Chief Financial Officer

Job description

Do you thrive in an international scale-up environment and enjoy turning complexity into clarity? Are you motivated by building strong financial foundations while helping secure the capital needed to scale breakthrough sustainable technology?
If so, you might be our next CFO.

About GBM Works

GBM Works is advancing its Vibrojet® technology for the next generation of XXL monopiles in offshore wind energy, enabling silent installation and addressing critical industry challenges such as delays, fatigue damage and scalability.

What would you do?

As CFO, you’ll be responsible for building and leading the entire financial function of GBM Works from financial control and internal governance to capital strategy and investor engagement.
You’ll act as a strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team, ensuring the company has both the financial structure and the funding capacity required to scale operations and technology deployment. This is a hands-on leadership role in which you’ll professionalise finance, support fundraising and strategic partnerships, and help shape long-term business strategy.

Your responsibilities

Financial leadership & control

• Lead and professionalise financial administration, reporting and internal control framework
• Manage budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management processes
• Monitor project performance, margins and cost structures
• Improve scalability of existing financial processes and systems
• Ensure compliance with subsidies, grants and (subsidy) audit requirements
• Strengthen governance and quality frameworks, including preparation for ISO 9001 certification
• Provide financial insights to support operational and strategic decision-making
• Oversee supply chain financial performance, procurement controls and inventory management

Fundraising & capital strategy

• Design and execute funding rounds
• Develop and optimise capital structure (equity, debt, hybrid instruments)
• Lead investor engagement, negotiations and due diligence processes
• Prepare investment materials including financial models and data rooms
• Evaluate strategic partnerships or M&A opportunities
• Identify and secure non-dilutive funding options

Strategic finance & board engagement

• Provide scenario modelling and stress testing to support growth decisions
• Prepare board-level reporting and strategic financial recommendations
• Align shareholders and leadership throughout funding processes
• Contribute to overall business strategy and scaling roadmap
• Oversee IT-related strategy and governance
• Liaise with shareholders, supervisory board, accountants, investors, financial institutions, insurers, IT suppliers, legal counsel, consultants, and government agencies
• Provide financial insights that support business development and help identify commercial opportunities

About you

• 5+ years' experience in finance leadership roles such as Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital or Scale-up CFO positions
• Proven experience with scale-up fundraising
• Strong understanding of financial control, accounting and scaling organisations
• Experience building financial processes, internal controls and reporting frameworks
• Comfortable operating at executive, investor and board level
• Hands-on, pragmatic and execution-driven mindset
• Experience in start-ups, scale-ups or project-driven environments is a strong plus
• Affinity with supply chain, technology or energy sectors is advantageous
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a strong plus)

Why join GBM Works?

• Key leadership role in a fast-growing climate technology scale-up
• Direct impact on funding strategy and company growth
• High ownership and autonomy in building the finance function
• Collaboration with a driven international team
• Hybrid working and flexibility
• Competitive salary and potential long-term incentive structure
• Modern office at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam

What do we offer?

We believe great work happens when people have ownership, trust and room to grow. At GBM Works, you’ll get:

• A role with real impact - you’ll continue shaping the financial foundation of a growing technology scale-up
• End-to-end ownership of financial control processes, with freedom to improve and innovate
• A front-row seat in a fast-growing scale-up within the offshore wind and energy transition sector
• Collaboration with a highly motivated, international team working on meaningful technology
• Hybrid working, offering flexibility and autonomy
• A competitive, experience-based salary
• Laptop and mobile phone
• 25 paid holiday days
• NS Business Card for commuting
• Travel reimbursement for car and bicycle commuting, plus a working-from-home allowance
• A personal development plan, with room to grow into broader finance or operational leadership
• A modern workplace at ETCA Amsterdam, surrounded by innovation and sustainability initiatives
• You’ll join a team of 22 professionals with diverse backgrounds, united by curiosity, ambition and a shared drive to make a real difference.