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Co-Founder | Supporting high growth Tech and Digital Start-ups / Scale-ups with CFO hires.
Zanda is an executive search partner that works exclusively with high-growth start-ups as they look to scale their business with senior talent. Zanda partners with VCs, Founders, CEOs and CFOs when it comes to successfully delivering on key senior appointments.
Who’s the business:
Zanda is partnering with a VC-backed B2B SaaS business, vertically aligned into the climate and industrial tech space. The company is growing at 100% YOY and recently completed a significant fundraise led by sustainability-focused growth investors.
The business is searching for an experienced Chief Financial Officer to drive financial performance, improve reporting and forecasting capabilities, and support international scaling. This is a pivotal appointment to help steer the business toward profitability and beyond.
The company boasts a mission-led, highly capable senior team and is seeking a CFO who can bring a blend of commercial insight, urgency, decision support and operational dependability to the table. This person will play a central role in supporting the CEO and board through the next chapter of growth.
What experiences you will gain:
- Build out a best-in-class finance function across FP&A, strategic planning, decision support, reporting, controls, compliance, and systems.
- Introduce meaningful financial visibility and budget accountability across all business functions.
- Lead all fundraising efforts including financial modelling, scenario planning, investor deck creation, and negotiations with new and existing investors.
- Act as a key strategic partner to the CEO, helping shape and deliver the company’s long-term business plan.
- Take full ownership of financial strategy and planning, supporting the business in its drive toward profitability.
- Provide regular insight and reporting to the Board, Audit Committee, and investors while creating transparency and trust.
- Support the development of international financial operations and readiness for future expansion.
What background should you have before you press apply!
- You’re an experienced CFO or VP Finance with a track record in scaling B2B SaaS businesses, ideally Series B+ stages that combine hardware and software solutions, with an understanding of hybrid revenue models, supply chains, and margin dynamics.
- You’ve operated in VC-backed environments, with hands-on experience of fundraising, board engagement, and international expansion.
- Strong commercial acumen – you’re comfortable with unit economics, product and growth metrics, and capital efficiency.
- You’ve built and led finance teams in companies scaling from ~50 to 150+ people.
- Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into commercial strategy, enabling leaders across the business to make faster, better-informed decisions.
- Deep understanding of SaaS business models, performance metrics, and financial systems infrastructure.
- Calm under pressure, detail-oriented, and a trusted business partner who brings both challenge and clarity.
Seniority level
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Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
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Employment type
Full-time
Job function
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Job function
Accounting/Auditing
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Industries
Accounting
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