Chief Financial Officer

at  ARCHIMED

With offices in Europe, North America and APAC, ARCHIMED is a leading investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare industries. ARCHIMED is looking for a CFO for one of its targets.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to be the finance and accounting leader of a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial business (€55m net sales as of today; 260 FTEs) . This company has been on an ambitious growth trajectory since its inception and is well capitalized and firmly positioned to take advantage of the favorable market trends resulting in growth opportunities in their space.
We are seeking a results-driven Chief Financial Officer to oversee financial operations. You will be performing financial planning, optimizing financial processes, and preparing budgets and reports. We’re seeking a financial executive who will partner strategically with the CEO of the enterprise and be a key contributor to the ongoing growth of the business. We require a finance professional with a proven ability to lead a private equity sponsored business and understanding of the demands within this environment. The Chief Financial Officer needs to be highly analytical with an operationally oriented approach and will be responsible for identifying and tracking KPI’s, thoroughly analyzing and understanding the key drivers and levers of the business and who will translate and communicate those findings into action.
To ensure success as a Chief Financial Officer, you should demonstrate in-depth knowledge of financial management principles and extensive experience in a similar role. A first-class Chief Financial Officer will be someone whose expertise translates into optimized financial operations and increased profitability.
The current financial structure doesn’t comply with ARCHIMED’s standards and the CFO will have to build a state of the art financal department.
The offices are in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.

REQUIREMENTS

• Five or more years of experience as a CFO (MANDATORY)
• Experience in the CDMO space
• Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills
• Experience in building / structuring financial operations (ideally in a PE backed company)
• Native speaker German and fluent English

Please refer the Job description for details