Chief Financial Officer
Startup GreenTech - Solar Energy
Accelerating the energy transition from home
A scale-up in the energy transition that democratizes solar autonomy for homes and supported by a €20 million raise.
Description
What if you put your financial skills at the service of one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century: the energy transition?
Join a fast-growing scale-up that allows everyone to regain control over their energy consumption, thanks to a unique ecosystem of hardware & software products.
Our mission: Accelerate the energy autonomy of individuals while providing a simple, optimistic, and engaging user experience.
After a significant fundraising in Series A (+€20M) and the launch of several innovative products (residential solar, storage, monitoring, etc.), the company is continuing to expand in France and internationally.
To reach a new level of growth, we are recruiting a Chief Financial Officer
Mission
A key member of the executive committee, you will be the guarantor of the company's financial trajectory, driving performance and securing the resources necessary for our international development.
Your goals:
- Achieve profitability (EBITDA+) by the end of 2025 and maintain a positive cash trajectory as early as 2026.
- Structuring and strengthening financial transactions to support ambitious growth
- Design, launch, and scale innovative financing models (leasing, C&I, financial partnerships).
- Preparing for the next funding stage (Series C, IPO or partnership with PE/infra funds).
- Building a relationship of trust with our investors and financial partners, by ensuring rigorous and strategic reporting.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the strategy of Cash management and build robust forecasts (best/base/worst case) in sync with the other members of the executive committee
- Establish an early warning system and propose action plans to secure the financial trajectory.
- Identify and activate bold levers for optimizing cash-in & cash-out (subsidies, taxation, financing, strategic negotiations).
- Support the teams Sales, Ops & Tech to optimize COGS, BOM and BFR.
- Building solid financial projections on new products and international markets.
- Manage and strengthen relationships with investors and banking partners.
- Challenge founders with rigor and kindness, to inform strategic decisions.
Profil recherché
- Proven experience as a CFO (or VP Finance) in a context of Scale-up in hypergrowth (A+ Series).
- Solid mastery of the challenges of hardware/industry/international supply chain (ideally China, Europe, VAT, customs, multi-country consolidation).
- Demonstrated ability to Managing a positive cash trajectory in a demanding context.
- Analytical spirit, rigor and mindset of “Die-hard problem solver”.
- Human and humble leadership, capable of challenging and supporting founders over the long term (3+ years).
- Resilience, demand and sense of the collective.
Déroulement des entretiens
- Screening Call with Robin
- 1st Interview with CEO
- Business Case
- Fit interview
