Co-Founder (Business & Finance)

New-Found-Hope; Cairneyhill; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

New-Found-Hope, an award-winning Scottish start-up, seeks a strategic Co-Founder (Business & Finance) to lead operations and growth. The ideal candidate will co-develop financial strategies and manage investor relations, working closely with the founder in a mission-driven environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape a meaningful business that impacts children's lives through innovative footwear.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial operations and helping startups.
• Familiarity with e-commerce and direct-to-consumer models.
• Interest in pediatrics or helping children thrive.

Responsibilities

• Co-develop financial and commercial strategies.
• Lead financial operations including budgeting and cash flow.
• Shape team culture and manage relationships with investors.

Skills

Financial Strategy

Effective Communication

Cash Flow Management

Budgeting

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Tools

QuickBooks

Shopify

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Founder and CEO of New-Found-Hope | Scottish Circular EDGE & Young EDGE Winner | Converge Challenge Kickstart ES Winner | Autism Practitioner

Location: Scotland / Remote hybrid | Part-time to Full-time | Equity + Salary (Post-Kickstarter)

About Us:

New-Found-Hope is an award-winning Scottish start-up designing the world’s first early intervention adaptive trainer to help kids aged 3–7 overcome toe-walking. We’ve won 8 innovation awards — including the Circular Economy Special Award at Scottish EDGE — and we’re just getting started. (Find out more at https://newfoundhope.co.uk/)

Our mission is simple:

To empower kids of all abilities to spring forward with New-Found-Hope in their soles!

We’re building a movement through footwear, storytelling, character-led content, and community.

With product development complete, our Kickstarter campaign launching this summer, and DTC e-commerce planned for Q4, we're now seeking a strategic Co-Founder (Business & Finance) to join the founding team and lead our business operations into launch and beyond.

The Role:

You’ll work side-by-side with the founder (Nathan) to:

• Co-develop and implement financial and commercial strategies to scale the business
• Lead all financial operations — including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cash flow management
• Manage investor and grant relationships, reporting, and long-term fundraising
• Develop and optimise pricing, margin control, and manufacturing cost models
• Oversee and optimise the DTC user journey across our website and campaigns
• Build partnerships with stakeholders, mentors, and key networks
• Shape the team culture, hiring plan, and foundational systems
• Help build something beautiful, lasting, and meaningful
• You’re confident with P&Ls, budgets, and managing early-stage cash flow
• You’re proactive, organised, and solutions-focused
• You love building systems, not just firefighting
• You’re an effective communicator, collaborator, and leader
• You’re familiar with tools like QuickBooks and Shopify (or can pick them up fast)
• You’re excited by impact-driven business, not just exits
• Have built or advised a start-up before
• Have e-commerce / DTC or subscription model experience
• Are a parent, or deeply passionate about helping children thrive
• Have knowledge/experience in paediatrics, physiotherapy, podiatry, occupational therapy, and medicine
• Share our faith-based ethos and want to build something meaningful with integrity

(If you have some but not all of these, please still apply!)

How to Apply:

Send us a 1-minute video pitch introducing yourself and what you could bring to the team, along with your CV, to [e-mail].

Let us know:

• Why this mission matters to you
• What experience you bring (big or small)
• Where you want to go in the next few years

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion

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