⌘ Role Overview

The VP Finance will be Timeleft's financial leader with a clear path to CFO. You own all financial operations for a high-growth B2C subscription platform operating across 50+ countries.

This is a one-person finance function at the start—you'll be fully hands-on while building toward CFO-level strategic influence.

You'll work closely with the CEO (expect multiple meetings per week initially), sit in Board meetings as a guest, and become the financial reference point for the company, investors, and all external stakeholders.

This role requires deep expertise in subscription economics, multi-currency revenue recognition, and complex unit economics modeling. The finance function is here to support scaling from €15M to €100M+ revenue. You'll validate what exists, define the roadmap, and make it bulletproof.

This is not a traditional finance role—you'll need to understand product metrics, retention cohorts, and CAC/LTV dynamics as fluently as P&L statements.

⌘ Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & External Relations

• Own all finance operations as a one-person function (Potential Finance Manager hire in Q3/Q4 2026)
• Become primary contact for all external stakeholders: shareholders, VCs, accountants, lawyers, banks
• Take full ownership of cash in / cash out—runway management, burn rate optimization
• Attend Board meetings as guest, present financials, field investor questions
• Lead or co-lead fundraising process (materials, due diligence, investor relations)
• Own stock option plan administration, cap table management, shareholder communications
• Manage relationships with banks, legal counsel, accounting firm

Financial Control & Data Integrity

• Audit existing finance system and define V2 roadmap
• Implement controls ensuring bulletproof accuracy across revenue recognition, forecasting, reporting
• Establish reconciliation processes between Stripe, accounting platforms, and operating models
• Work with Data team (soon VP Data) on operating models, LTV, cohort analysis—Finance owns the truth, Data supports the modeling
• Diagnose and permanently fix any data integrity issues
• Ensure compliance with international tax regulations and ASC 606/IFRS 15 standards

Subscription Business Mastery

• Own unit economics: cohort-based LTV models, retention forecasting, CAC payback analysis
• Monitor business health through key metrics (ARR, retention curves, CAC by channel, churn drivers)
• Model financial impact of strategic decisions (pricing tiers, market expansion, product launches)
• Manage multi-currency complexity across 50+ countries with dynamic exchange rates
• Challenge and drive growth vs. spend decisions with rigorous financial analysis

Strategic Partnership with CEO

• Become true thought partner to CEO—speak the same language, share the same growth mindset
• Help CEO make best decisions with full financial clarity and scenario planning
• Bring resilience and flexibility, not dogmatism—adapt finance function to growth pace
• Demonstrate clear leadership posture with leadership team
• Impose a clear, trusted way of financially running the business

⌘ Skills & Competencies

Hard Skills:

• Solo operator capability: Can own entire finance function independently—no team required initially
• Subscription economics mastery: Deep expertise in cohort analysis, retention modeling, LTV/CAC optimization
• Financial leadership: Board presentation, investor relations, fundraising execution
• System building: Can audit, validate, and upgrade finance operations from good to bulletproof
• Multi-currency expertise: 50+ country operations, complex revenue recognition, international compliance
• Strategic modeling: Scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, growth vs. spend trade-offs
• Stakeholder management: VCs, lawyers, accountants, banks—can own all external relationships
• Data partnership: Work with Data/BI teams while owning financial truth

Soft Skills:

• CEO partnership: Can become true thought partner—challenge respectfully, speak same language
• Leadership presence: Command respect from leadership team despite being solo finance function
• Resilience & flexibility: Adapt finance rigor to startup growth pace without dogmatism
• Hands-on excellence: No task too small—will do the work, not just delegate
• Teaching orientation: Can explain complex financial concepts clearly to non-finance leaders
• Growth mindset: Excited by scale challenges, not overwhelmed by them
• Ownership mentality: Treats company financials like personal responsibility

⌘ Required Experience

Mandatory

• 10+ years in finance roles, with minimum 3 years as finance leader (VP/Director) at B2C subscription company managing €20M-€100M revenue
• Proven experience taking over existing financial systems and professionalizing them (not just building new ones)
• Deep expertise in subscription business models: built or validated LTV/CAC frameworks, retention analysis, cohort forecasting
• Multi-country operations: managed multi-currency accounting, Stripe/payment processor complexities, international compliance
• Fundraising support: led or supported Series B/C raise, managed investor financial due diligence
• Data validation capability: comfortable interrogating BI systems, spotting inconsistencies between data sources
• Background in consumer apps with retention-driven economics

Strongly Preferred

• Hybrid monetization model experience (subscription + transaction revenue)
• Accounting certifications (CPA, CMA, or equivalent)

Language

• Fluency in English required; French is a plus

⌘ Recruitment process

Introduction Call — A conversation with TA Lead to introduce the company, the role, and learn about you.

Business Interview — Discussion with CEO about your experience and approach to business challenges.

Workshop Interview (Onsite) — "Sparring session" to evaluate your skills.

Reference Check