Chief Finance Officer (Part Time)

Company Description

Cellular Origins

Cell therapies are creating new possibilities for people living with devastating diseases, but reaching more patients depends on solving one of the industry’s biggest challenges: how to manufacture these therapies reliably and at scale. At Cellular Origins, we’re building the technology and factory approach to make that possible. As our Chief Finance Officer, you’ll help shape the financial decisions that set us up for rapid and sustainable growth, giving the business the clarity and confidence to turn ambitious science into real patient impact. This role is expected to require working between 2 to 3 days a week but will depend on the final agreed scope.

Job Description

About the role

As Chief Finance Officer, you’ll be the senior financial leader for Cellular Origins and a key member of the C-suite. You’ll work closely with the CEO, leadership team, and Board to shape our capital strategy, guide major decisions, and help us grow as an independent, privately owned company.

You’ll bring clarity to complexity. From long-range planning and funding strategy to pricing, investment, and resourcing decisions, you’ll help the team understand not just the numbers, but what they mean and how they connect to our long-term goals.

You’ll get to shape the financial foundations of a company tackling a complex manufacturing challenge with huge potential impact. You’ll combine strategic thinking with enough detail to make sure the right decisions are being made at the right time.

You’ll get to:

• Shape and lead the financial strategy that supports our mission to industrialise cell therapy manufacturing as an independent, privately owned company.
• Partner closely with the CEO, executive team, and Board on strategic choices, trade-offs, and long-term value creation.
• Develop our capital strategy, including the right timing and mix of funding across sources such as equity and debt.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, giving the leadership team clear and timely insight into performance, runway, and future scenarios.
• Partner with the CEO and Board on funding strategy, investor reporting, and scenario planning.
• Build and lead a high-performing finance team, creating the processes, tools, and standards that make good decisions easier.
• Plan and manage the transition of accounting activities from our founding company, TTP.
• Develop and refine commercial models for our platform, helping ensure pricing and contracting support sustainable growth and strong customer partnerships.
• Oversee financial controls, reporting, audit, and compliance, keeping the business disciplined as it grows.
• Work closely with operations, engineering, and commercial teams to understand cost drivers, improve unit economics, and support decisions on investment and resourcing.
• Champion clear communication around financial performance, helping the wider team understand how day-to-day choices connect to our mission and financial health.