Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

About my client

My client is a fast-growing, AI-driven technology business transforming how large-scale industrial trade gets done. Their platform digitises and automates complex, high-value supply chain workflows, replacing slow, manual processes with intelligent real-time orchestration that genuinely moves the needle for buyers and suppliers alike.

Having recently closed a significant Series B with leading institutional and venture investors, they now operate across six international markets with a team of 80+. The business has reached triple-digit-million GMV and is on a clear path to profitability. The product is differentiated, the investors are top-tier, and the leadership team is exceptional. This is not a speculative early-stage bet, it's a well-capitalised business with real commercial traction.

The opportunity

My client is hiring their first CFO, you will own the financial architecture of the business and sit at the core of the executive team, with a mandate that spans capital markets, M&A, and building a world-class finance function from the ground up.

This is a system-builder role, not a reporting function.

What you'll own

• End-to-end financial operating system, P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital
• Capital structure across growth phases: equity, senior/subordinated debt, and working capital instruments
• M&A strategy alongside the CEO, from target evaluation through to integration
• Embedding financing and acquisition logic directly into the technology platform
• Statutory accounting, audit-readiness, and governance across multiple entities and jurisdictions
• Building and leading the Finance org (Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Risk) — growing from an existing team of 3

My client is open on background, but the profile that will resonate most is someone who has come up through Big 4 transaction services, investment banking, or growth/infrastructure private equity — and has since been close to company building, ideally with M&A execution experience.

• Proven track record across equity, debt, and M&A transactions
• Ability to design and evolve capital structures at pace
• Deep grounding in accounting, controls, and risk in capital-intensive environments
• Strong financial modelling skills
• Fluent English; fluent German or French a strong advantage

The person

• A systems thinker who wants to be close to the business, not above it
• Comfortable with ambiguity and energised by building
• Someone who sees M&A as a strategic tool, not an event
• In it for the long term

Worth noting this is not a pure reporting or compliance CFO role. If you're looking for a back-office seat detached from operations, this won't be the right fit. My client wants a CFO who owns capital and M&A decisions, not one who delegates them to advisors.