Chief Financial Officer

Do you want to work with the 15th fastest-growing startup in Europe? If so, you’re in the right place. AssetCool is one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups, building the fastest path to more power on the grid. We’re tackling one of the most urgent challenges in the global energy transition: grid congestion. Electricity demand is rising fast; driven by electrification, AI and data centres. While traditional grid upgrades take years, demand exists today. The grid isn’t ready. AssetCool delivers robotic grid upgrades that physically increase the capacity of existing transmission lines by up to 30%, without rebuilding infrastructure. Using advanced robotics and proprietary photonic coatings, we unlock data-centre-scale capacity in weeks to months, not years and at a fraction of the cost and disruption of conventional approaches. Our technology goes beyond capacity. We reduce losses, prevent corrosion, cut corona noise and generate high-value operational data that supports smarter grid operation and maintenance. Our systems are already deployed globally, and we just raised a big funding round from leading energy and climate investors. AssetCool is one of the most innovation-driven companies in the UK energy sector and we’re scaling fast! If you’re ambitious, mission-driven and excited to work on real deployments that strengthen the industry that really matters, AssetCool is where you can make it happen.

Role Overview

AssetCool is looking for a CFO to lead how the company is financed and how it scales internationally. This is a strategic, board-level appointment reporting to the CEO. You will own capital strategy, lead our current and future financing rounds alongside the CEO, and build a finance function that stays ahead of a fast-growing international business. This is not primarily a controllership role. We need rigorous stewardship combined with strong commercial judgement and the ability to turn complex technology and operating plans into a compelling investment narrative. You will be a principal voice in investor conversations, a trusted challenger to a founder-led leadership team, and comfortable making decisions with imperfect information. Credible with institutional investors, practical and low-ego in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Capital strategy and fundraising. Own the medium and long-term capital strategy and lead all financial workstreams for institutional rounds, from the model and investor materials through diligence, term-sheet evaluation and close. Participate directly in investor meetings alongside the CEO.
• Investor relations. Build and maintain relationships across international venture, growth equity, strategic and climate-focused capital. Run a disciplined reporting cadence against the investment case and key milestones.
• Strategic finance and planning. Own the integrated financial plan, including budgets, multi-year forecasts, scenario models and capital allocation. Develop decision-grade unit economics across coating deployments, robotic services, hardware and licensing, and partner with commercial and operational leaders on pricing, margin and resource allocation.
• Board, governance and controls. Lead Board and investor financial reporting. Ensure appropriate financial controls, treasury management, audit readiness, statutory reporting, tax compliance and risk management at a standard suitable for an institutionally backed business, without losing growth-stage pace.
• International structure. Design the finance, tax and legal-entity architecture to support operations across the UK, North America and other markets, including subsidiary formation, consolidated reporting, intercompany arrangements, foreign exchange and defensible transfer-pricing policies.
• Equity and cap table. Maintain accurate ownership, dilution and waterfall models. Advise the Board on option-pool sizing and refreshes, and oversee the governance of employee share schemes across an international workforce.