Descrição
Location: Remote / EU
Stage: Pre-seed, PMF exploration
Product: AI-powered Accounting Automation Platform
About the role:
We are looking for a CFO Co-founder to co-build an AI-driven startup focused on automating accounting and financial processes for modern businesses.
This is a hands-on founder role, not a corporate executive position.
You will be responsible for shaping the financial, accounting, and compliance backbone of the company — from designing financial models and accounting logic behind the product, through building finance and reporting processes, to co-managing the company together with the founding team. Your mission is to ensure that our accounting automation platform is built on real-world accounting expertise, correct financial logic, and scalable financial processes - combining finance, accounting practice, product thinking, and startup execution in an early-stage, high-uncertainty environment.
Your responsibilities:
As CFO Co-founder, you will be responsible for:
- Designing and overseeing the company’s financial and accounting architecture,
- Ensuring that product automation logic reflects real accounting and bookkeeping workflows,
- Translating accounting and tax processes into structured, automatable financial logic,
- Validating how accounting offices operate and how bookkeeping is performed in practice,
- Building financial models, forecasts, and unit economics,
- Designing budgeting, cash-flow, and financial control processes,
- Overseeing accounting, reporting, and compliance frameworks,
- Supporting the design of accounting automation features from a domain-expert perspective,
- Cooperating closely with product and tech teams to align automation with accounting reality,
- Preparing investor financial materials and data rooms,
- Leading fundraising, financial preparation and investor communication,
- Designing internal finance and reporting processes from scratch,
- Setting up financial KPIs and performance dashboards,
- Co-managing the company together with the founding team,
- Supporting pricing, packaging, and revenue model decisions,
- Shaping company culture around ownership, accountability, and financial discipline.
Who we are looking for (Must-have):
- Strong professional experience in finance and accounting,
- Practical knowledge of how accounting offices operate and how bookkeeping is performed,
- Experience working with accounting processes, financial reporting, and compliance,
- Background as CFO, Head of Finance, Finance Manager, Chief Accountant, or similar,
- Experience working with or inside accounting firms / finance departments,
- Understanding of bookkeeping, accounting workflows, and financial controls,
- Ability to translate accounting processes into structured rules and logic,
- Experience in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting,
- An analytical mindset and strong financial modelling skills,
- Entrepreneurial mindset: ownership, speed, and accountability,
- Ability to operate in early-stage, high-uncertainty environments,
- Strong communication skills with product and technical teams,
- C1+ level of spoken and written English and Polish.
Nice to have:
- Experience in fintech, accounting tech, or ERP systems,
- Experience working with automation in finance or accounting,
- Exposure to B2B SaaS business models,
- Previous startup or scale-up experience,
- Fundraising or investor collaboration experience,
- Experience working with AI-driven financial or accounting tools.
What we offer:
- CFO Co-founder role with real influence over company direction,
- Opportunity to build an AI-driven accounting startup from scratch,
- High autonomy in finance, product-finance alignment, and strategy,
- Remuneration: at least PLN 17 000 net B2B + VAT,
- Equity package in the co-created startup,
- Support from an experienced startup studio and capital group,
- Access to unique know-how and international experts,
- Fast pace, short feedback loops, and tangible impact.
Red Sky is conducting this recruitment process. The cooperation concerns a newly established start-up.
Recruitment process:
- Interview with HR
- Business case
- Interview with the Investor
- Interview with the Founder (product & domain alignment)
- Agreement on cooperation terms (remuneration + equity)