Head of Finance (CFO)

Overview

About InPlanet

We are an impact-driven, remote-first, ClimateTech (CDR) startup headquartered in Germany and Brazil to reverse climate change and make tropical agriculture more regenerative, low-carbon, and sustainable. We are working with Enhanced Rock Weathering in tropical agriculture, focusing on Brazil. We do this to create a liveable planet for future generations and, specifically, to regenerate soils and ecosystems, grow nutritious food, and increase food security and sovereignty in the tropics.
People-first, Performance Culture: We believe that focus on people and performance can co-exist with the right cultural vision. Our philosophy is to blend these two essential components. The Rocket symbolizes our commitment to peak performance, excellence, and reaching new heights. The Heart represents our dedication to our people, fostering empathy, compassion, and genuine care for every team member’s well-being.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are proud to have an internationally growing team and we are designing our people practices to serve psychological safety, belonging, and authenticity.
You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor to check how people find interviewing with us.

Check out our Culture page here

About the Role

Remote
Open to both Head of Finance and CFO profiles. The title would be confirmed based on our learnings from the selection process.
Location: Brazil or Europe
Language skills: must: English, plus: Portuguese, plus: German
Start Date: ideally February/March 2025 but flexible

We’re a growing startup in the climate-, agtech space, with entities in Brazil and Germany, operating globally preparing for further funding and expansion. As our Head of Finance/CFO, you’ll be at the forefront of shaping and driving our financial strategy.
This role is awesome for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and operations, is eager for growth, is experienced in scaling startups, and is skilled at building trusted relationships connecting us with the right partners in the international financial ecosystem.
The Impact you can make
In this role, you will continue building a scalable finance function that enables sustainable growth while positioning us for success in debt financing and fundraising. Your expertise will directly empower the business to scale our operations, unlocking our ability to remove carbon at gigaton scale and contribute meaningfully to the fight against climate change.
Core working relationships
As Head of Finance/CFO, you will report directly to the CEO (Felix) and work closely with our investors, and the leadership team. You’ll lead a capable and ambitious finance team, including a Finance Manager/Controller (Carlos) and a Finance Analyst (Isadora) while building trusted relationships both inside and outside the business. As a core leader with authority and decision-making, you will be instrumental in driving financial strategy, partnering with each department, and fostering confidence across all stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Capital & Financial Resources

• Design and implement scalable non-dilutive financing solutions to grow the companies operations
• Establish relationships with international investors and lenders, ensuring access to capital across Brazil, the EU, and the US.
• Support  Equity investment efforts with structured governance.
• Establish relationships with international investors and lenders, ensuring access to capital across Brazil, the EU, and the US.

Financial Strategy & Governance

• Develop and oversee a robust financial plan aligned with our growth objectives.
• Manage balance sheet debt, particularly for debt partnerships, ensuring sustainable financing.
• Maintain 100% accuracy in financial reporting and compliance with international standards. Experience within Brazil and Germany is a big plus.
• Provide legal and commercial support across teams, fostering a culture of compliance and risk management.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a trusted first-line advisor to the CEO and collaborate closely with shareholders and board members.
• Represent the company externally with credibility, inspiring confidence among investors and commercial partners.

Team Leadership & Finance Operations

• Work closely with our Finance team to build scalable financial structures and processes, balancing strategic oversight with operational excellence.
• Implement new tools and technologies to build productive financial operations across the startup.
• Build and lead a lean finance team capable of growing with the company.

 

You can be a Rock-Star if you have

Core Skills & Experience

• 7–8+ years of experience in finance leadership roles, ideally in asset management, investment banking or scaling high-growth startups.
• Proven track record in fundraising, especially in securing debt financing,  e.g. venture debt, private debt.
• Well established network of relationships within the international financial ecosystem
• Scaling Finance Operations from 1 to 2.
• International exposure, with excellent English communication skills and experience navigating global financial ecosystems.
• Experience or personal interest in sustainability or climate.

Key Qualities

• Detail-oriented with the ability to see the big picture and make sound strategic decisions.
• A natural negotiator with exceptional interpersonal skills and a high level of external trust.
• Outcome-focused personality, a strategic-doer.
• A scalable balance between risk appetite and control.
• A seasoned people leader with high self-awareness.

Bonus Points (but not essential)

• MBA is a plus.
• German and Portuguese are a big plus.

 

Living Our Values

At InPlanet, we have a big vision of solving climate change, and we are looking for individuals who are genuinely passionate about making a positive difference in the world of Carbon Removal Solutions. Trust guides our actions, drive fuels our efforts, and impact is our goal.

• Trust: You believe in being kind and transparent in the workplace, fostering an environment where trust thrives and collaboration flourishes.
• Drive: You possess an innate drive to take action with a hands-on, can-do attitude, propelled by urgency.
• Impact: You dream big and are committed to making a meaningful difference in the world, aligning with our overarching mission to address climate change.

 

Benefits

 

• Salary expectations and our comp philosophy are openly discussed in the first interview with the goal of managing expectations fairly. Competitive.
• Share options (ESOP) to make you feel like an owner.
• Home Office Budget
• Fully Remote: Join us from anywhere within the CET (- 4/5-hour time zones).
• Personal development budget
• Language Programme Monthly Allowance
• 34+ days annual leave
• The opportunity to be autonomous, make a huge difference, and belong to a vision.
• Occasional off-sites in Brazil yay!
• Laptop to fuel your productivity

 

InPlanet Compensation Philosophy

At InPlanet, our philosophy revolves around ensuring fair and unbiased compensation and equitable equity pay, coupled with competitive benefits, across all regions where we operate.
The reason behind our salary range being wide or undefined at the first stages of the interview is because of our international presence and globally distributed workforce, we utilize geo ranges to account for varying pay differentials, forming a crucial part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive across diverse markets as we expand our reach.
These ranges are determined by role, level, and location, recognizing the nuanced demands of each market. The actual base pay for the selected candidate is influenced by factors such as location, skills, experience, training, business requirements, and market dynamics, with the range subject to potential adjustments in alignment with our commitment to fairness and transparency.

Application Process

Roughly 8 hours across 3-7 weeks from CV screening.

1. Interview with Talent & People Partner or Head of People (values & motivation)
2. Interview with the Hiring Manager (required core skills and competencies)

(optional third interview)

1. Challenge with 3+ team members (specific task, preparation needed)
2. Potential in-person follow-up interview.
3. Verbal reference check & psychometric profiling
4. Offer

 

How to Apply

 

• We kindly ask you to submit your CV in English, as this is the main language we use here at InPlanet (unless it is justified to be in Portuguese).

Being an equal opportunities employer is very important to us, and we are committed to ensuring that no applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions which cannot be shown to be justifiable. We design our processes to be fair and equitable, and we believe in continuous learning.

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