Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d)

About the Job As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates, and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact. We’re looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer (m/f/d) to 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. As the company's first CFO, you'll be part of an exciting growth period in the A11 Ecosystem. The company is backed by top-tier investors as well as global institutional banking partners, having recently closed its $40m series B - Atomico, Project A, and Invent Capital with institutional backing from Commerzbank and KfW. 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. Join the A11 Ecosystem – A next-generation supply chain platform, the company is redefining how one of the world’s largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials at scale. Since its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency. Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration. In this role, you’ll: 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 o…