VP Finance (all genders)

SYNAOS

DEINE ROLLE Als VP Finance (all genders) trägst du die strategische und operative Verantwortung für das gesamte Finanzwesen bei SYNAOS. Du arbeitest eng mit dem CEO zusammen, baust skalierbare Finanzstrukturen auf und bist ein entscheidender Verantwortlicher im Executive Committee von SYNAOS. Du kombinierst unternehmerisches Denken mit Hands-on-Mentalität — und weißt, wann du die Perspektive des Controllers und wann die des Strategen einnehmen musst. DEINE MISSION * Strategische Finanzplanung: Verantwortung für Mehrjahresplanung, Budget- und Forecastingprozesse sowie KPI-Frameworks — vom Umsatz bis zum Free Cashflow * Accounting & Controlling: Aktive Steuerung der gesamten Buchhaltung (Kreditoren, Debitoren, Mahnwesen) sowie kontinuierliche Optimierung und Automatisierung finanzrelevanter Prozesse * Financial Reporting: Verantwortung für Monats- und Jahresabschlüsse sowie internes und externes Reporting — inklusive SaaS-spezifischer Metriken (ARR, Churn, LTV/CAC) * Fundraising & Investor Relations: Eigenständige Führung und Weiterentwicklung des Finanzmodells für Finanzierungsrunden, Vorbereitung von Investorenberichten und Board-Präsentationen in enger Abstimmung mit dem CEO * Stakeholder Management: Zentrale Ansprechperson für Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer, Banken und interne Teams — souveränes Auftreten auf allen Ebenen * KI-gestützte Automatisierung: Gezielte Einsetzung von KI-Tools, um repetitive Finanzprozesse zu automatisieren, Analysen zu beschleunigen und die Finanzfunktion insgesamt effizienter zu machen * Teamaufbau: Mittelfristiger Ausbau und Führung eines kleinen Finance-Teams DEIN PROFIL * Mindestens 5 Jahre relevante Berufserfahrung im Finance-Umfeld, idealerweise in einem B2B-SaaS- oder Tech-Startup * Abgeschlossenes Studium der BWL, Finanzen, Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen oder vergleichbar; eine Qualifikation als Certified Controller / CPA ist ein Plus * Nachweisliche Erfahrung in der Begleitung von Finanzierungsrunden sowie im Aufbau von Finanz- und Reportingstrukturen von Grund auf * Sehr gute Kenntnisse im Business Modelling und ein tiefes Verständnis für Entrepreneurial Finance und SaaS Economics * Erfahrung im Umgang mit Datev oder vergleichbaren ERP-/Buchhaltungssystemen; sicherer Umgang mit Excel auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau * Aktive Nutzung von KI-Tools im Arbeitsalltag, Kenntnisse mit Claude oder vergleichbaren LLM-basierten Tools sind ein Plus * Ausgeprägtes unternehmerisches Denken kombiniert mit einer präzisen, strukturierten Arbeitsweise und hoher Zahlenaffinität und und keiner Berührungsangst mit operativen Finanzthemen * Fließende Kommunikation auf Deutsch und Englisch (mind. C1) * Hannover-nah oder Bereitschaft zu regelmäßigem Vor-Ort-Einsatz (ca. 1-2x pro Monat) PERKS & BENEFITS Schließ dich unserem Team an und sei einfach du selbst - wir feiern Diversität! Unsere unternehmerische Kultur wird von einem talentierten und leidenschaftlichen Team angetrieben. Wir bieten volle Flexibilität, um deine Bedürfnisse zu erfüllen, egal ob du lieber remote, im Büro oder in einer Hybrid-Umgebung arbeiten möchtest. Und wenn du aus dem Ausland arbeiten möchtest, kannst du bis zu 180 Tage remote arbeiten. Aber das ist noch nicht alles! Wir bieten auch ein wettbewerbsfähiges Gehaltspaket und 30 bezahlte Urlaubstage, damit du dich erholen kannst. Hier ist eine Zusammenfassung der Vorteile, die wir bieten: * Flexible Arbeitsregelungen (remote, im Büro oder Hybrid) * Modernes Büro im Herzen von Hannover für Hybridarbeit * Bis zu 180 Tage (6 Monate) Remote-Arbeit aus dem Ausland * Wettbewerbsfähige Vergütung mit Zusatzleistungen  * Attraktives Gehaltspaket und 30 Tage (6 Wochen) bezahlter Urlaub * Moderne Hardware- und Software-Lösungen * Corporate Benefits: Zugang zu exklusiven Mitarbeiterrabatten und Vergünstigungen bei einer Vielzahl von Partnerunternehmen ÜBER UNSERE WERTE Ehrgeizig, viel versprechend und immer in Bewegung: Das ist SYNAOS. Wir sind ein Team von über 90 Menschen aus 15 Nationen. Wir halten zusammen und arbeiten alle für das gleiche Ziel: eine ganze Branche auf den Kopf zu stellen. Kannst du dich mit unseren Principles identifizieren? * We go above & beyond for our customers * We always push forward * We make informed decisions * We challenge each other and win together * We seize ownership * We make bold moves ANSPRECHPARTNER:IN SYNAOS GmbH Nura Abou-Taha join-us@synaos.com

