Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d)

The role

The Chief Financial Officer will own the financial architecture and lead the finance organization. This role involves designing financial systems, managing capital structure, and executing M&A strategy for a supply chain platform.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end financial operating system including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital management
• Design financial structures that scale with transaction volume, geography, and organizational complexity
• Own and evolve the company's capital structure across growth phases
• Design a scalable financing model supporting organic growth and selective M&A
• Partner with the CEO on M&A strategy including target evaluation, valuation, structuring, and deal economics
• Integrate financing and acquisition logic into the technology platform
• Own statutory accounting, audits, and compliance across multiple entities and jurisdictions
• Design scalable internal controls and establish governance structures
• Own and continuously improve financial models including operating plans and scenario cases
• Build and lead a high-performance finance organization

Required qualifications

• Strong background in accounting firms, investment banking, or private equity
• Hands-on experience in company building or scale-ups with exposure to acquisitions
• Proven track record across equity, debt, and M&A transactions
• Demonstrated ability to design and evolve capital structures
• Deep understanding of accounting, controls, and risk frameworks
• Excellent financial modeling skills
• Language & Market Fit Background from Germany, France, or the UK
• Fluent in German or French AND English at native or near-native level
• Comfortable operating across cultures and jurisdictions
• Thinks in systems, not spreadsheets
• An operator who wants proximity to the business and is comfortable with ambiguity
• Combines strong conviction with intellectual honesty

Nice to have

• Transaction services preferred
• Growth equity, infrastructure, industrials preferred
• Experience in working-capital-intensive or transaction-heavy businesses is a strong plus

Benefits

• Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and help scale a high-impact business model
• Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
• Collaborate with top-tier investors and angels (incl. various unicorn founders) as well as leading market experts

About the company

A11 Ecosystem is a next-generation supply chain platform that uses agentic AI and workflow automation to manage global trade. The company has a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe, China, and India.