Head of Finance

Pandektes; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + warrant

Collaborative work environment

Central Copenhagen office

International team events

25 vacation days

Pleo card for work expenses

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Pandektes, based in Copenhagen, seeks a hands-on finance leader to own and build the finance function as it scales. You will partner with founders and leadership on strategic decisions while building scalable financial infrastructure and controls.

You’ll drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning, and own SaaS metrics to steer profitable growth. This is a high-impact role in a fast-paced, VC-backed environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in high-growth startups or scale-ups (VC/PE backed)
• Proven track record in fundraising cycles (Series A/B/C and beyond) and/or M&A
• Strong foundation in operational finance and building finance functions from scratch
• Excel modelling with automation to simplify complex processes
• Budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management expertise
• Ability to derive clear insights from financial data for decision making
• Comfort with ambiguity and fast-moving environments

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Pandektes’ financial strategy to scale with growth
• Serve as strategic sparring partner to CEO and leadership team
• Set up and improve finance processes, systems, and controls
• Own budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning
• Provide insights on SaaS metrics and profitability
• Coordinate external accounting, audits and compliance

Skills

Startup scale-up finance

Fundraising leadership

Operational finance

Advanced Excel modelling

P&L management

Budgeting & forecasting

Data-driven insights

Ambiguity handling

Tools

Excel modelling tools

Job description

We’re looking for a hands‑on finance leader to own and build our finance function as we scale. You’ll work side by side with our founders and leadership team on strategic decisions, while still rolling up your sleeves to get the foundations right. This is for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and who wants to have a big impact on how we scale in the future.

About Pandektes

Legal research hasn’t changed much in decades. Lawyers still spend countless hours navigating fragmented sources, outdated systems, and complex databases just to find the information they need.

At Pandektes, we’re changing that.

Our ambition is to build the leading global platform for legal research and the largest AI‑powered legal database. By combining artificial intelligence, intelligent search, and continuously updated legal sources, we’re redefining how legal knowledge is accessed, understood, analyzed, and applied.

Pandektes has raised more than €17.5 million and most recently closed a €13.5 million Series A round (October 2026) led by Alstin Capital, PROfounders and Scale Capital. Pandektes already serves more than 450 customers across Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

We’re still early in the journey, and joining our team now means you’ll have big impact on shaping how we scale.

About the role

You’ll be a key strategic leader at Pandektes, shaping our current financial setup and optimising it for scale.

We’re looking for a commercially minded finance leader who thrives in high‑growth environments and understands what it takes to scale a company from early traction.

You will own and evolve the finance function end‑to‑end; from building scalable financial infrastructure to partnering closely with our CEO and board on strategic decisions. You’ll combine sharp financial thinking with hands‑on execution, ensuring we have the insights, structure, and capital needed to scale responsibly and ambitiously.

As part of the leadership team you’ll play a key role in scaling Pandektes. This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys both strategic finance and operational execution.

What you’ll do

• Own and evolve Pandektes’ financial strategy, ensuring our financial setup scales with our growth ambitions

• Act as a strategic sparring partner to the CEO and leadership team on company‑wide decisions

• Set up and continuously improve operational finance processes, systems, and controls

• Fully own business performance metrics, in particular providing insight into key SaaS indicators to drive business performance, support strategic decision‑making and identify opportunities for profitable growth

• Own company‑wide budgeting, forecasting, and long‑term financial planning

• Work with external partners on accounting, audits, compliance etc.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in high‑growth startups or scale‑ups, ideally in a VC‑or PE‑backed environment

• Proven track record leading or playing a central role in fundraising (Series A/B/C and beyond) and/or M&A processes

• Solid understanding of operational finance, including setting up finance functions from scratch or early stage

• Deep experience in excel modelling with a proven track record of delivering automation to manual and complicated processes

• Comfort in dealing with transactional level detail where required in advance of automation and process improvement

• Proven experience with budgeting, forecasting, and P&L management

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn financial data into clear business insights

• You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in fast‑moving environments

How we work

We place great value on a vibrant, inspiring, and challenging company culture. This is achieved through a talented and passionate team that believes in achieving great things together.

We value curiosity and the generosity to bring other people along. If you find something useful, show us. If an experiment fails, we’d like to hear about that too.

We believe that ownership is what brings us the best teams – you can expect a lot of freedom and responsibility. The key is open communication, trust, and a shared passion to transform the legal world.

We are a growing team based in Copenhagen, Hamburg, London and Zurich. This role will be based in our Copenhagen HQ.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation + an attractive warrant program

• A collaborative work environment where your input is not only valued but often implemented within hours

• A central office in Copenhagen, where you can work closely with an ambitious and growing team

• International team events – last time we went to Barcelona, and we’d love to have you join us next time

• 25 vacation days per year + public holidays

• Your own Pleo card for necessary work expenses

• Paid parental leave

Pandektes is an equal opportunity employer

We believe diverse teams build better products and stronger teams.

We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, socio‑economic status, culture or beliefs.