[Remote] Chief Financial Officer - VC-Backed B2B SaaS Scale-Up (Journey to $100M ARR)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zearch is an exceptionally fast-growing B2B SaaS scaleup seeking a CFO/SVP FP&A to lead its financial and operational evolution towards $100M ARR. The role involves shaping financial strategy, building financial infrastructure, and supporting the company's scale-up journey while working closely with the CEO and senior stakeholders. Responsibilities • Design and scale financial infrastructure: Build automated, scalable systems and processes across FP&A, reporting, financial control, and compliance to support hyper-growth. • Strategic financial leadership: Lead long-term planning, modelling, scenario analysis, and strategic financial decision-making. • FP&A ownership: Drive budgeting, forecasting, and performance analytics, delivering clear insight to senior stakeholders. • M&A / strategic finance: Support investment activity, acquisitions, due diligence, valuations, and post-deal integration. • Financial control & governance: Maintain robust internal controls, ensure timely and accurate reporting, and uphold high standards across accounting, compliance, and audit. • Team leadership: Develop and scale a growing finance team, providing strong coaching, structure, and mentorship. • Business partnering: Work closely with commercial, product, and operations leaders to embed finance into key decisions and drive company-wide performance. • Investor relations: Build relationships with existing and potential investors, support fundraising discussions, and champion capital efficiency. • Board engagement: Present financial performance, risks, and strategic recommendations to the board. Skills • Senior finance leadership experience in a VC-backed B2B SaaS scale-up, ideally from Series B/C+ onwards. • Demonstrated track record in FP&A, including forecasting, modelling, and performance analytics. • Experience building scalable processes and infrastructure in high-growth technology environments. • Strong commercial acumen with a background in financial controls and operational finance. • Experience working toward significant growth milestones such as growing to $100M+ ARR, international expansion, M&A, or exit events. • A collaborative, coachable leader with a hands-on approach and the ambition to build and scale a high-performing finance team. Company Overview • "It doesn't matter how good your tech is, you need great people." We are the Executive Search company bridging talent and technology. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Hove, East Sussex, GB, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job