Chief Financial Officer (S)

Summary

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our executive leadership team. This person will take ownership of our financial strategy and operations as we scale from early-stage to growth and maturity. The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of strategic insight and hands-on execution, with prior experience in venture-backed deep-tech, semiconductor, or hardware startups.

You will be a close partner to the CEO and board of investors, helping lead Innatera through future growth stages, non-dilutive and dilutive fundraising, and deeper institutional investor engagement.

We will trust you with:

• Act as a strategic business partner to the CEO, executive team and board of investors;

• Develop and lead short-term and long-term financial strategy aligned with company objectives;

• Drive fundraising strategy (dilutive and non-dilutive), including grant sourcing and execution, especially within the Dutch and European ecosystems;

• Support M&A evaluations, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships;

• Collaborate with investors and board members; maintain financial transparency and trust;

• Prepare and present investor-ready materials and financial updates to key stakeholders;

• Oversee all finance-related functions: accounting, FP&A, cash flow, payroll, procurement, audit, and tax;

• Lead and manage relationships with financial institutions, including overseeing loan applications, credit facilities, and funding negotiations to support the company’s growth strategy;

• Ensure timely preparation of IFRS-compliant financial statements and audit readiness;

• Implement strong financial controls, KPIs, and reporting systems for financial health and operational scaling;

• Manage cash flows and working capital in line with a scaling, capital-efficient hardware company;

• Support financial decision-making in R&D, procurement, and manufacturing operations;

• Build and lead a lean, high-performing finance and admin team;

• Mentor and develop financial talent; instil a culture of ownership, integrity, and performance;

• Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and operations to align financial goals with execution.

Your experience includes:

• 10+ years of financial leadership experience, including at least one CFO or VP Finance role in VC-backed, deep-tech, hardware, or semiconductor companies;

• Proven track record in startup and scale-up environments, ideally across Series A–D stages, with full ownership of financial planning, investor reporting, and fundraising support;

• Strong understanding of venture capital dynamics and financial operations in early-stage technology companies;

• Hands-on experience building financial systems, processes, and internal controls from the ground up in fast-paced, resource-constrained settings;

• Solid knowledge of IFRS accounting standards and managing multi-entity, international corporate structures;

• Familiarity with the Dutch financial, tax, and regulatory environment;

• Experience engaging with government agencies and managing non-dilutive funding programs such as EU or Dutch grants and subsidies;

• Understanding of R&D cost centers, capital expenditure-intensive environments, and technology commercialization challenges;

• Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, RA/RC, or an MBA are strongly preferred.

What you need to succeed:

• Strong communicator, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences;

• Analytical and highly structured, but also entrepreneurial and pragmatic;

• High emotional intelligence, maturity, and gravitas to represent the company externally;

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment with lean teams;

• Brings trust to a high-performance team culture.

We offer you:

At Innatera, you'll be part of a team shaping the future of AI hardware. Your work will help create solutions that power intelligent devices, improving industries and empowering everyday life, from consumer electronics to healthcare.

Our culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and real-world impact provides a unique opportunity to work alongside disruptive innovators, talented engineers, researchers and specialists.

As part of our team, we recognize that your expertise and dedication are invaluable. To ensure your success and well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package:

• Competitive salary;

• Pension plan;

• Ambitious team with the freedom to innovate;

• A flexible working environment (work-from-home policy, flexible working hours, advantageous holidays scheme);

• An inclusive company culture that embraces open communication, diversity and supports holistic personal development;

• Compensation for commuting to the office, fruits, drinks and snacks in the office.

Whether you’re passionate about microarchitecture, excited by verification or physical design, driven by supporting operations, building strong teams, or mastering the details of accounting, we’d love to hear from you!

About us

Innatera is a rapidly-growing Dutch semiconductor company that develops ultra-efficient neuromorphic processors for AI at the edge. These microprocessors mimic the brain’s mechanisms for processing fast data streams from sensors, enabling complex turn-key sensor analytics functionalities, with 10,000x higher performance per watt than competing solutions. Innatera's technology serves as a critical enabler for next-generation use-cases in the IoT, wearable, embedded, and automotive domains.