Head of Finance (f/m/d)

Job description

OUR PURPOSE AT PLANCRAFT Building the backbone of European trades – together, with modern software and smart AI solutions. We don’t just develop software – we’re on a mission to give tradespeople and contractors more room to focus on what matters. We do this by providing a practical SaaS solution that works the way they do: fast, efficient, and without unnecessary administrative overhead. Supported by smart AI features exactly where they make a real difference in everyday work. Backed by Tier 1 investors from Europe and the US such as Headline and Creandum, and with more than 30,000 craftspeople as our customer base, we are scaling across Europe to turn individual, scattered businesses into connected and successful communities. We believe in zero admin, not zero personality – and we build every feature with the people wearing safety boots in mind, not suits. We’re excited to shape the future together as a team, staying grounded in our mission to empower the builders and makers of tomorrow. YOUR MISSION AT PLANCRAFT As our first Head of Finance (f/m/d), you build and lead a modern Finance function designed for the next stage of scale — shaping the team, systems, and structures that enable plancraft to grow with clarity, control, and speed across Europe. Reporting directly to our CEO Julian, you act as a trusted strategic partner, translating financial insights into company-wide decisions and helping shape plancraft's long-term direction. You combine strong financial planning, operational excellence, and strategic thinking to navigate multi-entity, multi-product complexity, drive fact-based decisions, and turn Finance into a strong business partner. At the same time, you continuously challenge how Finance operates, embedding AI and automation where it creates real leverage, and prepare plancraft for its next phases of growth from Series B through Series C and beyond. Your Responsibilities Lead and scale the Finance function end-to-end across FP&A & Business Partnering, Strategic Finance & Capital, Accounting & Compliance, and Finance Operations & Systems. Lead and grow the Finance team, starting with two strong specialists, as a builder-manager: creating the structure, ownership, and conditions for the team to thrive and operate independently, not executing every workstream yourself; define the hiring roadmap and bring clear, well-reasoned proposals for every…