Über LIFTEDLIFTED is a strength training company from Berlin.
We run six studios across the city and plan to have 20 by the end of 2027, with Munich, Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf next.
Our goal is to become the largest fitness company in Europe.
Before LIFTED, the founding team helped build and scale BEAT81.
Today we’re profitable and owner-led.
Why this role existsToday Carl, one of the founders, runs finance alongside managing the company, with bookkeeping at an external tax firm.
You take this over and build the finance team.
Your roleYou report to Carl, sit in the management meeting and approve spending within budget.
What you ownFinance ops.
You lead our finance trainee, who handles receipts, invoices and account coding based on clear rules.
You review samples, resolve new cases and adapt the rules.
You also manage payments, payroll and the month-end and year-end close with our tax firm.
Planning and liquidity.
You own our planning model, plan liquidity monthly, and run the annual and three-year budget, forecasts and scenarios.
Before we sign a new location, you build its business case and add it to the planning model.
You set up monthly management reporting that we use in the management meeting.
You prepare our financing and, over time, lead parts of the conversations with our financing partners.
You handle employee data and contracts.
Right now that’s a few hours a month.
You build the finance team and help us decide when HR needs its own role.
How we measure successAfter 3 months, you’ve taken over finance from Carl, from daily operations and HR admin to planning and liquidity.
After 6 months, management reporting runs every month.
You’ve built the business cases for the locations we signed in that time and prepared your first financing.
After 12 months, you run the annual and three-year budget, align it with the team leads and review it with us every quarter.
You prepare our financing end to end and lead parts of the convers.