Chief Financial Officer

TN United Kingdom; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 150,000; Part time

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We have an exciting opportunity for a chief financial officer to join the c-suite managerial team at Concrete4Change.

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (part time)

Location: Nottingham

Remuneration: £150,000 per annum (FTE), a blend of Salary and Share options

Start date and end date (approx): This is a permanent position and is available for immediate start. (Flexible on start date)

About us:

Concrete4Change (C4C) is an R&D company developing ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete. To date, C4C has raised £4.5 million from private and public investors. The company is partly owned by two of the largest concrete manufacturers in the world, Siam Cement Group (£17 billion turnover) and Goldbeck GmbH (€7 billion turnover).

C4C technology has won several awards including:

• 2021: The most innovative Net-Zero project from UN COP26 Climate Challenge Cup
• 2021: SDG award from the European Technology Chamber
• 2022: Top 10 startups from Royal Academy of Engineering (£20k)
• 2022: Santander X Prize – Global Countdown to Net-Zero
• 2022: Top 50 startup award from PWC
• 2023: Startups 100 2023 Award Winner
• 2023: Hard Tech Investment of the Year from UK Business Angel Association

As CFO, you will have an entrepreneurial mindset and lead financial initiatives to drive the business forward. Responsibilities include strategising fundraising, overseeing capital structure budgets, and managing accounting and finance activities covering £5 million. You will lead the next fundraising round, Series A, by 2026.

Please note this position is designed for an entrepreneur and is not a standard 9-5 job.

Person’s specifications:

• B.Sc in business, finance, banking, investment, or accounting
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions and investor relations
• Over 5 years proven experience in startup financial management
• Extensive experience leading fundraising in the tens of millions of pounds (Seed to Series B)
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and build stakeholder relationships
• Experience and understanding of deep tech startups
• Experience with CCUS or net zero technologies
• Experience in financing pilot plants
• Knowledge of grant applications and public sector collaboration opportunities
• Experience in deep tech startups is highly desirable

C4C seeks individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit committed to applied science and building a sustainable world.

• Opportunity to work with multi-billion manufacturing partners
• Work with construction and develop technologies for large cement and concrete companies
• Private health insurance
• Competitive milestone-based bonus