Description
About the Company
We are a commercially driven organisation seeking to strengthen financial planning, improve cash flow visibility, and establish clear performance measures across the business. Our finance team works closely with operational leaders to understand financial trends, evaluate growth opportunities, and ensure that resources are allocated effectively.
We are seeking a Virtual CFO / Finance Manager with strong financial modelling and business analysis capabilities to lead forecasting, liquidity planning, performance reporting, and scenario analysis.
Role Overview
The Virtual CFO / Finance Manager will develop financial forecasts, oversee cash flow planning, assess business performance, and provide actionable recommendations to management. The role requires the ability to connect financial results with operational drivers, identify potential risks, and support decisions involving investment, pricing, cost management, and growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead financial planning and analysis, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and multi-year financial projections.
- Develop integrated financial models covering profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow.
- Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying material variances and their underlying causes.
- Prepare management dashboards covering revenue growth, operating costs, gross margin, profitability, liquidity, and working capital.
- Build cash flow forecasts that incorporate expected receipts, supplier payments, payroll, tax obligations, financing costs, and planned investments.
- Identify potential funding gaps, liquidity risks, and opportunities to improve cash conversion.
- Conduct scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to assess the impact of changing sales, costs, exchange rates, and market conditions.
- Analyse customer profitability, product performance, operating expenses, and unit economics.
- Partner with sales, operations, product, and leadership teams to improve forecasting assumptions and financial accountability.
- Evaluate business cases for capital expenditure, new markets, product development, and commercial partnerships.
- Support pricing analysis, cost optimisation, and resource allocation decisions.
- Develop and maintain financial KPIs and performance reporting frameworks.
- Provide recommendations to improve margins, operating efficiency, and cash generation.
- Improve forecasting processes and automate reporting through financial systems, spreadsheets, and business intelligence tools.
- Present financial insights and recommendations to executive management in a clear and commercially relevant manner.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in FP&A, financial management, commercial finance, or strategic finance.
- Strong experience in budgeting, rolling forecasts, financial modelling, and management reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to develop cash flow forecasts and analyse working capital requirements.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial planning systems, ERP platforms, or business intelligence tools.
- Ability to interpret financial and operational data and communicate insights to non-finance stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of profitability analysis, cost drivers, financial KPIs, and business performance management.
- Experience conducting scenario analysis, sensitivity modelling, and investment assessments.
- Strong analytical judgement, commercial awareness, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with EUR-based financial planning and the Estonian or wider EU business environment is an advantage.
- Experience with Power BI, SQL, or other reporting and data analysis tools is beneficial.
- ACCA, CIMA, CFA, or an equivalent professional qualification is an advantage.
What We Offer
- Fully remote working arrangements within the agreed employment eligibility area.
- Competitive compensation reflecting financial leadership and analytical expertise.
- Opportunities to shape business planning, cash management, and performance improvement.
- Access to modern financial modelling, reporting, and business intelligence tools.
- Professional development and opportunities to expand strategic finance capabilities.
- Close collaboration with executive leadership and operational decision-makers.
- A results-oriented working environment focused on transparency and sustainable growth.
- Paid annual leave and benefits in accordance with company policy and applicable employment requirements.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should submit an up-to-date CV outlining their experience in financial planning, cash flow forecasting, business performance analysis, and strategic finance.
Applicants are encouraged to highlight examples of improving forecast accuracy, identifying cost savings, strengthening liquidity planning, or supporting investment decisions, without sharing confidential employer information.
Shortlisted candidates may be invited to discuss a financial modelling case study involving business forecasts, liquidity scenarios, profitability analysis, or budget variance reporting.
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