The Chief Financial Officer is a core member of Footshop's executive leadership team, responsible for the company's financial health, strategic planning, and long-term value creation. The CFO is accountable for financial reporting, controlling, treasury, cash flow, and tax while simultaneously acting as a strategic business partner to the CEO and leadership team. This is not a purely technical finance role: we expect the CFO to operate as a co-pilot of the business, bringing financial intelligence to commercial, operational, and investment decisions. The CFO also serves as the primary point of contact for the supervisory board, external auditors, investors, banking partners and financial institutions.

What is it all about?

👟 Financial Leadership & Business Partnering

Own and continuously improve the company's financial reporting, management accounts, and business performance framework.
Translate financial data into actionable insights for the CEO and leadership team — cohort analysis, margin by category, country-level P&L, channel profitability.
Build and maintain tools and templates that help commercial and operational managers understand the financial impact of their decisions.
Bring proactive financial perspective to strategic discussions, new initiatives, and investment decisions.
Lead the annual budgeting process and quarterly forecasting, ensuring quality, accuracy, and alignment with strategic priorities.

👟 Controlling & Reporting

Develop and maintain the company-wide framework for financial reporting quality, including both GAAP and IFRS standards and consolidation across legal entities.
Own the preparation of statutory and management accounts, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and audit readiness at all times.
Drive automation and AI adoption within the finance function to reduce manual work and increase reporting speed, reliability and efficiency.
Report consolidated results to the supervisory board and public market investors (Prague Stock Exchange).

👟 Treasury, Cash Flow & Risk Management

Manage the company's liquidity, working capital, and cash flow planning — including inventory financing, which is Footshop's primary capital requirement.
Own FX efficiency and hedging strategy, given the company's multi-currency exposure across European markets.
Maintain and develop banking relationships, credit facilities, and financing structures appropriate for Footshop's growth trajectory.
Oversee insurance, tax planning, and compliance across all operating jurisdictions.
Monitor and manage financial risks related to inventory stock positions, brand payment terms, and market expansion.

👟 M&A and Strategic Investment

Lead the identification, evaluation, and execution of acquisitions aligned with Footshop's expansion strategy (e.g., new markets, adjacent categories, enabling capabilities).
Build and maintain financial models for M&A opportunities, fundraising scenarios, and major capital allocation decisions.
Act as the internal owner of M&A processes — from initial screening and due diligence through to closing and post-merger integration.
Leverage and develop external relationships with advisors, legal counsel, and financing partners for deal support.

👟 Investor Relations & Supervisory Board

Serve as the face of Footshop toward investors, analysts, financial institutions and the supervisory board.
Prepare and present quarterly and annual results with professionalism, transparency, and narrative clarity.
Build long-term investor trust by positioning Footshop as both a lovebrand and a financially disciplined growth company.
Set the framework for supervisory board cooperation and ensure escalation readiness on key financial matters.

👟 Team Leadership

Lead the finance department of approximately 12 people, including a Finance Manager (controlling & treasury) and an Accounting Manager.
Build a high-performance culture within the team — one that values accuracy, speed, continuous learning, and practical business impact.
Champion automation, AI tools, and modern finance stack to continuously improve team output and reduce operational load

👟 Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with the Chief Commercial Officer to model the financial impact of buying decisions, brand terms, pricing strategies, and market expansion.
Collaborate with the Chief Operational Officer on optimization (automation) of internal processes and operational efficiency.
Work with the Chief Information Officer to drive quality of internal systems and data integrity.
Support Head of digital and Head of brand with budget governance, performance tracking and impact measurement.
Support Retail manager with expansion financing and budget governance. ## Key success metrics
Revenue growth across all markets
EBITDA and net income
Cash flow management and working capital efficiency
Quality and accuracy of financial reporting (IFRS)
Investor relations and supervisory board trust ## Leadership Expectations
Act as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO and management team — not just a financial controller.
Balance rigour with pragmatism: provide financial discipline without becoming a bottleneck to growth and entrepreneurship.
Communicate financial complexity clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
Lead by example in adopting technology, automation, and AI to make the finance function faster and smarter.
Represent Footshop externally with credibility and professionalism toward investors, auditors, and banking partners. ## Get in touch with us!