Faculty

WHY FACULTY? We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here. We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen. ABOUT FRONTIER Frontier is building the system for running high-stakes decisions at the organisations that run critical parts of the economy — hospitals, life sciences companies, manufacturers. Frontier is an Intelligent Decision System that combines enterprise data, AI, simulation, optimisation, and human judgement to support the full decision loop — from understanding a situation, to evaluating options, to taking action and learning from the outcome. We don’t believe in AI that thinks for people. We believe in AI that helps people think - humans and agents working together inside a decision system. Done well, people operate with more speed, more evidence, and more confidence than they ever could alone. We're starting with clinical development decisions in life sciences — one of the highest-stakes, highest-complexity decision environments there is — and architecting to scale from there. Frontier is a product of Faculty, an AI company that's been working with some of the world's most consequential organisations since 2014.. ABOUT DESIGN AT FRONTIER We’re a small team, growing deliberately - we’d rather have five designers who trust each other than fifteen who don't. We're tightly integrated with engineering. We prototype in code. We co-own the design system with developers. We're actively exploring what agentic-augmented design work looks like in practice, not in think pieces — and we're honest when we don't have the answer yet. We’re active in shaping the product culture at Frontier; putting people first, raising the quality bar and ensuring a coherent experience. You’ll be part of shaping that culture. ABOUT THE ROLE You'll be one of the most senior designers on Frontier, shaping a product that's still early enough that the decisions you make will define how it works for years. Day to day, you'll be designing the surfaces where people and agents collaborate on real clinical decisions — how evidence gets surfaced, how recommendations get explained, how humans push back, how teams learn. This is hard, unsolved design work. The existing patterns for AI interfaces mostly come from consumer chat products; they don't transfer cleanly to environments where the cost of a bad decision is measured in years of research or patient outcomes. You'll be expected to work end-to-end: from framing the problem with product and engineering, through prototyping in code and design canvases, through shipping. You'll help set the craft bar for the team, mentor the designers around you, and push back when something isn't good enough yet. WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON * Designing the core interaction patterns for how humans and agents collaborate inside a decision loop. * Making dense, analytical information legible for expert users who need to trust it, challenge it, and act on it. * Shaping the shared design language and system that lets a small team move quickly without the product fragmenting. * Partnering with engineering from day one of any problem, not from handoff. * Raising the bar for craft — through your own work, through critique, and through the standards you hold the team to. WE THINK YOU'LL DO WELL HERE IF * You've shipped complex software for expert users, in a domain where getting it wrong has real consequences. * You design end-to-end and care about the pixels as much as the strategy. * You've done serious work on AI or other non-deterministic systems and have opinions about what works and what doesn't. * You're comfortable prototyping in code, or motivated to get there. * You're direct, kind, and can hold a clear point of view without needing to be the loudest in the room. * You want the people who use your product to have better working lives because of it. YOU MIGHT NOT ENJOY THIS ROLE IF * You want to work on a mature product with established patterns. Frontier is early, and the ambiguity is real. * You prefer to work handoff-style, away from engineers. * You're looking for a role where design sets direction in isolation from product and engineering. We work as one team. INTERVIEW PROCESS 1. Intro call with our talent team (30 min) 2. Conversation with Duncan, VP of Design (60 min) 3. Portfolio and case study deep-dive (90 min) 4. Final conversation with a cross-functional leader (60 min) OUR RECRUITMENT ETHOS We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations. Some of our standout benefits: * Unlimited Annual Leave Policy * Private healthcare and dental * Enhanced parental leave * Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working * Sanctus Coaching * Hybrid Working If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.

