[Hiring] VP Finance @Nextcloud

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on VP Finance to support Nextcloud through its next major phase of growth and strategic development.

• Build and lead the finance function for the next stage of Nextcloud’s growth: scale-up from 170 to 400 employees at a fast pace.
• Initially take a highly hands-on and operational role, establishing scalable financial processes, systems, reporting and controls.
• Transition from operational execution to strategic leadership and management.
• Own financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, controlling, cash flow and management reporting.
• Develop the financial organisation, systems and governance required for a company of significantly greater scale.
• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and management team on growth, investments and key business decisions.
• Prepare the company for a potential future shareholder transaction / sale of shares.
• Lead the financial side of such a transaction, including preparation, due diligence, financial documentation and transaction execution.

Qualifications

• Strong finance leadership experience in a fast-growing technology/software company.
• Experience scaling a finance organization and supporting significant company growth.
• Combination of strategic expertise and willingness to work operationally (initial phase).
• Strong knowledge of financial planning, controlling, accounting, reporting and cash management.
• Experience with M&A, shareholder transactions, due diligence and company sale processes.
• Commercially minded, pragmatic and execution-oriented.
• German and English language skills are both essential.
• Ideally located in either Stuttgart or Berlin.

Benefits

• A distributed, open, and enthusiastic team with a passion for working for and within the open source community.
• A fun and diverse team.
• A product that pushes the boundaries of technology with a global user and contributor community.
• A competitive salary.
• Flexibility for a healthy work-life balance.
• Time for personal growth and education.

Company Description

Nextcloud Hub is the industry-leading, fully open-source, on-premises content collaboration platform. Teams access, share and edit their documents, chat and participate in video calls and manage their mail and calendar and projects across mobile, desktop and web interfaces.