Head of Finance

The role

The Head of Finance will build an AI-powered finance stack. This person will own forecasting, gross margin, pricing, the close, cash management, compliance, and investor reporting.

What you will do

• Own the forecast including bottom-up and top-down models
• Own gross margin and experiment costs
• Own pricing with the commercial team
• Own the close including group consolidation and intercompany management
• Own cash management across Switzerland and the US
• Keep the company compliant with tax, VAT, audit, and payroll
• Handle investor reporting, fundraising support, and treasury management
• Manage equipment leasing and asset management
• Automate all finance functions

Required qualifications

• Several years in finance at a startup that scaled
• Ability to build a real model tying operational reality to cash
• SQL at minimum
• Understand the cost structure of a physical business
• Swiss and European finance experience including VAT, social charges, and employment law
• Trustworthy with salaries, revenue, investor communications, and board material

Nice to have

• Python
• Experience with a US entity alongside a Swiss one

About the company

Adaptyv is building an automated lab that lets AI agents run biology experiments. It is a fast-growing biotech company building infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.