VP of Finance, Antwerpen

About The Role We are winning Fortune 500 clients at warp speed while expanding internationally and growing our team.

As VP of Finance, you will be the full owner and architect of Conveo’s finance function — owning end‑to‑end responsibility for converting Conveo's finance function into a bulletproof and scalable operation with necessary controls to scale through Series B and beyond.

Through this role, you’ll be the strategic designer, owner, and guardian of Conveo’s financials, be a core part of our leadership and work with the founders across all divisions, and drive the discussions for every significant call on capital, revenue and expenses, hiring, and growth. This role is for an expert in financial leadership with a strong balance of strategic finance and accounting, excited to build out the function and team. It is for someone who has ideally led, set up and owned the full finance function for a startup/scaleup before — and wants to do it better, faster, and at a company that coulddefine a category.

Main Responsibilities Of Your Team

Finance function architecture— design and optimise the finance function from 1 to 100 (team, responsibilities, financial systems, internal controls) that will allow Conveo to scale from ~45 today to 150+ people in only the next months

Finance team building— build out the team to professionalise Conveo’s finance team

Financial operations— design and then manage your finance team to own AP/AR management, VAT, transfer pricing systems

Monthly close— lead the team to structure the closing process of the books with our Big Four partner

Financial strategy&planning— lead scenario analyses and KPI tracking

Cash&runway mastery— give the company and investors real‑time clarity on cash burn, scenario planning, and liquidity management, enabling fast and confident decision‑making

Investor&board reporting— own financial reporting for board and investors, financial due diligence/support in future fundraising, and build financial credibility that unlocks Series B

Funding— help prepare the company for Series B, additional ways of financing

Business orchestration— own hiring plans, ESOP plans, pricing, deal economics, capital allocation

What We’re Looking For Must‑haves

10+ years of strong experience across financial operations, accounting, audit, or financial control

Implemented and optimised financial systems and controls to bring structure and scalability to a startup

Accounting, reporting, financial control, compliance, AR/AP management, audit, and ERP systems

Owned monthly close with external auditors

Model mastery: three‑statement, hiring plan, scenario analysis, and ad‑hoc models

Has seen at least one ERP implementation/migration

Leadership experience, having led a team of financial controllers, accountants, at venture companies

Experience of accounting and financial control at a startup/scaleup, ideally having set up the entire accounting system/ERP and books from scratch

Strong SaaS metrics understanding and FP&A experience

Fluent in English

Mindset

Builder— creates accounting system with operational focus

Low ego— able to lead but also willing to help with the grunt work

Precise— strong eye for detail and numerical accuracy

Bonus

Familiarity with Belgian and/or UK local reporting/accountancy

Part of Series B or C fundraising as financial controller/accountant/financial ops manager

Experience with multi‑entity consolidation

Managed financial operations for a startup before (accounting, ERP systems, AR/AP management, compliance)

Experience with 409A, R&D subsidies, tax administration, transfer pricing

What Success Looks Like

Automated and efficient ERP/accounting‑system with up‑to‑date figures and 100% accuracy

Conveo financially sound and prepared for Series B

Books closed on time every month, without exception

Keeping A/R and A/P on track in real‑time

Live burn, runway, and KPI dashboard

Financial model actively driving decisions

Why join us?

Conveo closed its Series A round — with backing from Tier 1 investors

Design and own the finance ops function from Series A to Series B and beyond

Fortune 500 clients with exposure through industry events across the globe

Competitive compensation (including equity)

Rapidly growing organisation with offices across London, Antwerp, New York, and upcoming cities

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