At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial strategy and drive growth for a cutting-edge fintech company.
- Company: Innovative AI-led B2B fintech scale-up backed by top venture capital.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, dynamic work environment, and opportunities for international expansion.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity to build a world-class finance team and drive innovation.
- Why this job: Join a rapidly growing company and shape its financial future.
- Qualifications: Proven CFO experience in VC-backed environments and strong strategic insight.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
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.
- 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 for more information.
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