Chief Financial Officer

Forward Group — AI Orchestration Platform for Logistics

Forward builds the first AI Logistician — an autonomous AI agent that automates freight procurement, dispatching, negotiations, operations, tracking, and workflows for carriers and shippers across the US, Europe, and Asia.

Our products:

• Cargohub → the #1 AI freight-procurement agent used by enterprise shippers
• Cargofy → AI agent for carriers that finds, books, and manages loads automatically

We are backed by top-tier global investors and scaling rapidly across three continents. We are now hiring a CFO to architect financial clarity, discipline, and investor confidence as we prepare for Series B and beyond.

Role: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Your mission: build a transparent, scalable, investor-grade financial system that enables Forward to grow fast without chaos.

You will own all financial operations: FP&A, reporting, multi-entity accounting, cash management, fundraising finance, due diligence, compliance, audit readiness, and strategic financial planning.

Your Core Outputs (The «Product» of CFO)

1. Financial Transparency

• Produce standardised, accurate P&L, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet across all entities.
• Deliver investor-trusted financials aligned with US GAAP (and IFRS where needed).
• Build a single financial source of truth for founders, board, and investors.

2. Runway & Cash Management

• Manage cash, burn rate, FX exposure, and multi-currency flows.
• Maintain 18−24 months runway to support controlled hypergrowth.
• Implement cash discipline across all departments.

3. Unit Economics & SaaS Metrics Own and optimize:

• CAC, CAC Payback
• LTV, LTV:CAC
• Gross Margin 75−85%
• NRR 120−140%
• Rule of 40 (Growth + Margin ≥ 40) Product = a profitable, scalable SaaS model per customer.

4. Fundraising & Investor Relations

• Partner with CEO on fundraising (Series B, debt, VC relationships).
• Build investor materials: metrics, narratives, models, board decks.
• Lead financial DD and maintain investor trust at all times.
• Maintain NVCA-ready processes and data rooms.

5. Compliance & Audit

• Ensure US GAAP / IFRS compliance.
• Manage multi-entity structure (US C-Corp, Estonia OÜ, Ukraine Diia.City, EU subsidiaries).
• Prepare Forward for Big4-level due diligence.
• Deliver audit-ready books, tax structures, and consolidated reporting.

6. FP&A & Strategic Planning

• Build annual budgets, 3-year financial plans, hiring plans, and scenario models.
• Manage forecasts with ±5−10% variance.
• Maintain burn multiple < 1.5 (top-tier SaaS performance).
• Support CEO with financial strategy for GTM expansion (US/EU/Asia).

Your KPIs (Board-Level Scorecard)

Growth & Scale

• ARR / MRR growth
• Gross Margin %
• Burn Multiple <1.5
• Runway (months)
• Rule of 40

Unit Economics

• CAC Payback (months)
• LTV:CAC ratio >3:1
• Revenue per employee (target $200−300k)

Financial Ops

• Forecast accuracy (±5−10%)
• Audit readiness (Big4-ready statements)
• % automated finance ops (billing, invoicing, payroll)

Forward Group Financial Model

As CFO, you will manage: Multi-Entity Structure

• US C-Corp headquarters
• EU OÜ (Estonia)
• UA Diia.City entities
• Future EU offices (Poland PSA)

Global Revenue Operations

• Scaling sales pods across US, EU, Central Asia
• Revenue visibility across Cargofy SMEs and Cargohub enterprise cycles

Investor Confidence

• Clean narrative, clean financials, clean data rooms
• Preparedness for Series B ($30M+) and enterprise-level diligence

What You Will Do (Day-to-Day Leadership)

• Own global finance: accounting, tax, audit, FP&A, treasury
• Build the finance team and implement scalable systems
• Integrate financial operations with GTM, Product, and RevOps
• Create budgeting models, headcount plans, and revenue projections
• Implement cost controls, purchasing policies, and vendor management
• Lead fundraising data, metrics, financial models, and investor communications
• Build dashboards for CEO/Board with real-time revenue, cash, burn, and runway
• Ensure compliance across all jurisdictions

Who You Are

• 7−12+ years in finance leadership roles in B2B SaaS or tech
• Experience managing multi-entity international structures
• Deep in SaaS metrics, revenue models, and unit economics
• Skilled in FP&A, treasury, revenue operations, and audit readiness
• Strong operator: structured, disciplined, precise
• Comfortable partnering with top-tier VCs and boards
• Bonus: experience scaling from Series A → B → C

Why Join Forward

• Build the financial backbone of the world’s first AI Logistician
• High autonomy and direct impact — work beside the CEO and Board
• Competitive compensation + equity package
• Run finance for a global, multi-continent high-growth SaaS company
• Architect the systems that take Forward from Series A → Series B → Pre-IPO

If you want to lead finance in a fast-scaling AI startup and architect a world-class financial engine — this is the role