Wanted: Finance founder to build profitability into our DNA. No finance team. No established systems. Resource constraints. Inventory forecasting challenges. International complexity. The rare opportunity to design financial infrastructure that powers real growth.

We're creating Sparkly, a new kind of beverage company focused on making drinks with real Vietnamese fruit that actually taste like what's on the label. No artificial ingredients, no fake flavors. Just a honest refreshment.

This isn't about joining an existing finance department. It's about creating our financial strategy from first principles. You'll establish everything: from inventory forecasting that prevents stockouts while maintaining our negative cash conversion cycle, to financial systems that scale with us, to fundraising strategies that fuel our growth.

Financial leadership at the formation stage brings unique satisfaction. When your inventory model perfectly predicts our needs, when your cash flow projections actually match reality, when your pricing strategy delivers both margin and market share, you'll see the direct impact of your work in real time.

You'll balance multiple financial priorities: minimizing cash tied up in inventory, optimizing payment terms with suppliers and customers, creating financial models that inform every business decision, and building reporting systems that provide total clarity on our performance.

The ideal financial partner:

• Finds excitement in creating financial frameworks from scratch

• Has experience with inventory-based businesses and their unique challenges

• Can transform financial constraints into strategic advantages

• Understands that startup finance requires both rigorous analysis and creative solutions

• Is comfortable with both high-level strategy and detailed spreadsheet work

This role requires a €10,000 founder investment (structured as a loan, repaid at our first fundraise), ensuring aligned incentives across the founding team.

If you're energized by designing financial systems that power real business growth, if you find satisfaction in optimizing every aspect of a company's finances, if you want to build a business where the numbers actually work, let's talk.

We can promise challenges: international banking complications, inventory forecasting with limited data, balancing growth with cash preservation. But with each challenge you solve, you'll be building a financial foundation that supports a business serving thousands of customers. And you'll know it works because you designed it.