Senior HR Business Partner (m/f/d)

Do you want to influence the daily lives of millions of entrepreneurs in Germany (and soon in Europe)? Are you looking for a work environment that values trust, proactivity, and autonomy? Do our Company Values align with your vision? Then Pennylane is the right place for you!

Our Vision

We want to become the most popular financial operating system for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and accounting firms.

We help entrepreneurs free themselves from time-consuming accounting and financial tasks, while simultaneously giving them access to essential financial information to make the best decisions for their business.

About Us

Pennylane is one of the fastest-growing fintechs in France (and now also in Germany!).

In our 5 years of existence, we have achieved the following:

💻 We have established ourselves as groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants.

💰 We have raised a total of 225 million euros, including from Sequoia, the renowned Silicon Valley fund that invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal, and many more...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 We have grown from 7 co-founders to 900 satisfied Pennylaners: We are now considered one of the best places to work in France (including remote), with a rating of 4.6/5 on Glassdoor.

🌍 We have built an international environment with over 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture where 30% of employees already work from all parts of Europe.

🤝 We have gained the trust of thousands of customers and auditing firms and received excellent reviews.

🚀 More than 900,000 SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and over 5,000 auditing firms are already using Pennylane in France!

To support our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to strengthen our People Team.

In this role, you will report directly to our Lead HR Business Partner and the Country Manager Germany, Tobias Janiesch. You will work both operationally and strategically. You will be a trusted sparring partner for our teams, while also taking on the role of a program manager to design and further develop a first-class employee experience.

You will act as a partner within the People Team. Thanks to your strong decision-making skills and your deep understanding of Talent Management and Organizational Design in technology companies, you will support our teams during a phase of strong growth. You will be responsible for the implementation and support of all projects and tasks developed together with the HR Development Manager.

Your Responsibilities

HR Business Partnering

- You will establish regular rituals with managers and team members to build trusting relationships and become the first point of contact for the teams.

- With a deep understanding of your target groups, you will support teams throughout the entire employee lifecycle (Onboarding, 3 and 6-month feedback, performance reviews, salary rounds, internal transfers, offboarding, etc.).

- You will advise managers on organizational design, individual performance, promotions, and compensation.

- You will support employees with topics such as Learning & Development, career paths, and personal development.

- You will act as a central interface between the international HQ and the German market, translating global strategies into local measures, while ensuring that cultural specificities and local needs, as well as labor law measures, are taken into account.

- You will actively drive the use of modern AI tools and data-based HR processes, identify optimization potential, and develop pragmatic solutions for a scalable international people setup.

Talent Development

- You will actively participate in projects along the People Team's roadmap.

- You will develop and be responsible for sound data analyses and reporting, aligned with business needs, to measure the effectiveness of programs and processes.

The Profile We Are Looking For

• You have 5+ years of experience in a comparable role – experience in fast-growing companies is essential.

• You have broad HR experience, including in Onboarding, Learning & Development, Labor Law, and Compensation & Benefits.

• You are excellent at building trust and developing sustainable working relationships at all levels of the organization. You are able to connect different stakeholders and international teams and communicate complex issues between HQ structures and local teams clearly, diplomatically, and solution-oriented.

• You have very good written and spoken communication skills in German and English; French is a plus.

• You have experience in managing performance management in rapidly growing organizations (300+ new hires per year).

• You can confidently guide internal stakeholders through projects, e.g., in organizational design or anticipating future needs and challenges.
  

• You have a high level of curiosity for AI, automation, and modern HR technologies and know how to pragmatically integrate new approaches into daily work.
  

• You are not only operationally strong but also act as a strategic sparring partner for leadership teams in a dynamic growth phase.

To Succeed at Pennylane, You Should

• Draw energy from a constantly changing work environment

• Work very collaboratively – both within your own team and with other stakeholders

• Have enough experience to set business-relevant priorities in your daily work

• We are aware that some people only apply if they meet all the requirements.

What We Do to Make Your Work Life Better

🏢 You can work remotely from your place of residence as long as it is in Germany. Regular work from other European countries is possible if the time difference to CET (Central European Time) is no more than two hours.

🌴 Regardless of where you are based, you will receive 30 paid vacation days from Pennylane. 💵 You will receive a competitive compensation package.

📈 You will receive company shares to benefit from the success you build with us.

🏡 You will receive a budget to transform your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work in a coworking space whenever you wish. In Berlin, we have an office where you can work regularly.

🇬🇧 You will get access to Busuu to perfect your English or French.

💻 You will receive the latest Apple equipment.

🎉 We value regular joint events like our Tech Days (which bring together remote Pennylaners every 3 months) or our annual company seminar to create important moments of cohesion for everyone.

We know that some people are hesitant to apply if they feel they don't meet the entire list of criteria. If you're unsure, we encourage you to apply anyway: Who knows, it might be the start of a meaningful and long-term collaboration.

We also want to emphasize that we fully support diversity, equality, and inclusion and do our best to create a safe and inclusive environment. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, sexual orientation, origin, disability, or any other characteristic that makes you who you are. On the contrary, diversity makes us an even better workplace.

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🇬🇧 Personal Data

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Pennylane verarbeitet Ihre Daten, um Ihre Bewerbung zu bearbeiten und Ihre Eignung für die Stelle zu beurteilen. Sollte Ihre Bewerbung nicht erfolgreich sein, können Ihre Daten bis zu 2 Jahre ab unserem letzten Austausch oder dem Abschluss des Rekrutierungsverfahrens gespeichert werden, um einen Kandidatenpool aufzubauen und zu verwalten. Sie können jederzeit Widerspruch einlegen und die Löschung Ihrer Daten beantragen, indem Sie an Mehr erfahren

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