Chief Financial Officer

Role: CFO - Chief Financial Officer

Type: Permanent

Location: Dundee, Scotland (with international travel)

Onsite: onsite 2x days per week

Basic salary: £130,000 - £160,000 (we are open to the right person)

Benefits: share options worth 100% of your salary + generous holiday allowance (37 days inclusive of bank holidays, Christmas closure days (3), and birthday day off).

Sector experience: ideally worked for SaaS, or AI, software companies, that are founder led and scale-ups you have been involved in.

Note: This role is exclusive to Cortech; you must apply via this advert to be considered.

We are seeking an experienced CFO to help transition the business from founder-led scale-up to a globally scalable, acquisition-ready technology platform. The role aligns with the Series C objective to strengthen executive leadership and organisational scale. The company is targeting significant international growth and scaling recurring revenue.

Following a successful Series B and C funding round, we seek an experienced Chief Financial Officer to help transition the business from founder-led scale-up to a globally scalable, acquisition-ready technology platform, supporting the Company’s ambitions for value creation and a potential liquidity event.

The CFO will be responsible for developing and executing the organisation's financial strategy, ensuring robust financial management, effective capital allocation and operational discipline while supporting international expansion, fundraising and future strategic transactions.

Working closely with the Managing Director, CEO, Board and Executive Leadership Team, the CFO will play a critical role in preparing the business for growth, institutional investment, acquisitions and future value creation opportunities. The CFO will lead efforts to ensure the business is investor-ready, acquisition-ready and positioned to navigate due diligence.

The Chief Financial Officer will lead the finance function providing strategic leadership across financial planning, reporting, governance, treasury, risk management and commercial finance. The role exists to ensure the organisation has the financial capability, systems, controls and insight required to support sustainable growth, improve profitability and maximise shareholder value.

• Financial Leadership & Performance

• Lead the development and execution of the Group's financial strategy.
• Deliver accurate, timely and insightful financial reporting across the Group.
• Drive financial performance through effective planning, forecasting and analysis.
• Improve profitability, gross margins and operating leverage.
• Ensure financial resources are aligned with strategic priorities.
• Provide financial insight and decision support to the Executive Leadership Team and Board.

• Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead annual budgeting and long-range planning processes.
• Develop robust forecasting models and performance reporting frameworks.
• Monitor financial performance against budgets, forecasts and strategic objectives.
• Provide commercial analysis and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Establish KPIs and reporting dashboards to improve business performance visibility.
• Support departmental leaders with financial planning and accountability.

• Treasury, Capital Allocation & Cash Management

• Oversee Group cash management, treasury operations and funding arrangements.
• Optimise working capital performance and cash generation.
• Ensure robust cash forecasting and liquidity planning.
• Support capital allocation decisions and investment appraisal activities.
• Maintain appropriate financial controls and banking relationships.
• Manage financial risk relating to foreign exchange, credit exposure and liquidity.

• Commercial Finance & Value Creation

Working closely with the Chief Commercial Officer:

• Support pricing strategies and commercial decision-making.
• Improve visibility of product, customer and project profitability.
• Develop financial models to support growth initiatives and investment decisions.
• Drive margin improvement initiatives across products and services.
• Support recurring revenue growth and SaaS business performance.
• Ensure commercial…