Head of Finance / Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Description
We are looking for a Head of Finance / CFO to take ownership of the company's financial management and help build a transparent, reliable, and efficient financial system.
We need someone who goes beyond collecting numbers and preparing spreadsheets. You should understand the story behind the numbers, identify discrepancies, investigate their root causes, draw meaningful conclusions, forecast future performance, and provide actionable insights that help the business make better decisions.
Our main goal is to have a clear and accurate picture of the company's financial position at any given time: how much money we have, where it is held, how much we earn, where we spend it, what our obligations are, and what lies ahead.
Our financial system is currently being restructured, and you will play a key role in shaping and improving it. You will have a team available to support implementation and automation — your role is to define what is needed, translate business requirements into clear specifications, and ensure that the resulting tools deliver the right outcomes.
Requirements
- Strong experience in finance, financial management, financial control, or financial planning and analysis.
- A solid understanding of financial statements, including P&L, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial analysis.
- A strong analytical mindset and the ability to investigate discrepancies rather than simply report them.
- A structured, detail-oriented approach to financial data, reconciliations, and internal controls.
- Experience building, restructuring, or improving financial processes and reporting systems.
- The ability to translate business needs into clear requirements for automation, reporting, and technical implementation.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex financial information in a clear, practical way.
- A proactive, hands-on approach and a strong sense of ownership.
Responsibilities
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Track all company income and expenses and ensure they are accurately recorded and categorized.
- Prepare clear, reliable, and timely financial statements, including P&L, Cash Flow, and Balance Sheet.
- Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of financial data.
- Maintain a clear view of the company's revenues, expenses, profitability, cash balances, and financial obligations.
- Turn financial data into meaningful insights and actionable recommendations for management.
- Reconciliation and Financial Control
- Regularly reconcile actual cash movements with data from internal systems.
- Monitor balances across bank accounts, internal ledgers, payment systems, and other financial instruments.
- Track accounts receivable, accounts payable, outstanding obligations, and intercompany or other settlements.
- Identify discrepancies, investigate their root causes, and ensure they are resolved.
- Define requirements for automating reconciliation and financial control processes, acting as the business owner for these implementations.
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Develop forecasts for revenue, expenses, profitability, and cash flow.
- Build budgets and analyze actual performance against budget and forecasts.
- Assess the financial performance and unit economics of the business, individual business lines, and projects.
- Identify financial risks, potential cash flow gaps, and emerging issues before they become critical.
- Provide management with the financial insights needed to make informed strategic and operational decisions.
- Building and Improving the Financial System
- Develop and improve the company's existing financial accounting and reporting systems as they undergo restructuring.
- Identify opportunities to automate routine processes and reduce manual work.
- Define requirements for reports, dashboards, integrations, and financial control tools.
- Work closely with the team responsible for implementation, translating financial needs into clear technical requirements and expected outcomes.
- Build scalable, transparent, and well-documented processes that do not depend on a single person's knowledge or manual intervention.
- Cost Optimization and Operational Efficiency
- Analyze the company's cost structure and identify opportunities to optimize spending.
- Flag unusual transactions, questionable expenses, inefficiencies, and potential financial risks.
- Evaluate the financial impact of business decisions and operational changes.
- Recommend practical improvements that strengthen financial discipline and improve overall business efficiency.