Zanda
Chief Financial Officer
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Zanda Executive Search Opportunity
Zanda is an Executive Search partner who works exclusively with high-growth start-ups and scale-ups as they look to strengthen their organisations with senior talent. Zanda partners with VCs, Founders, CEOs and CFOs to deliver key leadership appointments at pivotal moments of growth.
Zanda is working with a high-growth AI business developing cutting-edge technology for a range of industrial sectors. Backed by a recent Series A investment from a leading European VC, the company is scaling fast, and was recently named as a European top 50 startup.
The company’s AI-powered platform transforms how businesses capture and utilise data, streamlining operations and enabling predictive insights across sectors like energy, mining, and infrastructure.
With a growing customer base and a recurring revenue model, the business is preparing for its Series B fundraise and now seeks its first senior finance hire: a Finance Director / VP Finance who can grow into a CFO role as the company scales. This role offers a great opportunity to build an AI-first Finance Function, utilising cutting-edge technologies, ensuring finance is fit for purpose to support rapid growth.
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This is an ideal opportunity for someone excited by the pace and variety of a scaleup environment, and eager to build a technologically advanced, high impact finance function from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and improve finance operations, controls and reporting across the business enabling AI-native solutions wherever possible.
- Manage financial filings, board resolutions and investor reporting in coordination with external advisors.
- Own month end processes including cashflow forecasting and working capital planning.
- Work cross functionally with sales, ops and product teams to align commercial planning with financial goals.
- Partner closely with the CEO to shape financial strategy and support Series B fundraising.
- Lead forecasting, budgeting and financial modelling to support strategic decision making.
- Develop dashboards and KPIs to track product margins and SaaS metrics.
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What background should you have before you press apply?
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA).
- Experience in a high growth tech, SaaS or B2B environment.
- Experience implementing an AI-first Finance Function.
- Comfortable in a Head of Finance or senior finance business partner role within a scaleup or SME.
- Confident building financial models, leading FP&A, and supporting strategic planning.
- Interested in exposure to corporate development, investor relations and future CFO responsibilities.
- Experience supporting fundraising or working alongside VCs is highly desired.
Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. If you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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