Fractional Chief Financial Officer

Requirements

• CFO (or equivalent) experience at a venture-backed scale-up, with Series B+ investment conversations and a leading role in at least one raise
• Hands‑on capital strategy: equity story, investor relations, and non‑equity or debt facilities
• International entity set‑up, ideally US – comfortable owning the legal, tax, and banking work streams
• ERP and financial systems ownership – you've built or fixed the information flow, not just consumed it
• Available 3 days a week for 6 months, able to start fast
• (Desirable) Complex commodity, energy, or regulated‑market experience
• (Desirable)
  
  Risk management:
  
  structure, levers, and the story to investors
• (Desirable) AI‑native finance team structuring – we have most of this covered; you'd sharpen it, not build it
• (Desirable) The credibility and appetite to lead a funding round personally
• (Desirable) Strong culture fit: direct, fast, low ego
• If you’re excited about this role but not sure you meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Your unique perspective could be exactly what we’re looking for

• We're hiring a Fractional CFO – an interim engagement, 6 months, 3 days a week
• This is senior cover with real ownership, not a caretaker seat. For six months you own tem's finance outcome end to end – capital, expansion, infrastructure, and audit readiness – while our permanent CFO search continues
• We're upfront about that overlap: this engagement stands on its own terms, and we'd rather three brilliant days a week than five average ones
• Own capital strategy and the equity story, including non‑equity facilities
• Stand up tem's US entity operationally
• Own pre‑emptive funding readiness and inbound investor relations, including tax and Big Four audit preparation
• You will report into the CEO
• Capital & funding readiness
• Own capital strategy and sharpen the equity story, including non‑equity facilities
• Deal with pre‑emptive funding and manage inbound investor relations: data room, metrics narrative, investor‑grade reporting
• Lead tax and Big Four audit preparation
• Expansion & growth
• Own the operational set‑up of tem's US entity ahead of our Texas launch – legal, tax, banking, reporting
• Shape revenue strategy and platform growth for the third‑party infrastructure model
• Finance infrastructure
• Own ERP integration and the flow of financial information to key stakeholders
• Plug into an AI‑forward finance set‑up – most of the team structuring is covered; you bring the judgement layer
• Leave the function cleaner than you found it: systems, processes, and reporting a permanent CFO can inherit on day one
• 6‑month initial term, 3 days a week