Job Description

About You

The Fractional CFO will help build and operate Optiml’s financial operating system during a critical scale-up phase.

This role combines strategic financial leadership with hands-on operational execution, ensuring that the company maintains strong financial discipline, liquidity visibility, and investor-ready reporting while scaling its B2B SaaS business.

Working closely with the CEO and leadership team, the Fractional CFO will oversee outsourced accounting partners, establish structured financial processes, and introduce pragmatic automation that reduces manual work and improves financial transparency.

A key focus of the role is ensuring high data consistency across finance, operations, and commercial teams, enabling leadership to make faster and better-informed decisions.

The role also includes financial coordination across Optiml’s Swiss parent company and its international subsidiaries (Germany and the UK, with potential other expansions), ensuring clean consolidation, governance, and scalable processes as the company grows.

About Optiml

Optiml is revolutionizing real estate with our Real Estate Decision Intelligence (REDI) software—a new class of decision technology that embeds AI to help decarbonize buildings while optimizing asset financial performance.

We are an ETH Zurich spin-off that launched our first product in April 2024 and are now scaling across Europe and the US. We recently raised an oversubscribed €8M Seed round to accelerate our growth, supported by leading VCs such as KOMPAS, Planet A Ventures, Innovation Endeavors (the fund of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt), BitStone Capital, and The Bau Ventures, along with leading angels.

Built on more than a decade of research and proprietary IP, our platform enables institutional investors, owners, and asset managers to make underwritable, forward-looking decisions across the full asset lifecycle — from acquisition to exit — replacing static, backward-looking reports with actionable intelligence.

Trusted by leading organizations across Europe and beyond, Optiml supports capital allocation decisions that balance key financial, regulatory, and sustainable considerations under real-world constraints.

As of early 2026, we are expanding our team to scale our product capabilities and operational delivery as we work to make Real Estate Decision Intelligence the global standard for real estate investment decision-making.

Tasks

Key Objectives

• Build and operate Optiml’s financial operating system: forecasting, reporting, and liquidity visibility.
• Deliver investor-grade financial reporting and board readiness while supporting fundraising and strategic decisions.
• Ensure clean integration between finance, commercial data (with existing GTM Ops role), and multi-entity operations across Switzerland, Germany, the UK, and beyond

Responsibilities

1 - Financial Planning, Modeling & Strategic Support

• Own Optiml’s financial planning and forecasting processes, including budgeting, scenario planning, and long-range financial models.
• Translate commercial strategy, hiring plans, and operational investments into structured financial projections.
• Develop financial models supporting fundraising planning, pricing decisions, and expansion strategies.
• Support leadership in strategic decisions with clear financial analysis and scenario modeling.

2 - Financial Reporting & Operating System

• Design and maintain a structured financial reporting framework that provides leadership with clear visibility into company performance.
• Prepare monthly or quarterly financial statements with key accruals and adjustments.
• Develop standardized reporting templates for internal leadership, board updates, and investor communication.
• Ensure financial reporting remains consistent, audit-ready, and scalable.

3 - Accounting Oversight & Multi-Entity Finance Governance

• Oversee external accounting providers and ensure accurate and timely bookkeeping, filings, and compliance.
• Ensure structured financial coordination across Optiml AG (Switzerland) and subsidiaries in Germany and the UK.
• Maintain clear consolidation processes across entities, ensuring consistent reporting standards and financial transparency.
• Review financial statements and ensure compliance with applicable accounting and tax requirements.
• Implement pragmatic financial controls and approval processes appropriate for a venture-backed startup.

4 - Cash, Liquidity & Treasury Management

• Maintain clear visibility into cash runway, burn rate, and capital allocation.
• Develop financing strategies to support business growth (e.g. grants, debt, etc.)
• Develop structured cash forecasting models aligned with the company’s commercial pipeline and operating plans.
• Support the leadership team with treasury strategy, banking relationships, and capital planning.
• Help establish financial discipline around budget management and capital deployment.

5 - Investor, Board & Fundraising Support

• Support preparation of board materials, investor updates, and financial reporting packages.
• Contribute financial insights to fundraising discussions, including capital planning and financial projections.
• Help prepare financial narratives for equity financing, venture debt, and other capital structures.
• Ensure financial reporting is consistent with investor expectations and venture-backed company standards.

6 - Finance Systems, Data Integration & Automation

• Work closely with GTM Operations to ensure financial and commercial data remain aligned.
• Integrate CRM, invoicing, and accounting systems to improve forecast accuracy and reporting consistency.
• Introduce pragmatic automation and structured reporting workflows that reduce manual finance work.
• Design finance processes that prioritize data consistency, automation, and transparency.

Requirements

• CPA or equivalent accounting qualification required.
• 7–10+ years of experience in finance roles, including startup or scale-up environments.
• Is comfortable operating as a player-coach, combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Strong experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and financial reporting systems.
• Experience overseeing outsourced accounting partners or hybrid finance structures.
• Experience operating in venture-backed B2B SaaS companies.
• Strong proficiency with Excel and financial reporting frameworks.
• Experience working with multi-entity company structures and international subsidiaries.
• Ability to operate in a hands-on fractional CFO capacity, combining strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with founders, leadership teams, and investors.
• Adept with tools (Google & Microsoft Office suite, Notion, Slack, Xero, Hubspot, etc.), and structured information flows.
• Capabilities in AI workflows.
• Fluent in English; German a plus.

Benefits

🌍 Impact: Play a critical role in scaling a company transforming how real estate decarbonizes.

⚙️ Ownership: Build and own the operational backbone of a fast-growing startup.

🚀 Growth: Work closely with an exceptional leadership team and gain exposure to all company functions.

🏆 Culture: Join a mission-driven, high-performance, and collaborative team.💡 Benefits: Competitive salary, equity options, learning budget (CHF 1k), and additional insurance support. 25 days paid vacation.