Finance and Operations

Job description

People who build lose nearly a quarter of their working time to things that have nothing to do with building. Ferdinand, an electrician and engineer who had founded companies before, started Benetics AI in 2022 to give that time back. Our first product is a voice assistant for the construction site. It works in over 100 languages and every dialect, and nobody has to type. More than 400 companies in 10+ countries use Benetics AI: electricians, HVAC installers, timber builders, roofers and solar installers. We are bootstrapped, cash-flow positive and growing in triple digits. We are now hiring someone to run finance and legal while we expand across Europe and into the US. Tasks You report to the CEO and take over finance and legal. Today this work is split between the founders, our fiduciary and outside counsel. You bring it into one place and build it out. Finance You own the numbers we run the company on. We are bootstrapped, so no investor money covers a bad month. Monthly close on a fixed date, with our fiduciary and auditors Operating model, cash forecast and runway in CHF, EUR and USD SaaS metrics and billing: ARR, retention, CAC, payback Cohort analysis, quote-to-cash and revenue recognition Payroll, insurance and tax Legal Sales closes a standard deal without you. When a deal is not standard, they hear back from you within a day. Contract templates, fallback positions and redlines for order forms, MSAs, partner and supplier agreements and NDAs GDPR and revDSG, DPAs, subprocessors, TOMs, and the security questionnaires that come with every enterprise deal Insurance, employment law in CH, DE, FR and the US, and the decision on ISO 27001 or SOC 2 Building the group We are setting up the US subsidiary right now, and you will own it. Incorporation, intercompany agreement and transfer pricing between the Swiss parent and the international entity Registered agent, state registrations, payroll and sales tax nexus A consolidation that stays clean as we add entities Choosing the finance and legal tools, and deciding what to automate, what to outsource and what to keep in-house Requirements 5+ years in finance and in either legal or commercial contracting Hands-on experience with accounting, payroll and tax You redline a SaaS contract yourself and know when to call counsel SaaS finance: subscription revenue, retention cohorts, unit economics, quote-to-cash Fluen…