Goodstack

If you’ve been looking to join a fast-growing startup with a bold vision of a world where doing good is built into everything we do, then you’ve found the right place. Backed by General Catalyst, the same investors behind Stripe and Airbnb, we’re building something truly extraordinary. OUR MISSION Our mission at Goodstack is to revolutionize how the world does good 🌎. As a fast growth, AI-native social impact startup, we power global change through technology. We enable companies to seamlessly integrate positive impact into what they do through a unified platform while supporting nonprofits in gaining access to cutting-edge technology and finding new funding streams. Global brands, including Google, OpenAI, TikTok, LinkedIn, HSBC, Atlassian and Twilio - as well as thousands of nonprofits, including the Red Cross, Cancer Research, and Oxfam - use Goodstack to make a difference. In 2025 alone, we facilitated $5 billion in donations to good causes. But this is just the beginning. We're building the world’s leading platform that powers donations to nonprofits globally. To keep our momentum and deliver consistently high value to our partners, we need incredible people to help us on our journey – we need you 🫵 JOIN US AS AN FP&A AND COMMERCIAL FINANCE MANAGER! Working with the VP Finance, you will be the go-to commercial finance partner for the Founder-CEO, COO and leadership team, building the FP&A function from scratch and owning everything from the financial model to analysing business line performance to transaction support. This role sits at the intersection of finance, strategy and commercial operations — it is not a back-office role. If you want to understand every part of the business, influence decisions at the highest level, and help build a finance function that is ready for a transaction, this is the job. YOUR MISSION WILL BE TO: FP&A & FINANCIAL PLANNING * Build and maintain the company's financial model, revenue, cost, headcount, and cash, with scenario and sensitivity analysis. * Own the annual budget and rolling forecast process, working with all business functions to set and track targets. * Produce monthly budget vs actuals variance analysis with clear commentary and insight for the leadership team and board. * Develop business line P&Ls to give the business visibility into how each product and segment is performing. * Build and own the investor-ready financial narrative and supporting materials for fundraising and M&A processes. COMMERCIAL FINANCE & BUSINESS PARTNERING * Act as the primary commercial finance partner to the VP Finance and leadership team — turning around ad hoc analysis, modelling, and commercial sense-checks quickly and independently. * Support pricing decisions, unit economics analysis, COGS deep-dives and margin improvement initiatives. * Partner with the GTM team on pipeline-to-revenue reporting, cohort analysis and commercial deal structuring. * Evaluate new commercial opportunities, partnerships and market expansion scenarios with financial rigour. REPORTING & INSIGHTS * Produce high-quality board and investor reporting packs — clear, well-structured, insight-driven. * Develop dashboards and automated reporting to give the business real-time visibility into financial performance. * Own the weekly financial reporting cadence for internal leadership. THIS ROLE IS A PERFECT MATCH FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE: SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS * ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent). * 5+ years in FP&A, commercial finance, strategic finance, or top-tier strategy consulting, ideally with a mix of scale-up and more established business experience. * Proven track record of building financial models from scratch, comfortable with multi-entity, multi-currency models. * Experience in a commercially facing role, you have worked directly with C-level operators, founders, or senior leadership, and are used to being the go-to person for financial answers. * Experience supporting a fundraise, M&A process, or investor reporting is a strong advantage. * Background in SaaS, marketplace, fintech, or tech-enabled services preferred; you understand recurring revenue models, unit economics, and B2B commercial dynamics. * Exceptional financial modelling, you build clean, dynamic, assumption-driven models that others can use and trust. * Strong commercial instinct, you don't just describe numbers, you interpret them and come up with a view. * Excellent communication, you can present complex financial analysis clearly to a non-finance audience. * High attention to detail with a bar-raiser mentality, your outputs are always polished, structured, and go beyond the literal ask. * Comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate independently in a lean team without heavy process or oversight. * Proficient in Excel / Google Sheets; experience with Xero, HubSpot, Fathom, or similar tools is a plus. MINDSET: * Think like a business partner, not a reporter; your instinct is to add insight, not just present data. * Proactive and solution-oriented, you surface problems with a recommended path forward, not just a description of the issue. * Comfortable in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift, and the answers aren't always obvious. * You care about quality; everything you send has been sense-checked, is well-presented, and reflects well on you and the team. * Excited by the mission, Goodstack is building infrastructure for global charitable giving, and you want to be part of that. 🇬🇧 WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT UPON JOINING OUR TEAM 💰 Salary reviews and share options becoming an integral part of our growth and share in the company's success 💝 Goodstack’s Workplace Giving ⚕️ Vitality Plus - Private health insurance 🌞 £250 Brighten your day annual budget 🤓 £1000 Learning & development annual budget 📚 Goodstack library 🌯 Tasty Tuesday! Office lunch is on the company 🏃🏿‍♀️ Slow run club Wednesday ⭐️ Paid days off to volunteer for non-profit causes 🎤 Paid days to attend conferences 🥳 Paid day off on your birthday! 🌴 25 days annual leave, plus paid public holidays 💙 Paid sick leave 🧘🏽 Paid wellness leave 🪁 Parental leave 🧸 Workplace nursery scheme 🧓🏽 Pension (with tax-efficient salary sacrifice option) 🚴🏾 UK cycle-to-work scheme 🌳 Ecologi carbon offsetting ⚖️ Flexible working hours 🖥️ WFH budget upon joining 🏡 You're always welcome to pop in more often if you enjoy the buzz of being in the office. It's a warm, friendly space right in the heart of London 🙌 … and so much more ABOUT US Since 2017, Goodstack has been at the forefront of creating a future where good will be built into everything we do. From daily commutes to weekend activities or grocery shopping, we envision a world where creating positive change is seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives. In this future, the depth and breadth of impact we can make through everyday actions will expand dramatically – benefiting both businesses and the world. Businesses are expected to deliver on both profit and purpose and those that don’t are falling behind. We’re here to make it easy for any company, anywhere in the world, to integrate good into what they do. Doing this empowers everyone – companies, employees, consumers, and communities – to contribute to positive change and take meaningful action. Let's do this! 💜 OUR PLEDGE TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION We take pride in our diverse and growing team representing 20+ nationalities across 5 continents 🌍! Our continued expansion provides us with opportunities to embrace and celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, essential to our success. We actively seek and welcome applicants from all walks of life, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. A team that represents the world that we are trying to support is a wiser, more knowledgeable and stronger one. We’re excited for you to bring your experience, yourself and your special lemon twist to Goodstack to propel us forward in striving to create a better world for us all. Check out our Careers Page for more details!