Startup Finance Lead | Part-Time, Equity-Based | Potential Path to CFO

Startup Finance Lead | Part-Time, Initially Equity-Only | Potential Path to CFO

About SharitySpace™

SharitySpace™ is a US-based social enterprise developing a beneficiary-centric donation platform that connects community giving with access to essential goods and services for people facing financial hardship.

Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations and retail and service businesses, we aim to make giving more personal, transparent and directly useful to the people receiving support.

We are preparing for an initial launch in the Netherlands. Our current roadmap focuses on EU partner integrations in Years 1 and 2, followed by a combination of EU and US partners from Year 3.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on finance professional who wants to join our core team at an early stage, help shape our financial strategy and take an active role in raising capital.

The initial priorities are to strengthen our existing financial plan and equity model, build a credible investment case, and work alongside the founder in presenting SharitySpace to prospective investors.

This is a part-time, remote opportunity for someone interested in growing with the company, contributing to strategic decisions and progressively taking ownership of the finance function. Compensation is initially equity-only, with an intended transition to paid compensation following our first successful funding round, as outlined below.

Initial Responsibilities

Working directly with the founder, you will:

• Review and refine the existing financial model, challenge assumptions and identify gaps.
• Strengthen projections for partner integrations, transaction volumes, revenue, operating costs and hiring.
• Model our planned expansion from EU-only integrations in Years 1 and 2 to EU and US integrations from Year 3.
• Develop scenarios showing cash requirements, runway, break-even and fundraising milestones.
• Update the equity model to assess funding rounds, valuation assumptions, employee equity allocations and founder dilution.
• Help shape the fundraising strategy, including funding targets, timing and suitable investor profiles.
• Work with the founder to develop the investor deck, financial narrative and supporting materials.
• Participate actively in investor pitches and follow-up discussions, explain the financial assumptions and help address investor questions.
• Support financial due diligence and maintain consistency between the model, pitch materials and fundraising discussions.

As the company develops, you will help establish financial reporting, planning and controls, with the opportunity to build and lead the finance function.

Who We Are Looking For

• Experience building financial models for early-stage startups.
• Direct experience pitching to investors and supporting fundraising, ideally through completed funding rounds.
• Confidence presenting the financial case while being candid about assumptions and risks.
• Practical experience with cap tables, equity allocations and dilution modelling.
• Understanding of platform, transaction-based or partnership-driven business models.
• Familiarity with European startup and investor markets, ideally the Netherlands. Experience with US businesses or international expansion is highly valuable.
• A hands-on approach, with the ability to turn financial analysis into practical decisions.
• A collaborative mindset and an interest in growing with the core team.
• A strong connection to our social mission.

Prior experience as a startup finance lead, fractional CFO or senior finance professional with fundraising responsibilities would be valuable. Relevant investor relationships are a plus.

Location and Working Arrangement

Remote, with a preference for someone based in the Netherlands or elsewhere in Europe. Candidates based in New York or elsewhere on the US East Coast are also welcome.

Regular collaboration with the founder in New York will be required. The initial time commitment and working schedule will be agreed together.

Compensation and Growth

This is initially an equity-only opportunity, with no cash compensation before funding. The equity arrangement, including vesting terms, expected time commitment and initial milestones, will be agreed in writing before work begins.

Following the successful completion of our first funding round, the intention is to transition to paid compensation through a salary or consulting fee. The structure, amount and start date will be agreed based on the funding secured, role scope and time commitment.

We are looking for someone who wants to grow with the core team, with the potential to develop into the CFO role as SharitySpace expands, depending on company needs and mutual fit.

Interested?

Please share a brief introduction, your relevant financial modelling and investor pitching experience, and what interests you about building SharitySpace with us. Include your availability and confirm that you are comfortable exploring an initially equity-only arrangement.