Chief Finance Officer

CamWebDir; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution (10%)

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Cellular Origins, based near Cambridge, seeks a Chief Finance Officer to lead finance as a member of the C‑suite. You will shape capital strategy, guide funding, pricing and resourcing, and ensure robust controls as the company grows.

You will partner with the CEO, Board and executive team on strategic choices, develop long‑range plans, manage budgets and investor reporting, and build a high‑performing finance function to support scalable growth.

Qualifications

• Significant CFO experience in scaling tech or life sciences.
• Proven budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning.
• Experience with investor relations in a high-growth company.
• Experience developing capital strategies and managing equity/debt funding.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead the financial strategy that supports our mission to industrialise cell therapy manufacturing as an independent, privately owned company.
• Partner with the CEO, executive team and Board on strategic choices and long-term value creation.
• Develop our capital strategy, including timing and mix of funding across sources such as equity and debt.
• Own budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning with timely performance insights, runway and scenarios.
• Oversee financial controls, reporting, audit and compliance to keep the business disciplined as it grows.
• Work with operations, engineering and commercial teams to understand cost drivers and improve unit economics.

Skills

CFO experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Investor relations

Capital strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

About the role

As Chief Finance Officer, you’ll be the senior financial leader for Cellular Origins and a key member of the C-suite. You’ll work closely with the CEO, leadership team and Board to shape our capital strategy, guide major decisions and help us grow as an independent, privately owned company.

You’ll bring clarity to complexity. From long-range planning and funding strategy to pricing, investment and resourcing decisions, you’ll help the team understand not just the numbers, but what they mean and how they connect to our long-term goals.

You’ll get to shape the financial foundations of a company tackling a complex manufacturing challenge with huge potential impact. You’ll combine strategic thinking with enough detail to make sure the right decisions are being made at the right time.

You’ll get to:

• Shape and lead the financial strategy that supports our mission to industrialise cell therapy manufacturing as an independent, privately owned company.


• Partner closely with the CEO, executive team and Board on strategic choices, trade-offs and long-term value creation.


• Develop our capital strategy, including the right timing and mix of funding across sources such as equity and debt.


• Own budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, giving the leadership team clear and timely insight into performance, runway and future scenarios.


• Partner with the CEO and Board on funding strategy, investor reporting and scenario planning.


• Build and lead a high-performing finance team, creating the processes, tools and standards that make good decisions easier.


• Plan and manage the transition of accounting activities from our founding company, TTP.


• Develop and refine commercial models for our platform, helping ensure pricing and contracting support sustainable growth and strong customer partnerships.


• Oversee financial controls, reporting, audit and compliance, keeping the business disciplined as it grows.


• Work closely with operations, engineering and commercial teams to understand cost drivers, improve unit economics and support decisions on investment and resourcing.


• Champion clear communication around financial performance, helping the wider team understand how day-to-day choices connect to our mission and financial health.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy building as much as refining, and if you’re motivated by the idea that better financial decisions can ultimately help more patients receive life-changing therapies.

You’ll be comfortable operating at C-suite and Board level, while staying close enough to the detail to understand what is really driving performance. You’ll enjoy working through ambiguity, bringing structure to complex questions and helping others make confident decisions.

You’ll bring:

• Significant CFO experience, ideally in a scaling technology, life sciences, automation or advanced manufacturing environment.


• A strong track record of owning budgets, forecasts and long-term financial plans, while partnering closely with executive teams and Boards.


• Experience of investor relations in a high-growth company.


• Experience developing capital strategies and working with different sources of funding, including equity and debt.


• Confidence moving between strategic questions and detailed financial analysis, and knowing when each is needed.


• A strong understanding of capital equipment, recurring consumables, platform or project-based commercial models, and how to align them with long-term value creation.


• A collaborative, low-ego approach, with the ability to build trust across technical, commercial and operations teams.


• A professional finance qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent experience.

Cellular Origins is currently based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.

Our employee benefits include

• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary


• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants