Chief Financial Officer

Escape Campus; Udine; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

An international education group is seeking a Part-Time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Udine, Italy, to structure and scale the financial side of the business. The role demands strategic and hands-on management, leading fundraising efforts, overseeing financial planning, and collaborating closely with the operations and product teams. Ideal candidates will have significant CFO experience in a startup environment, strong financial modeling capabilities, and excellent English proficiency. Flexible working arrangements are offered.

Competenze

• Proven experience as CFO, Finance Director, Head of Finance or similar in a startup or scale-up (EdTech, SaaS or education-related sectors are a plus).
• Strong skills in financial modelling, forecasting, and unit economics.
• Demonstrated experience in fundraising (equity, convertible instruments, grants, public funding, accelerators, etc.).
• Ability to translate numbers into clear strategic recommendations for non-financial stakeholders.
• Comfortable working with distributed operations across multiple countries and currencies.
• Hands-on, pragmatic, able to work with limited resources in an early-stage environment.
• Excellent English (spoken and written).

Mansioni

• Design and maintain the financial model of Escape Campus Group (P&L, cash flow, forecasts, scenarios).
• Analyse and improve unit economics (customer acquisition costs, lifetime value, margins per product/country, etc.).
• Lead and structure the fundraising strategy: identify and prioritise investors, funds and grant opportunities.
• Support in preparing pitch decks, financial slides, business plans and data rooms.
• Join investor meetings and handle financial & business due diligence.
• Implement or improve basic financial processes and reporting: monthly/quarterly reporting, budgeting and budget vs actuals, cash flow management and runway planning.
• Advise on corporate structure, subsidiaries and cross-country operations (UK, Spain, Italy, Colombia).
• Support the CEO in strategic decisions (pricing, product mix, hiring plan, cost optimisation, expansion).
• Ensure compliance with basic financial regulations and good governance practices.

Conoscenze

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Fundraising

Strategic recommendation

English proficiency

Descrizione del lavoro

EscapeCampusisaninternationaleducationgroupfocusedonlanguagelearning

Wecurrentlyoperate:

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

WearenowlookingforaPart-TimeChiefFinancialOfficer(CFO)tohelpusstructureandscalethefinancialsideofthebusinessandtoleadourfundraisingstrategyacrossallEscapeCampusprojects.

RoleOverview

Thisisastrategicandhands-onrole.

Wearelookingforsomeonewhocan:

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

YouwillworkcloselywiththeFounder&CEOandcoordinatewithouroperations,productandsalesteams.

KeyResponsibilities

• 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).

NicetoHave

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