Chief of Staff (starter)
Rotterdam - Netherlands
Job Summary
Chief of Staff (starter)
Youll be the right hand of Breezes CEO and CFO. You run the finances the back office and will have a central role in a fast-growing international scale-up. This is a starter role: were looking for someone early in their career who is smart ambitious and wants to learn fast by working close to the fire.
About Breeze
At Breeze we are building towards a future where people spend less time on their phones and more time offline face-to-face.
The Breeze app is the dating app for real dates. Weve built the worlds first service that organizes actual offline dates at scale. An integral part of Breeze is that users skip the online chat. Once you match on Breeze you fill in a date picker and you meet your date in real life at one of our partnered bars.
So far weve organized over 700.000 dates in 6 countries and helped a LOT of people find love.
About the role
Functions as the right hand of the CEO and CFO: someone we trust to handle things independently correctly and without follow-up. Concretely you would:
Run Breezes finances (payments revenue reconciliation VAT declarations financial reporting across entities). Help Breeze make wise financial decisions.
Handle all other back-office work reliably (legal privacy HR office). Not only take care of it but improve and automate our processes.
Support the CEO and CFO in strategic projects through analyses advice and implementation.
The range is wide and theres a lot of hands-on work that simply needs to get done well. Many tasks are critical and require a high level of responsibility. No week will look the same.
About you
Financial literacy. You understand the basics of financial administration and are comfortable in spreadsheets.
Intelligent and pragmatic. You can be dropped into unfamiliar territory and figure out a sensible path forward. You use AI regularly preferably beyond prompting.
Highly responsible and accountable. You take genuine ownership.
Precise high attention to detail.
03 years of experience; for this role we prioritize a level of ambition ownership and intelligence over past experience.
What Breeze offers you
Learning by doing: A front-row seat to how a scale-up actually runs: international expansion strategic conversations the financial backbone investor reporting. Its rare access this early in your career. If you want to start a company one day or grow into a finance leadership role theres no faster way to learn.
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive Salary: 3800 - 4800/mo (includes 8% holiday allowance)
Benefit from our Success: Post half-year contracts gain the option for share options aligning your growth with ours.
Holidays: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days (8% holiday allowance include in yearly compensation)
Work Environment & Tools
Flexibility: Adapt to your preferred working hours with the freedom to work partially remotely
Sustainable & No Travel costs: Our office is just a minute away from Rotterdam Central; Breeze covers your travel costs.
Gear Up: We equip you with necessary tools be it a high-end laptop and/or an ergonomic workspace
Pension plan: We provide an additional 5% pension through a sustainable pension provider (ASR DoenPensioen)
Mental health support: we provide free access to a psychologist through OpenUp
Learning budget: You are encouraged to put time into study & learning (and Breeze covers costs)
Growth & Culture
Empowered Growth: Quickly gain a lot of responsibility in a rapidly growing startup with opportunities to grow with the company
Dynamic workplace: Fast-paced environment with swift decision-making often challenging the status quo and each other
Mission-Driven Team: Join a young and ambitious team dedicated to humanising online dating.
Apply for the job
Feel free to reach out if you have questions about the position or our company. Were curious to know who you are and are open to talk even if you dont recognize yourself directly for 100% in this vacancy:
Apply here if you think we are a match:
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
The online dating app for offline dates. Skip the endless swiping and chatting: we will organize your first date at one of our safe partner bars.