VP Finance

Join the Wingtra team and become part of this venture-backed robotics scaleup with a global and international team of 120+ dedicated Wingtranauts who want to see their actions have a positive and lasting impact on the world. Founded more than 7 years ago at ETH Zurich, Europe’s leading robotics university, our goal is to build the best aerial robots to digitize the world at the push of a button and set the basis for faster and better decisions. Wingtra provides efficient and reliable data solutions to a variety of industries ranging from mining, construction and agriculture to humanitarian organizations, environmentalists and wildlife monitoring groups.

We are reaching for the stars and together we might just get there. Open communication, asking hard questions and valuing diverse viewpoints are but a few things that will help us achieve our goals. Above all we will never stop learning and striving to help each other reach our maximum potential.

We look for an excellent mind who wants to take responsibility for the finance team at Wingtra. You will be part of the executive team and lead a team with a junior Finance Manager, an Office Manager, and an external bookkeeper. You will lead the continuous adaptation of the global finance infrastructure (HQ Zurich, subsidiaries in Miami and Zagreb, active in 80+ countries) to the given needs on Wingtra’s growth journey. And work with the CEO and founders in fundraising activities.

Responsibilities

As part of the management, you report directly to the CEO and lead a team of 2-4 Wingtranauts
You are leading the financial perspective of our planned growth journey
Investor relations, working together with existing investors and build-up of the pipeline of future investors
Leading Dilutive and Non-Dilutive fundraising activities
Treasury: managing working capital (liquidity, collections and payments, short-term debts)
Budget control: producing investment and operational budgets at regular intervals for efficient decision-making
Supporting the implementation of our new ERP Odoo together with our COO
Driving the development of company policies and procedures (order to cash process), optimizing organization (systems of record architecture) and founding new legal entities
Requirements

University degree or equivalent degree with a focus on finance and accounting
10 years + of experience in finance & accounting
Former leadership responsibility in a venture-backed company, working at an investment firm, scale-up experience (or equivalent)
Entrepreneurial thinking and the ability to prioritize well
Strong analytical and quantitative skills / able to work with state-of-the-art tools
Ability to stay calm and handle a wide array of tasks
Reliable, independent and well-organized
Strong sense of culture and leading by example
Complex project management skills
Business fluent in English is a must, and German is a strong plus
Willingness to travel in relation to fundraising activities
Plus

Experience in a B2B technology company with robotics or hardware exposure
Fundraising, M&A, and IPO experience
OKR experience
CFA
If you enjoy teamwork more than being the individual superhero, and if you thrive in a feedback-driven culture and an exciting, unconventional yet structured and progressive start-up environment, we would love to hear from you.