't hesitate to apply anyway. If you are enthusiastic about our mission and believe you can make a contribution, we want to hear from you!
The best way is a warm intro: Do you know someone who fits this role? Recommend them and receive €3,000 upon successful hiring.
Requirement: The person is not yet in our process and is officially nominated. Payment after successful completion of the probationary period. In case of multiple nominations, the first received recommendation counts.
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Required skills
- english
- german
- energy transition
- responsibility
- consulting
- flexibility
- finance
- competitive salary
- strategy
- software
- heat pumps
- performance reviews
- entrepreneurial thinking
- document management
- prioritization
- diversity
- disability
- mission
- energy infrastructure
- permanent
- energy sector
- entrepreneurship
- business administration
- fast-paced environment
- industrial engineering
- scalability
- storage
- team events
- returns
- solar
- cash flow management
- strategic projects
- employment
- university degree
- decision making
- vision
- complex issues
- personnel responsibility
- hiring
- company shares
- relocation
- regulation
- recommendation
- energy provider
- berlin
- speed
- structure
- digital infrastructure
- probationary period
- energy management
- reporting systems
- pe
- nomination
- focus
- roadmaps
- personal responsibility
- free drinks
- assumptions
- founders
- start-ups
- risks
- tenant
- investor reporting
- operational goals
- vc
- contribution
- bottlenecks
- age
- decision-making processes
- society
- decision-making bases
- religion
- deutschlandticket
- strategic priorities
- real estate sector
- timely implementation
- multi-family houses
- debt financing
- ethnic origin
- sparring partner
- enwg
- operational implementation
- structure building
- financing models
- new business models
- seed financing
- growth phase
- funding opportunities
- energyos
- high-growth start-ups
- decentralized energy infrastructure
- housing cooperatives
- tech budget
- team expansion
- smart meters
- national origin
- full potential
- skin color
- scalable structures
- slide decks
- cross-departmental projects
- religious belief
- metering point operation
- impact vcs
- energy vcs
- value appreciation
- long-term company success
- learning lunches
- electricity cost savings
- portfolio holders
- structural market upheaval
- tier 1 consulting
- tier 2 consulting
- 9-to-5 job
- founder-centric
- growth shaping
- staff unit
- company-critical initiatives
- fundraising preparation
- comprehensive analyses
- theoretical models
- company strengthening
- warm intro
- successful hiring
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