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Finance Director – Energy Transition Company, London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Maryam Salman · January 19, 2023 ·

About the job

Exceptional career opportunity for an experienced finance professional to join as Finance Director for a London based and established Energy Transition SaaS company, which is well capitalised and venture capital funded.

The opportunity

The Finance Director will be a key member of the management team, reporting to the Board and be finance operations focused, responsible for a team of four finance professionals. The Finance Director is responsible for implementing processes and streamlining and executing the financial strategy.

Responsibilities:

Manage all finance operations: accounting, payroll, supply chain, legal, tax, and treasury in close cooperation with the Managing Director and Executive Chairman.
Manage third parties to which finance functions have been outsourced.
Monitor cashflow and cash forecasts; manage relationships with banks and debt providers.
Developing the business plan, financial strategies, and budgets.
Developing performance measures that support the company’s strategic direction.
Maintaining in-depth relations with all members of the management team and key people across the organisation.
Understanding and mitigating key elements of the company’s risk profile.
Monitoring legal matters involving the company, and legal and regulatory compliance.
Coordinating Board and shareholder reporting.

We are searching for a Finance Director / CFO for a tech scale-up company or a Finance professional in leadership position in a corporate context, with relevant exposure to growth. Ideal career experience includes:

Understanding the requirements of private equity and/or venture capital investors.
Relevant education: Chartered Accountant or degree in finance, accounting, economics, or business administration.
Experience in an international context.
Smart Energy / Energy Transition / SaaS / Hardware company experience.

We have more information to send you regarding a detailed job description and more about this exciting opportunity, if you would like to explore further based on your interest and suitability.

Chief Executive Officer – Deep Tech, Europe (Hybrid)

Maryam Salman · January 19, 2023 ·

CEO career opportunity scale up disruptive tech company based in Europe

Exceptional career opportunity for an experienced CEO for a growing Deep Tech company which is in high growth phase and venture capital funded.

The opportunity:

Set strategic priorities of the company to drive growth, profitability, and company value.
Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.
Attract, retain, and develop world-class talent.

We are searching for a CEO for a deep tech scale-up company , with relevant exposure to growth. Ideal career experience includes:

A proven track record in building high performance teams.
A senior professional with an entrepreneurial mindset and outstanding organizational and leadership skills.
Experience of scaling and taking a company to a successful exit would be ideal.
Passion for supply chain transparency and sustainability; experience in textiles, food industry, and/or supply chain management is an advantage

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Finance Principal – Venture Capital Fund London, England, United Kingdom, Hybrid

Maryam Salman · November 9, 2022 ·

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About the job

Exceptional career opportunity for an ambitious and adept finance professional to join an established Venture Capital Fund based in London.

The Finance Principal will report to the CFO in a diverse role that will empower you across all areas of their financial operations. You’ll inform key decisions, own critical relationships with their major stakeholders and work alongside the fund’s General Partners. The role progression road map will lead to Head of Finance within 12 months.

Key responsibilities:

Funds and Portfolio Management

● Fully own the fund administration process: draw down funds, return capital, produce quarterly reports and be on point with ad-hoc queries and tasks.

● Design, iterate and maintain key reporting models, including capital deployment, reserves, portfolio company valuations and fund outcome projections.

● Lead on the production of materials for fundraising, investor meetings and our AGM.

● Design a repeatable process to collect and analyse data from their portfolio and create actionable insights from it.

● Create analysis for quarterly portfolio reviews and regular offsites to improve the decision-making processes.

● Support the investment process, including cap table creation and management as well as modelling new rounds and exits.

● Provide support on all fund and portfolio legal matters.

● Own and leverage key reporting systems.

Management company

● Manage the relationship with their outsourced accountants ensuring timely preparation of quarterly accounts and the processing of invoices and payments.

Compliance

● Work with their compliance consultant to ensure that the organisation is fully compliant with FCA rules and regulations.

● Assist with tax compliance across all firm and fund entities, including VAT.

● Support their fund auditors to produce annual accounts for their funds and associated entities.

Ideal career experience:

● 2 years’ experience in-house within venture capital or private equity is essential.

● ACA or CFA qualified.

● Be accurate and organised, able to prioritise and work autonomously.

● Take ownership of projects and drive them forward.

● Challenge existing processes and seek solutions to improve them.

● Exhibit your emotional intelligence, understanding your strengths and weaknesses.

● Possess strong written and verbal communications skills.

● Demonstrate expertise with spreadsheets, databases and presentation software.

If you are potentially open to consider this career opportunity, we have full job description to send you a more about the company including a link to their website to review.

Chief Technology & Operations Officer – B2C Ecommerce Company Berlin, Germany On-site

Maryam Salman · November 1, 2022 ·

About the job

Exceptional Chief Technology & Operations Officer career opportunity for a well-capitalised and fast growing global B2C ecommerce company, headquartered in Berlin which was established in 2009, with 150 FTE.

The opportunity:

To be part of their core management team and actively manage further growth.
Place emphasis on external customers to the organization and focus on how different IT technology and process innovation can make the company more agile and profitable.
Establish a forward-looking vision on technological infrastructure and processes supporting the company’s business strategy and its further success.
Be responsible for tracking new technology trends and process innovation in areas of interest to the organization to ensure that it maintains a technological edge within the industry, analyzing and improving upon technology standards and communicating them to key business stakeholders.
Manage agile development of new technologies and further improve the performance and scalability of all their technology-driven processes.
Organize efficient IT infrastructure, administration and support.
Be responsible for organizational leadership on technology issues including internal and external software engineers, external technology partners and their operations team.
Report directly to the CEO and actively participate in driving business strategy, operations excellence and technology innovation throughout the entire organization.

We are searching for an experienced CTO with a strong track record in technology development, including 5+ years’ experience in a leading role in a fast-growing e-commerce company.

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Chief Executive Officer Logistics & AutomationScale-Up Company Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands On-site

Maryam Salman · September 1, 2022 ·

About the job

An exceptional CEO opportunity to join a scale-up company which enables the automating of human tasks in logistics using AI. The company designs, builds, installs, and maintains the world’s best vision software product for automated picking and placing in harsh logistics environments.

Head quartered near Rotterdam, the company is a well-funded scale up and entering a new phase of growth. Their technology is mature and outperforms competition and their clients are increasingly looking for solutions to automate their logistics processes.

To manage the exponential growth, the company is searching for a new CEO. The growth strategy is based on strong expansion of the customer base in different countries through the strategic partnership with various system integrators.

Key responsibilities:

● The focus of the company is on growth. The CEO is responsible for the strategy as well as the execution of this. Can translate the companies’ strategy into operational activities, budget and planning.

● Leading the Management Team and ultimately is responsible for the total team of employees. The CEO is hands-on and involved in leading the Customer Success Teams consisting of both Project and Service Engineers.

● The CEO contributes to the organizational growth and maturity of the company. Maintaining the professional and agile culture combined with personal growth and personal development of the company employees is a priority. Personal effectiveness and team collaboration are important drivers.

● Is responsible for the P&L and KPI reporting in the Management Team and the Board. Knows the value drivers of the business, monitors, and has an overview of the quality of the main processes. Has focus on Customer Satisfaction, profitability and value creation.

● Manages the interaction with current and new investors.

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