Chief Financial Officer

🚀 Join Belle Muse as our next CFO! 🚀

Lead our financial strategy with passion, ensuring fiscal health, compliance, and creating innovative financial systems to drive our growth and success!

About the Role:

Your mission: To drive and manage Belle Muse’s financial strategy, ensuring fiscal health and compliance across multiple jurisdictions, while constructing a comprehensive financial infrastructure from the ground up to achieve stability, scalability, and transforming the finance department into a strategic powerhouse.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Develop and manage comprehensive financial plans and analyze financial data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks.
• Accounting: Oversee daily accounting operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Reporting: Prepare and review financial reports (monthly, quarterly, yearly).
• Budgeting: Establish, monitor, and adjust budgeting processes to align with financial goals.
• Cash Flow Management: Manage daily cash flow to ensure operational liquidity and oversee payment processes, including those to global freelancers and creators.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in Cyprus and Bulgaria and coordinate with external accounting teams in both countries.
• Risk Management: Develop strategies to manage risks associated with the high-risk industry and cross-border transactions.
• Systems and Processes: Develop and implement financial systems and tools that oversee the integration of financial operations between Torx and Vertex.
• Crypto Management: Manage crypto income and ensure compliance with tax and regulatory requirements related to crypto transactions.
• Reporting to Leadership: Regularly update the CEO and other executives on financial status and strategies, providing insights and recommendations based on financial analysis.

Your KPIs: We heavily believe in data — these will be the KPIs your success will be measured by:

• Operating Cash Flow: Cash generated from core business operations, indicating liquidity and operational efficiency.
• Expense Management: Actual expenses compared to budgeted expenses, aiming for minimal variance.
• Net Profit Margin: Net income divided by total revenue, indicating overall profitability.

Outcomes: We will measure your success by the following practical outcomes, among others:

• Conduct a detailed audit of current financial practices and health, and present a comprehensive plan outlining improvements, strategies, and objectives for the finance department.
• Successfully implement at least one major financial system or tool that enhances financial tracking, reporting, and management.
• Ensure the company maintains a positive cash flow with at least a 30-day cash buffer each month, starting immediately and maintained consistently.

Benefits:

1. Flexible Work: Enjoy flexible hours and remote work options for a balanced lifestyle.
2. Professional Growth: Access to curated audiobooks and conferences for ongoing learning and career progression.
3. Creative Collaboration: Join a dynamic team where innovation and teamwork drive exciting, impactful projects.
4. Recognition and Rewards: We foster a culture of meritocracy — whoever contributes to our success will be rewarded proportionally.
5. Mentorship and Leadership: Get access to our executives and learn from them directly.

Desired Profile: We are aware that this may be limited, so if you feel like you match 80% of what we’re looking for, feel free to still apply. The most important will always be your hunger for growth, this is non-negotiable.

Competencies:

Must-Have:

• Financial Planning and Analysis: Expertise in developing and managing financial plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Accounting and Reporting: Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices, with the ability to oversee daily accounting operations and ensure compliance.
• Cash Flow Management: Proven ability to manage cash flow effectively, ensuring operational liquidity and maintaining cash buffers.
• Financial Systems Implementation: Experience in selecting, implementing, and managing financial systems and tools.
• Strategic Planning: Ability to develop and present comprehensive financial strategies and plans.
• Risk Management: Skills in identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial risks, particularly in a high-risk industry.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to present financial information clearly and effectively to executives and stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Analytical and problem-solving skills to address financial challenges and improve processes.

Nice-to-Have:

• Cross-Border Financial Management: Experience with financial operations in multiple countries and navigating different regulatory environments.
• Crypto Management: Knowledge of managing and converting cryptocurrency transactions.
• Tech-Savvy: Familiarity with financial technology and software, and the ability to leverage technology to improve financial operations.
• Innovative Thinking: Ability to introduce innovative financial solutions and strategies that drive efficiency and growth.

Behavioural Characteristics:

• Your strategic mindset allows you to anticipate future challenges and opportunities, ensuring the financial health and growth of the organization.
• Your attention to detail ensures accuracy in all financial reports and transactions, maintaining compliance and providing a solid foundation for decision-making.
• Your proactive attitude ensures that financial risks are managed effectively and that the company is always prepared for future challenges.
• Your strong communication skills enable you to convey complex financial information clearly, ensuring alignment and informed decision-making across the organization.
• Your adaptability allows you to thrive in a dynamic environment and manage cross-border financial operations effectively.
• Your results-oriented approach ensures that financial strategies and plans are executed effectively, driving the company towards its financial goals.
• Your innovative mindset helps you seek out new ways to improve financial processes and leverage technology to enhance efficiency.

Location: While this is a remote role, we prefer to work with people in Europe, preferably in Belgium.

Commitment: We’re looking for an intrapreneur for this top-level role.

You need to work a minimum of 50 hours per week and lead your team as if it was your own business.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree (Preferred, not required)
• 5+ years of equivalent experience

The Next Steps 🍍

So you got this far. That must mean you’re serious about working with us. Great.

These will be the next steps:

1. Submit your application: https://coda.io/@bellemuse/belle-muse-vacancies/open-positions-11
2. Our team will review your application promptly.
3. Shortlisted candidates will undergo practical skill assessments.
4. Successful candidates will be interviewed by our HR manager.
5. Further discussions with the hiring manager will follow.
6. A final interview with the CEO awaits standout candidates.
7. Approved candidates will enter a 3-month trial period.

Ready to take on the challenge and make a significant impact? 🌟

Apply now and be part of our dynamic, remote team! Good luck, pineapple!