Fractional CFO (6 month contract)

📈 Who We Are: We are rebuilding the energy transaction, making it transparent and fair. Our goal is to put power back where it belongs, in the hands of customers and to take on one of the most critical problems of our century, access to low cost electricity. tem exists to fix a broken global energy market that’s long favoured legacy operators, intermediaries, and opaque pricing. Today’s electricity system was not designed for rapid decarbonisation, AI-driven efficiency or fair access for the actual users - businesses and generators. We’ve built the first AI native transaction infrastructure to reinvent how electricity is bought, sold and priced. Our technology is designed to cut out the inefficient fees, automate complex market flows, and bring transparency and fairness to energy transactions at scale. In late 2025, after extraordinary growth, we closed a $75 million Series B - led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Albion, Atomico, Allianz, Hitachi Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Schroders Capital and others - positioning us for global expansion, deeper product innovation and category leadership. We’re scaling internationally and building toward a future where AI-driven infrastructure is foundational to electricity markets worldwide. Since launch, our modern utility product, known as RED, has already facilitated thousands of business customers and billions in energy transaction value, proving that modern software and AI can transform an industry built on legacy systems. At tem, we’re not just building another energy company, we’re rearchitecting market infrastructure so that transparency, efficiency and sustainability become the default, not the exception. THE ROLE We're hiring a Fractional CFO - an interim engagement, 6 months, 3 days a week. This is senior cover with real ownership, not a caretaker seat. For six months you own tem's finance outcome end to end - capital, expansion, infrastructure, and audit readiness - while our permanent CFO search continues. We're upfront about that overlap: this engagement stands on its own terms, and we'd rather three brilliant days a week than five average ones. You will: - Own capital strategy and the equity story, including non-equity facilities. - Stand up tem's US entity operationally. - Own pre-emptive funding readiness and in-bound investor relations, including tax and Big Four audit preparation. You will report into the CEO. RESPONSIBILITIES Capital & funding readiness - Own capital strategy and sharpen the equity story, including non-equity facilities. - Deal with pre-emptive funding and manage in-bound investor relations: data room, metrics narrative, investor-grade reporting. - Lead tax and Big Four audit preparation. Expansion & growth - Own the operational set-up of tem's US entity ahead of our Texas launch - legal, tax, banking, reporting. - Shape revenue strategy and platform growth for the third-party infrastructure model. Finance infrastructure - Own ERP integration and the flow of financial information to key stakeholders. - Plug into an AI-forward finance set-up - most of the team structuring is covered; you bring the judgement layer. - Leave the function cleaner than you found it: systems, processes, and reporting a permanent CFO can inherit on day one. REQUIREMENTS Must haves - CFO (or equivalent) experience at a venture-backed scale-up, with Series B+ investment conversations and a leading role in at least one raise. - Hands-on capital strategy: equity story, investor relations, and non-equity or debt facilities. - International entity set-up, ideally US - comfortable owning the legal, tax, and banking workstreams. - ERP and financial systems ownership - you've built or fixed the information flow, not just consumed it. - Available 3 days a week for 6 months, able to start fast. Bonus points - Complex commodity, energy, or regulated-market experience. - Risk management: structure, levers, and the story to investors. - AI-native finance team structuring - we have most of this covered; you'd sharpen it, not build it. - The credibility and appetite to lead a funding round personally. - Strong culture fit: direct, fast, low ego. THE ENGAGEMENT - 6-month initial term, 3 days a week. - Start: as soon as you can sensibly extract yourself - this work is live now. - Remote first, with time alongside the leadership team when the work demands it. - Runs alongside our permanent CFO search. We're transparent about that, and the engagement stands on its own terms. INTERVIEW PROCESS We move fast - and faster than usual for this one. Expect days, not weeks. - Intro call with Talent, 30 minutes. - Deep dive with Joe, our CEO, 60 minutes. - Working session with leadership stakeholders - a live discussion of the capital plan, 60 minutes. - References and terms. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including those that are traditionally underrepresented in the tech and energy sectors. If you’re excited about this role but not sure you meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Your unique perspective could be exactly what we’re looking for.