Chief Financial Officer

The organisation

LOAVIES is a value driven company with the purpose to inspire fashion minded babes to be awesome, confident and proud. LOAVIES creates on-trend and affordable fashion with a fun-loving attitude. The online fashion brand aims to be the favorite influencer who excites and inspires the next generation to live life the way they want to. The social-minded company aspires to spark girls and (young) women to take the spotlight. The award-winning scale-up redefines how fashion is done, being an e-commerce business and a strong online brand first and foremost. Ongoing weekly ‘drops’, regular new categories and an innovative user experience have seen the e-commerce company grow into a serious player in the market.

Today, the brand has over 100 passionate team members and one million highly active customers in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Its products are sold in over 250 multi-brand stores and on LOAVIES.com. The privately owned, self-funded scale-up aims to bolster its global reach and presence. 

The position

Founded in 2012 by three Dutch entrepreneurs who believe in changing the world of fashion, LOAVIES has been a success story ever since. The Chief Financial Officer is going to build a high-performing finance team and empower the fast-growing fashion brand to be progressive, data-driven and even more successful.

Tasks & responsibilities 

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is primarily responsible for the finances of the organization and its three underlying entities. This entails planning, implementation, managing and running of all finance activities, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and negotiations. The CFO provides strategic advice and direction enabling the company’s international growth ambitions. The CFO develops, leads and motivates the finance team, ensuring it reaches its overall strategic company goals. They manage the cashflow in a sustainable way, develop and implement management reports and secure financial KPIs in the organization. 

Investor relations
The CFO is also responsible for establishing and maintaining investor relations and partnership compliance. They manage fundraising plans and capital structure. Strong communication skills are key, as is a datadriven approach. The CFO analyzes data and based on its findings, provides recommendations to improve the operation and financial processes. Digitizing all processes and reporting is one of the CFO’s goals. The CFO is part of the leadership team and reports directly to the CEO, Kristina Johansson.

Strategic, positive and innovative mindset towards finance
The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial CFO who has a perfect balance between strategy and operation. Experience in a PE-owned portfolio company is preferred, as is solid experience in hiring and building high-performing teams. The pragmatic CFO is a true teamplayer with a can-do attitude, who enjoys the dynamics and challenges that are typical for a scale-up.

Candidate profile*

• Over 5 years’ experience as a CFO
• Experience in building effective teams
• Strategic 
• Tech-savvy
• Hands-on

* Research shows that while male candidates feel confident enough to apply when they meet about 60% of the requirements, female candidates only apply when they tick every box. So if this role has your name on it, but you’re not sure about the criteria, we still want to hear from you.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the link below. LOAVIES works with Top of Minds to fill this vacancy.