Your mission
The Head of Finance will be a key strategic partner of the executive team, reporting directly to the CEO, responsible for overseeing all financial activities, providing strategic financial guidance, and driving the company's financial planning and analysis.
This role requires a deep understanding of startup financing, investor relations, and financial management in a high-growth environment. This role turns strategy into numbers that can be executed - ensuring TALPA can scale Uptime-as-a-Service with OEM partners while maintaining financial discipline and credibility with board and investors.
You will combine strong hands-on financial leadership with increasing responsibility for strategy execution, capital planning, and cross-functional governance in a high-growth B2B IoT/SaaS environment.
The role is intentionally designed as a CFO-track position, offering significant strategic exposure and the opportunity to grow into a full CFO role within 1–2 years as the company scales.
- Strategic Financial Leadership
- Translate TALPA’s strategy (growth + profitability path) into a measurable financial plan with clear decision points.
- Act as financial sparring partner to CEO/Exec team; challenge assumptions and drive clarity.
- Lead financing work streams (Series C/bridge/non-dilutive), including valuation logic, diligence readiness, and stakeholder alignment.
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Own budget, rolling forecast, and long-range plan with driver-based modelling (not only top-down).
- Build scenario models and ensure the organization reacts early.
- Create customer/OEM-level profitability views (CAC/payback where applicable, GM, contribution, cash impact).
- Financial Reporting and Compliance:
- Maintain compliance with all financial regulations and standards, including tax, audit, and reporting requirements.
- Coordinate with external auditors and manage the annual audit process.
- Deliver accurate monthly reporting (P&L, BS, CF), management packs, and board-ready materials. Own tax/audit timelines, external auditor coordination, and compliance standards. Ensure revenue recognition, contract tracking, and documentation are robust for diligence/audits.
- Cash Flow Management:
- Run weekly cash cadence; optimize AR/AP and payment terms.
- Manage banking relationships and any debt/credit instruments.
- Risk Management:
- Identify financial, contractual, and operational risks early; propose mitigation plans.
- Strengthen internal controls appropriate for a scaling startup.
- Ensure adequate insurance coverage and risk documentation.
- Team Leadership and Development:
- Build a lean finance team and manage external providers (accounting, payroll, tax, legal interfaces).
- Implement automation and tool discipline to reduce manual work and errors.
- Investor Relations and Fundraising (tasks to grow into as the company scales)
- Create investor-grade transparency: crisp KPIs, variance explanations, and forward-looking narrative.
- Maintain a clean data room and diligence toolkit (model, KPIs, cohort/contract views, cap table artifacts).
- Support CEO in investor comms with fact-based, consistent messaging