Chief Financial Officer - Freelance H/F
Liberty Wébi · France
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- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $150,000 / year
- France
Job highlights
- Lead financial strategy and operations.
- Manage cash flow and financial reporting.
- Support strategic decisions with data.
- Oversee tax, legal, and compliance.
- Structure and scale finance processes.
About the role
About Liberty Wébi
At Liberty Wébi, we help entrepreneurs build, grow, and scale their businesses through a unique format: immersive virtual events. Our mission? To transform the lives of thousands of French-speaking entrepreneurs by imparting concrete, actionable, and results-oriented strategies.
In a context of strong growth, we are recruiting our future Chief Financial Officer (CFO), a true strategic and operational pillar, capable of structuring the finance function and supporting the company's growth.
Your Missions:
Financial Steering & Reporting:
- Implement reliable and structured financial reporting (P&L, cash-flow, KPIs).
- Analyze global performance (revenue, margins, costs) and provide concrete recommendations.
- Build simple and useful dashboards for management.
- Supervise accounting in liaison with external firms.
Cash Management:
- Manage daily cash flow.
- Implement reliable and evolving cash flow forecasts.
- Anticipate cash shortages and propose solutions.
- Structure financial flows (receipts, disbursements, bad debts).
Financial Strategy & Support:
- Support founders in their strategic decisions.
- Build budgets and forecasts.
- Develop business plans and growth scenarios.
- Act as a sparring partner to the CEO.
Tax, Legal & Compliance:
- Secure tax issues (VAT, international structuring...).
- Oversee legal and contractual aspects.
- Act as the interface with accounting, tax, and legal firms.
- Ensure overall company compliance.
Structuring & Scaling:
- Implement simple, efficient, and scalable financial processes.
- Participate in the selection and deployment of tools (e.g., Hubspot, Dext).
- Automate flows and catch up on any delays.
- Recruit and progressively structure a finance team.
Profile Sought:
Experience:
- At least 10 to 15 years of experience as a CFO, DAF, or Senior Finance Manager.
- Experience in international environments with complex tax issues.
- Proven track record in structuring and growing a company (start-up, scale-up, or SME).
- Experience with significant financial volumes and managing substantial flows.
- Team management experience, ideally remote.
- Experience in digital/infopreneurship is a plus.
Skills:
- Proficiency in financial reporting and cash flow management.
- Solid understanding of international tax and legal issues.
- Ability to structure financial processes and systems.
- Skill in simplifying finance for non-financial teams.
- Comfort with digital tools (Hubspot proficiency is a plus).
- Combines strategic vision with execution capability.
Personal Qualities:
- Pragmatic, autonomous, and solution-oriented.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for building in a evolving environment.
- Ability to work under pressure in sometimes uncertain contexts.
- Comfortable challenging management.
- Strong adaptability and communication skills.
This role is not for you if:
- You have a purely corporate profile without experience in agile or growth environments.
- You are overly focused on control without strategic vision.
- You require a highly structured framework to perform.
- You are uncomfortable with uncertainty or building from scratch.
Why join Liberty Wébi?
- A rapidly growing project with significant scaling potential.
- A key role with direct impact on company strategy.
- Involved and ambitious founders.
- High autonomy and significant responsibility.
- A dynamic, entrepreneurial, and stimulating environment.
Details:
- Contract Type: Freelance
- Work Schedule: Full-time desired
- Start Date: As soon as possible
- Compensation: Fixed + performance-based variable
Recruitment Process:
- Application via form
- Video interview with the recruitment team
- Practical case study
- Final interview with management
If you want to play a key role in the financial structuring of an ambitious player in infopreneurship, apply now. We look forward to meeting you!
Key skills/competency:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Financial Reporting
- Cash Management
- Financial Strategy
- International Tax
- Business Planning
- Process Structuring
- Team Management
- Financial Analysis
- Startup Finance
Skills & topics
- Chief Financial Officer
- CFO
- Finance Director
- DAF
- Financial Reporting
- Cash Management
- Financial Strategy
- International Tax
- Business Planning
- Process Structuring
- Scale-up Finance
- Startup Finance
- Freelance
- Remote
- Digital Business
- Infopreneurship
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your CFO, DAF, or Senior Finance Manager experience, emphasizing international and growth environments.
- Showcase relevant skills: Detail your expertise in financial reporting, cash management, and international tax/legal issues.
- Demonstrate entrepreneurial spirit: Emphasize your ability to build, scale, and work in a dynamic, evolving company.
- Prepare for the process: Be ready for a practical case study and final interviews assessing strategic and execution capabilities.
- Highlight digital proficiency: Mention any experience with tools like Hubspot, and your ability to automate financial flows.
Technical preparation
Master financial reporting and cash management.,Understand international tax and legal.,Develop scalable financial processes.,Be proficient with digital tools.
Behavioral questions
Demonstrate entrepreneurial drive and adaptability.,Showcase problem-solving and solution-orientation.,Provide examples of challenging management.,Illustrate working under pressure effectively.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the contract type for the Chief Financial Officer role at Liberty Wébi?
- The Chief Financial Officer role at Liberty Wébi is a Freelance contract.
- What kind of experience is essential for the Chief Financial Officer position at Liberty Wébi?
- The ideal candidate for the Chief Financial Officer role has 10-15 years of experience as a CFO, DAF, or Senior Finance Manager, preferably in international environments and with experience in supporting company growth.
- Is experience in the digital or infopreneurship sector required for the CFO role?
- While not strictly required, experience in the digital or infopreneurship sector is considered a significant plus for the Chief Financial Officer position at Liberty Wébi.
- What are the key responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Wébi?
- Key responsibilities include financial steering and reporting, cash management, financial strategy and support, tax, legal, and compliance oversight, and structuring/scaling finance processes.
- How does Liberty Wébi support the growth of its entrepreneurs?
- Liberty Wébi supports entrepreneurs by offering immersive virtual events that deliver concrete, actionable, and results-oriented strategies.
- What is the recruitment process for the Chief Financial Officer role at Liberty Wébi?
- The recruitment process involves an application via form, a video interview with the recruitment team, a practical case study, and a final interview with management.
- Does Liberty Wébi offer opportunities for career advancement or a promotion track for this freelance role?
- As a freelance role, career advancement would typically be tied to the success and expansion of the project and may involve evolving responsibilities or future engagements based on performance and company growth.
- What kind of financial volumes and flows does the Chief Financial Officer at Liberty Wébi manage?
- The Chief Financial Officer is expected to have worked on significant financial volumes and managed substantial flows, indicating a role with considerable financial responsibility.