Chief Financial Officer

Escape Campus; Piemonte; In loco; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

An international education group is seeking a Part-Time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help structure and scale its financial operations and manage fundraising strategies across various projects. The ideal candidate will have proven experience as a CFO or similar, strong skills in financial modelling, and a demonstrated ability to lead fundraising efforts. This strategic role involves close collaboration with the Founder & CEO, optimizing financial processes while ensuring compliance with regulations. Excellent English and comfort with multi-country operations are essential.

Competenze

• Proven experience as CFO, Finance Director, Head of Finance or similar in a startup or scale-up.
• Strong skills in financial modelling and forecasting.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising including equity and grants.
• Ability to translate numbers into strategic recommendations for non-financial stakeholders.
• Comfortable working with distributed operations across multiple countries.

Mansioni

• Design and maintain the financial model of Escape Campus Group.
• Analyze and improve unit economics.
• Lead and structure the fundraising strategy.
• Implement or improve basic financial processes.
• Advise on corporate structure and compliance.

Conoscenze

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Fundraising

Strategic recommendations

Distributed operations

Hands-on approach

Excellent English

Descrizione del lavoro

EscapeCampusisaninternationaleducationgroupfocusedon languagelearning

Wecurrentlyoperate :

• Languageschools acrossthe UK,Spain,ItalyandColombia (onlineandin-person)
• Agrowing EdTechdivision buildingAI-poweredlanguagelearningsolutions
• Partnershipswithcompanies,schoolsandinstitutionstodeliver innovativelearningexperiences

Wearenowlookingfora Part-TimeChiefFinancialOfficer(CFO) tohelpusstructureandscalethefinancialsideofthebusinessandtoleadour fundraisingstrategy acrossallEscapeCampusprojects.

Role Overview

Thisisa strategicandhands‑on role.

Wearelookingforsomeonewhocan :

• Understandthe overallbusinessmodel ofEscapeCampus(schools+online+EdTech)
• Takeownershipof financialplanning,cashflow,anduniteconomics
• Leadandoptimiseourfundraisingefforts (VCs,angels,grants,publicfunds,accelerators)
• HelptheCEOtomakedata-drivendecisionson growth,investments,andprofitability

Youwillworkcloselywiththe Founder&CEO andcoordinatewithouroperations,productandsalesteams.

Key Responsibilities

• Designandmaintainthe financialmodel ofEscapeCampusGroup(P&L,cashflow,forecasts,scenarios).
• Analyseandimprove uniteconomics (customeracquisitioncosts,lifetimevalue,marginsperproduct / country,etc.).
• Leadandstructurethe fundraisingstrategy :
• Identifyandprioritiserelevant investors,fundsandgrantopportunities
• Supportinpreparingpitchdecks,financialslides,businessplansanddatarooms
• Joininvestormeetingsandhandlefinancial&businessduediligence
• Implementorimprovebasicfinancialprocessesandreporting :
• Monthly / quarterlyreporting
• Budgetingandbudgetvs.actuals
• Cashflowmanagementandrunwayplanning
• Adviseon corporatestructure,subsidiariesandcross-countryoperations (UK,Spain,Italy,Colombia)withourlegal / accountingpartners.
• SupporttheCEOin strategicdecisions (pricing,productmix,hiringplan,costoptimisation,expansion).
• Ensurecompliancewithbasic financialregulationsandgoodgovernance practices.

Requirements

• Provenexperienceas CFO,FinanceDirector,HeadofFinance orsimilarina startuporscale-up (EdTech,SaaSoreducation-relatedsectorsareaplus).
• Strongskillsin financialmodelling,forecasting,anduniteconomics.
• Demonstratedexperiencein fundraising (equity,convertibleinstruments,grants,publicfunding,accelerators,etc.).
• Abilitytotranslatenumbersinto clearstrategicrecommendations fornon-financialstakeholders.
• Comfortableworkingwith distributedoperations acrossmultiplecountriesandcurrencies.
• Hands‑on,pragmatic,abletoworkwith limitedresources inanearly‑stageenvironment.
• Excellent English (spokenandwritten).

Nice to Have

• Experiencein EdTech,education,ortrainingbusinesses .
• Experiencewith grant / publicfundapplications (innovation,digitalisation,education).
• Familiaritywith UKandEUstartupecosystems (investors,programs,instruments).
• BasedinEuropeorsimilartimezone.