Chief Financial Officer, Founders Forum
Founders Health
3-5 days a week in office
Community for entrepreneurs & start up investments
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Community for entrepreneurs & start up investments
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
3-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To champion innovators and drive outcomes that leave a positive impact on our world.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Chief Financial Officer to join the leadership team and help build the foundation for our next phase of growth
- This role is perfect for someone who thrives in early-stage environments and wants to be part of building something from the ground up—with both operational ownership and financial leadership
What the job involves
- You’ll work directly with the CEO to drive financial discipline, operational efficiency, and long-term strategic planning
- Finance and Operational Leadership
- Lead all financial operations: forecasting, budgeting, reporting, compliance, and controls
- Manage and continuously refine the financial model to reflect the company’s evolving product and commercial structure
- Deliver monthly investor and board-ready reporting with clear performance insights
- Oversee cap table management and all activities related to fundraising, from financial modeling to diligence support
- Create and implement a tax-effective share option scheme
- Partner with the CEO to prepare and execute a £3.5M+ fundraise in 2025
- Design and implement core operational systems and infrastructure to support scaling
- Set up and monitor operational KPIs, systems, and reporting tools
- Streamline internal processes to maximize efficiency, accuracy, and transparency
- Oversee legal and administrative operations, including the development and review of contracts, vendor agreements, employment documents, and confidentiality/IP-related materials
- Serve as a strategic advisor across workstreams, ensuring clarity, accountability, and execution excellence
- Build and manage the operations team as the business grows
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founders Forum started in 2005 to create an optimised environment for collaboration. The community was established as a response to the lack of credible, peer-to-peer European entrepreneur networks to rival those that existed in Silicon Valley.
Founders Forum hosts invite-only, not-for-profit forums to accelerate the positive impact of technology on the world. The company organises two flagship forums annually, as well as numerous smaller events globally, assembling a global community of founders, global leaders, senior investors and rising stars.
Founders Forum has also launched a family of businesses that exist to support entrepreneurs at all stages of their journey, covering advisory, executive search, education, diversity & inclusion, charitable giving and various others. The company remains committed to developing the future of industries, discovering and unearthing the latest trends in technology, and promoting avenues to create a positive impact on society.
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Company benefits
- Access to the Founders Family network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem
- 26 days annual leave, with the option to work remotely abroad for up to 2 weeks/year
- Wellbeing budget via Juno
- Learning and development budget
- Private healthcare insurance (Bupa)
- Join an ambitious and passionate team with quarterly socials and team lunches 1/week
- Great new office at 180 Strand, London
Company values
- Collaborators - We believe in the power of the network. We facilitate connections, learn from experts and inspire each other to continuously reach the next level
- Innovators - We are constantly thinking about new opportunities to support the innovators that make up our community. We are innovators ourselves, building new solutions and harnessing new technologies to deliver greater value
- Pioneers - We are bold in our approach to a changing world, taking pride in doing things differently. Our success reflects the specialist expertise drawn from the community and shared entrepreneurial spirit to pioneer the future of digital
- Driven by impact - We are here to make a big impact on the world. The people we work with are highly aspirational. and we harness the potential by creating an ecosystem where they can push themselves to the limit
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Brent Hoberman
(Co-Founder & Executive Chairman)Founders Forum, Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Forum, Founders Factory and firstminute capital. Previously, Brent co-founded lastminute.com in 1998, Made.com and Karakuri.
Jonathan Goodwin OBE
(Co-Founder)Jonathan has previously founded PROFounders Capital and worked as the European Senior Advisor for Opera Solutions. Since creating Founders Forum, they have also founded Lepe Partners and are the current Head of Merchant Banking at Alvarium.
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