Chief Financial Officer

Job description

## **About Andercore** Andercore is the AI-native supplier of industrial materials for energy, infrastructure, and construction in wholesale and beyond. We trade with global suppliers and distribute to European customers on our own account. Our AI runs the full trade and distribution end-to-end: sourcing, quality, pricing, sales, logistics, and embedded financing. For the customer, it feels like buying from their preferred local supplier; for our partners, it is the most convenient and safe way to do business across borders. Behind it, our software and agentic AI do the heavy lifting that used to take an asset-intensive supply chain with four or five intermediaries and weeks of manual coordination. Where we are today: - Strong triple-digit-million euro turnover - Seven European markets live - 80+ people across Berlin (HQ), offices in London, Mumbai, and Shanghai $40M Series B just closed, $75M raised to date from Atomico, Project A, and Inven Capital, institutional financing from international banks. We are building the world's first and last industrial-grade AI operating system for materials, redefining how global trade works in one of the largest and most essential industries on earth. ## Role Overview As Andercore’ first Chief Financial Officer, you will own the financial architecture of the company and be a core member of the executive leadership team. Your mandate is to design, operate, and continuously evolve a financial system that enables scale, resilience, and capital efficiency in a complex, capital-intensive environment. This is a system-building CFO position with active M&A and financing responsibilities —not a reporting role. The position is on-site in Berlin. ## Key Responsibilities **Financial Architecture & Operating System** Own the end-to-end financial operating system, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and working capital management. Translate operational reality into accurate, decision-ready financial insight. Design financial structures that scale with transaction volume, geography, and organizational complexity. **Capital Structure, Financing & M&A** Own and evolve the company's capital structure across growth phases. Design a scalable financing model supporting organic growth and selective M&A, combining venture/growth equity, senior and subordinated debt, and working capital instruments. Partner with the CEO on M&A strategy, including target evaluation, valuation, structuring, and deal economics. Ensure acquisitions strengthen the platform and integrate cleanly into financial and technological systems. **Financing as a System** Ensure financing and capital deployment are embedded into the technology platform. Work with product and technology leadership to integrate financing and acquisition logic into pricing, quoting, order flows, risk assessment, and working capital allocation. Build architecture that scales automatically with transaction volume. **Accounting, Controls & Governance** Own statutory accounting, audits, and compliance across multiple entities and jurisdictions. Ensure audit-ready, institutional-grade financials. Design scalable internal controls that preserve operational speed. Establish governance structures supporting fast decision-making. **Financial Modeling & Strategic Support** Own and continuously improve financial models, including operating plans, scenario and stress cases, and acquisition/integration models. Support pricing, market expansion, partnerships, and M&A evaluations. Act as strategic sparring partner to CEO and leadership team. **Finance Organization & Leadership** Build and lead a high-performance finance organization (Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Risk). Grow and support the development of the existing team of 3 (one Head of Accounting, one Head of Finance and 2 accountants, supported by external accounting, top-tier tax, and legal advisers. Hire, develop, and retain top-tier talent capable of supporting scale and M&A activity. ## Profile We Are Looking For **Background & Experience** Strong background in accounting firms (transaction services preferred), investment banking, or private equity (growth equity, infrastructure, industrials preferred). Hands-on experience in company building or scale-ups with exposure to acquisitions. Proven track record across equity, debt, and M&A transactions. Demonstrated ability to design and evolve capital structures. Deep understanding of accounting, controls, and risk frameworks. Excellent financial modeling skills. Experience in working-capital-intensive or transaction-heavy businesses is a strong plus. **Language & Market Fit** Background from Germany, France, or the UK. Fluent in English. Fluent in German or French at native or near-native level. Comfortable operating across cultures and jurisdictions. **Mindset & Working Style** You think in systems, not spreadsheets. You are an operator who wants proximity to the business and is comfortable with ambiguity. You combine strong conviction with intellectual honesty. You see M&A as a strategic tool. You want to develop, build and scale a team. You are committed to the long-term journey. ## What This Role Is Not This is not a pure reporting or compliance-only CFO role. You are not a back-office administrator detached from operations. You will not outsource ownership of capital or M&A decisions to advisors. ## What Success Looks Like The company operates with financial clarity across organic growth and acquisitions. A scalable financing and M&A model enables opportunistic capital deployment. The capital stack is diversified and optimized. Financing and acquisition logic are embedded in the technology platform. Acquisitions integrate cleanly and improve return on capital. The finance function is a strategic system builder, not merely a control function. We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or any other characteristic. We believe that diversity drives innovation, creativity, and collective strength.