Chief Financial Officer

Escape Campus; Padova; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

An international education group is seeking a Part-Time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the financial strategies and fundraising efforts across its projects in Italy and beyond. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance within EdTech or related fields and possess skills in financial modeling, fundraising, and strategic decision-making. This strategic role involves close collaboration with the CEO and requires excellent English communication. The position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic, multi-country environment.

Competenze

• Proven experience as CFO, Finance Director, Head of Finance in a startup or scale-up.
• Strong skills in financial modelling, forecasting, and unit economics.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising and public funding.
• Ability to translate numbers into strategic recommendations.
• Comfortable with distributed operations across countries and currencies.
• Hands-on, pragmatic in limited resource settings.
• Excellent English communication.

Mansioni

• Design and maintain the financial model including P&L, cash flow, and forecasts.
• Analyze and improve unit economics like customer acquisition costs and lifetime value.
• Lead and structure fundraising strategy, including investor identification.
• Support in preparing pitch decks, financial slides, and business plans.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and good governance practices.

Conoscenze

financial modelling

forecasting

fundraising

strategic recommendations

distributed operations

hands-on approach

excellent English

Descrizione del lavoro

EscapeCampusisaninternationaleducationgroupfocusedonlanguagelearning

Wecurrentlyoperate:

• LanguageschoolsacrosstheUK,Spain,ItalyandColombia(onlineandin-person)
• AgrowingEdTechdivisionbuildingAI-poweredlanguagelearningsolutions
• Partnershipswithcompanies,schoolsandinstitutionstodeliverinnovativelearningexperiences

WearenowlookingforaPart-TimeChiefFinancialOfficer(CFO)tohelpusstructureandscalethefinancialsideofthebusinessandtoleadourfundraisingstrategyacrossallEscapeCampusprojects.

Role Overview

Thisisastrategicandhands-onrole.

Wearelookingforsomeonewhocan:

• UnderstandtheoverallbusinessmodelofEscapeCampus(schools+online+EdTech)
• Takeownershipoffinancialplanning,cashflow,anduniteconomics
• Leadandoptimiseourfundraisingefforts(VCs,angels,grants,publicfunds,accelerators)
• HelptheCEOtomakedata-drivendecisionsongrowth,investments,andprofitability

YouwillworkcloselywiththeFounder&CEOandcoordinatewithouroperations,productandsalesteams.

Key Responsibilities

• DesignandmaintainthefinancialmodelofEscapeCampusGroup(P&L,cashflow,forecasts,scenarios).
• Analyseandimproveuniteconomics(customeracquisitioncosts,lifetimevalue,marginsperproduct/country,etc.).
• Leadandstructurethefundraisingstrategy:
  • Identifyandprioritiserelevantinvestors,fundsandgrantopportunities
  • Supportinpreparingpitchdecks,financialslides,businessplansanddatarooms
  • Joininvestormeetingsandhandlefinancial&businessduediligence
• Implementorimprovebasicfinancialprocessesandreporting:
  • Monthly/quarterlyreporting
  • Budgetingandbudgetvs.actuals
  • Cashflowmanagementandrunwayplanning
• Adviseoncorporatestructure,subsidiariesandcross-countryoperations(UK,Spain,Italy,Colombia)withourlegal/accountingpartners.
• SupporttheCEOinstrategicdecisions(pricing,productmix,hiringplan,costoptimisation,expansion).
• Ensurecompliancewithbasicfinancialregulationsandgoodgovernancepractices.

Requirements

• ProvenexperienceasCFO,FinanceDirector,HeadofFinanceorsimilarinastartuporscale-up(EdTech,SaaSoreducation-relatedsectorsareaplus).
• Strongskillsinfinancialmodelling,forecasting,anduniteconomics.
• Demonstratedexperienceinfundraising(equity,convertibleinstruments,grants,publicfunding,accelerators,etc.).
• Abilitytotranslatenumbersintoclearstrategicrecommendationsfornon-financialstakeholders.
• Comfortableworkingwithdistributedoperationsacrossmultiplecountriesandcurrencies.
• Hands-on,pragmatic,abletoworkwithlimitedresourcesinanearly-stageenvironment.
• ExcellentEnglish(spokenandwritten).

Nice to Have

• ExperienceinEdTech,education,ortrainingbusinesses.
• Experiencewithgrant/publicfundapplications(innovation,digitalisation,education).
• FamiliaritywithUKandEUstartupecosystems(investors,programs,instruments).
• BasedinEuropeorsimilartimezone.