Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Location
Paris, France
Reporting To
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join a fast-growing sports gaming and technology company based in Paris.
The CFO will play a critical leadership role in shaping the company’s financial strategy, ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and supporting the continued expansion of the business.
This role requires a strategic finance leader with strong operational capability, experience in high-growth digital businesses, and ideally exposure to gaming, sports betting, fintech, or online platforms.
The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO and executive team to drive financial performance, support international expansion, and ensure best-in-class financial governance.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute the company’s long-term financial strategy
- Act as a key strategic partner to the CEO and Board
- Provide financial insight to support growth, profitability, and capital allocation
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management
Financial Operations
- Oversee all finance, accounting, treasury, and tax functions
- Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and management accounts
- Implement scalable financial systems and processes to support business growth
- Manage working capital, liquidity, and cash flow forecasting
Regulatory & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with gaming regulations and financial regulatory requirements
- Oversee internal controls, audit processes, and risk management frameworks
- Manage relationships with auditors, regulators, and external advisors
Commercial Finance
- Provide financial analysis and decision support across product, marketing, and operations
- Develop KPI frameworks to track customer acquisition, retention, and profitability
- Support pricing strategy, marketing investment decisions, and operational efficiency
Corporate Development
- Support fundraising, investor relations, and potential M&A activity
- Manage relationships with banks, investors, and financial partners
- Prepare financial materials for Board and shareholder reporting
Team Leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing finance team
- Drive a culture of financial discipline, transparency, and accountability
- Work cross-functionally with product, technology, and operations teams
Experience
- Proven experience as CFO, Finance Director, or senior finance leader
- Experience within sports gaming, betting, fintech, digital platforms, or high-growth tech businesses is highly desirable
- Track record of working in international or regulated environments
- Experience managing investor relationships and capital raising is beneficial
Skills & Expertise
- Strong strategic and commercial mindset
- Deep knowledge of financial planning, reporting, and corporate finance
- Experience scaling finance operations within a growing company
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership capability
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CPA or equivalent)
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- MBA or additional financial qualifications are advantageous
Personal Attributes
- Strategic thinker with strong analytical capability
- Hands-on leader comfortable operating in growth environments
- Strong communicator with Board-level presence
- High integrity with strong governance mindset
- Opportunity to join a high-growth sports gaming company
- Key leadership role with direct influence on company strategy
- Competitive executive compensation package including bonus and equity participation