Head of Finance and Operations (IT/Energy Non-Profit)

Location: Fully remote; applications are welcomed from Germany, Eastern Europe, and Southern Africa, subject to sufficient working-hours overlap with the European team and local hiring feasibility. Work travel may be required up to once per quarter.

Company

hirify.global is a German non-profit developing and applying open-source software and data to make energy planning faster, more equitable, and more trusted.

What you will do

• Lead organizational budgeting, forecasting, cash management, controlling, and management reporting.
• Own project accounting and financial frameworks for restricted funds, including budgets, cost allocation, expenditure tracking, and donor or client requirements.
• Oversee accounting, payroll, banking, tax, statutory reporting, audits, contracts, procurement, vendors, insurance, and corporate obligations.
• Improve finance and business systems, including ERP, project accounting, reporting workflows, and automation.
• Establish scalable internal IT support covering access management, onboarding and offboarding, business software, and vendor coordination.
• Lead a lean team across Finance, People Operations, and administration while coordinating specialist external support.

Requirements

• Significant experience in finance, accounting, controlling, or finance-led business operations, typically 8+ years.
• Strong experience with project accounting, restricted funds, grants, or contract-funded work.
• Broad business-administration experience across systems, vendors, contracts, organizational processes, or People Operations.
• Experience building or substantially improving finance and operational systems in a growing organization.
• Experience leading people and working with accountants, auditors, banks, software providers, and professional advisors.
• Fluent English is required; professional German is strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of German accounting, tax, or non-profit administration.
• Experience in project-based non-profits, professional-services organizations, technology companies, or SaaS environments.
• Experience with donor reporting, public grants, or multi-country projects.
• Experience with Odoo, DATEV, internal IT support, ISO 27001, or data-protection frameworks.
• Finance, accounting, or business-administration qualification or equivalent professional training.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote, high-trust, and asynchronous working environment.
• Full-time employment is preferred; 80–100% arrangements can be considered.
• High autonomy and freedom to shape the team, systems, and external-support model.
• Direct reporting to the CEO and significant influence on organizational and financial decisions.
• Work spanning international projects, philanthropy, software, critical infrastructure, and the global energy transition.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and brief answers to role-specific questions; a generic cover letter is not required.
• Complete an introductory conversation, structured interviews, and a short practical case.
• Reference checks are included in the selection process.