Chief Financial Officer, RAS / Production

A private investment group is looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer to join the leadership team of its portfolio company developing a major greenfield RAS and fish-processing facility in Austria.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in building a production business from the ground up. The CFO will work directly with shareholders and the executive team, leading the financial strategy from the investment and construction phase through commissioning and full-scale operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the company's financial strategy, planning and control.
• Partner with shareholders and senior management on key investment and business decisions.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financing and management reporting.
• Lead financial planning and control throughout the greenfield project.
• Manage CAPEX, OPEX, project economics, production costs and investment returns.
• Develop financial models and business plans.
• Establish effective financial processes, controls and reporting structures.
• Manage relationships with banks, investors and other financial stakeholders.
• Build and lead the finance function as the business grows.
• Support the transition from construction and commissioning to full-scale production.

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience as a CFO, Finance Director or senior finance executive.
• Experience within RAS, fish farming, fish processing, seafood production or a closely related production environment.
• Strong background in a production, manufacturing or asset-intensive business.
• Experience in food production or processing, agriculture, agribusiness, aquaculture, farming, livestock production, agricultural processing or industrial manufacturing is particularly relevant.
• Experience with production facilities, greenfield projects or major CAPEX programmes is a strong advantage.
• Strong expertise in financial planning, modelling, cash-flow management and investment analysis.
• Expertise in different forms of project financing arrangements: leasing, banking, equity.
• Commercially minded, hands-on and comfortable building financial structures and processes in a growing business.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent German and English are mandatory.