CFO – High Growth Fintech / SaaS Scale-up (VC Backed) - London
We’re excited to have been retained by one of the UK’s most innovative, AI-led, B2B fintech businesses as they appoint a CFO to help lead the next phase of their growth journey.
Having raised a significant Series B this year, attracting top venture capital investors, the business has developed a market-leading, AI-driven platform that is transforming their industry. With revenue doubling year-on-year, they are forecasting this to continue as they begin to scale internationally into the US.
With a rapidly expanding customer base, the company is now entering an exciting period of scale, with product innovation and international growth, and are looking for a CFO to help the business to continue scaling from Series B onwards.
Key responsibilities:
The CFO will lead on all financial aspects of the business, reporting directly to their Founder/CEO and leading the overall finance function.
- Responsible for shaping and executing the company’s financial strategy to support its next phase of growth
- Strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team, providing commercial insight and long-term strategic planning including evaluating strategic growth opportunities, international expansion and future exit plans
- Leading future fundraising activity (leading on upcoming Series C fundraise) and manage relationships with existing and prospective investors
- Manage and build a world class finance team, including hiring of a VP Finance
- Build and develop best-in-class financial planning and forecasting
- Own board reporting, financial modelling and KPI reporting across key metrics
- Act as the primary finance contact for investors, board members and external stakeholders
- Driving process improvement, automation and operational efficiency across the finance function
- Identifying performance gaps and areas for potential improvement
Requirements:
- Proven experience operating as a CFO within a VC-backed environment
- Experience leading venture capital fundraising and managing investor relations, ideally post Series B
- Highly commercial with the ability to influence strategic decision making
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management
- Previous experience operating at Board level
- Experience in the insurance or SaaS space is a bonus
Please get in touch with Charlie on charliewhitaker@pearseprofessionals.com for more information.
