Finance Manager

Europes defense industrial base cannot respond at the speed modern conflict requires. Legacy suppliers operate on month-long timelines. Tribal knowledge is retiring. Supply chains are fragile. SAEKI is building the operating system for autonomous factories the infrastructure that lets Europe manufacture mission-critical components at software speed.

Youll be the person who builds the financial backbone underneath all of it. As we scale across two countries raise capital and stand up production you are the one who makes sure we always know where we stand where the money goes and how far the runway reaches.

As Finance Manager you own operating finance across both of SAEKIs entities our HQ in Zurich (Switzerland) and Factory ONE in Munich (Germany). You run FP&A and strategic planning build the models leadership steers by and work hand-in-hand with the Chief of Staff on our upcoming debt raise.

This is not a close-the-books-and-report-up role. You are building the function: the planning process the cash and liquidity discipline the reporting that turns raw numbers into decisions. One week youre modeling scenarios for the financing round the next youre setting up intercompany flows between CH and DE the next youre sitting with production to understand unit economics on the factory floor.

You work closely with the Chief of Staff and partner with everyone external accountants and auditors banks and investors and the operations team in Munich. You bring rigor and pace in equal measure and you grow into broader ownership of the finance organization as the company scales.

Based at our HQ in Zurich.

• 28 years in finance this can be a Big 4 audit or transaction services background with or without a first in-house move. If youre coming straight from Big 4 and ready to build we want to hear from you; if youve already done a stint in-house at a growth-stage company even better. Well scope the role to your experience.
• FP&A Horsepower: You build models that hold up. You can take a messy fast-changing business and turn it into a clear plan budgets forecasts scenarios cash flow and explain the story behind the numbers to people who arent in finance.
• Multi-Entity and Cross-Border Fluency: Swiss GAAP FER / IFRS and German HGB intercompany flows and VAT across CH and DE. You dont need to have mastered all of it but you pick up new frameworks fast and arent fazed by operating across jurisdictions.
• Capital and Liquidity Instinct: You understand financing and capital structure. Exposure to a debt raise venture debt or fundraising is a plus and if you havent done one yet youll be hands-on with ours.
• Ownership Mentality: You dont wait for process you build it. When you spot a gap you fill it. Youre as happy in the spreadsheet as you are setting up the system that replaces it.
• Language: Fluent in German and English. German is essential for dealing with Swiss and German authorities contracts banks and administrative processes.

• Pure reporting controllers who want a stable monthly cycle and a fixed scope. This role is about building and steering not maintaining what already exists.
• Big-company specialists whove only ever owned one slice of finance with a large team around them. Here you own the whole picture often as a team of one to start.
• People who need heavy management. You report to the Chief of Staff and work closely with the CEO both move fast and expect you to drive your domain with minimal hand-holding.
• Candidates optimizing for title over impact. The scope and the ownership are real and growing. The org chart will catch up to what you build.

• Mission: Rebuild the industrial sovereignty of the West. Your work directly enables the production of mission-critical hardware for defense and space.
• Total Ownership: You own SAEKIs finance function end to end the problems the solutions and the authority to execute. This is the seat to grow into Head of Finance.
• Strategic Seat: You work alongside the Chief of Staff and CEO on financing planning and the decisions that shape the company. Finance here is a business partner not a back office.
• The Team: Special Forces model. Everyone senior everyone ships. No politics no bureaucracy. Direct feedback high standards.
• Compensation: Competitive salary meaningful equity.
• Location: Zurich HQ.

• Resume: Focus on what youve built and owned models processes raises not just where youve worked.
• Cover letter: Why this mission Why now Tell us about a time you brought financial clarity to a messy fast-moving situation.