The CFO will be responsible for leading the company's financing strategy, capital raising efforts, investor engagement, financial planning, and long-term capital structure development. This executive will play a critical role in securing growth capital and establishing strategic financing partnerships to support large-scale AI infrastructure expansion.
Client Details
U.S.-based AI infrastructure company
Description
Capital Raising and Financing Leadership
- Develop and execute the company's overall financing strategy.
- Lead equity raises, debt financings, private placements, and structured capital transactions.
- Originate and cultivate relationships with prospective investors.
- Manage fundraising initiatives from investor outreach and presentations through negotiation, documentation, and closing.
- Structure and negotiate financing transactions while ensuring successful execution and capital deployment.
- Build sustainable financing channels to support future expansion.
Investor Relations and Institutional Capital Development
- Leverage existing relationships across the investment community to create financing opportunities.
- Build relationships with investment banks, private equity firms, venture capital investors, infrastructure funds, private credit providers, family offices, and strategic investors.
- Present the company's investment thesis, operating model, energy advantages, and financial outlook to institutional investors.
- Lead investor meetings, site visits, roadshows, and transaction discussions.
- Expand and maintain a long-term investor pipeline.
Capital Markets and Strategic Finance
- Develop short-, medium-, and long-term financing plans aligned with business objectives.
- Optimize capital structure, including debt, equity, and hybrid financing solutions.
- Analyze financing alternatives, dilution considerations, and funding costs.
- Oversee valuation analyses, transaction pricing, and return calculations.
- Evaluate financing structures such as project finance, preferred equity, convertible securities, and equipment financing.
- Support strategic investments, acquisitions, and major capital transactions.
- Advise executive leadership and the Board on long-term capital strategies.
AI Data Center and Infrastructure Financing
- Lead financing efforts for AI data center and energy infrastructure projects.
- Establish relationships with project finance lenders, infrastructure funds, commercial banks, and equipment financing partners.
- Structure project finance, asset-backed financing, sale-leaseback transactions, and other infrastructure-oriented funding solutions.
- Analyze project-level economics, including CAPEX, OPEX, EBITDA, cash flow, IRR, and payback metrics.
- Improve capital efficiency and reduce overall funding costs.
Financial Planning and Treasury Oversight
- Direct financial strategy, liquidity management, and cash flow planning.
- Develop corporate and project financial models.
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and capital allocation processes.
- Monitor construction spending and utilization of financing proceeds.
- Evaluate financial implications of major investments and commercial agreements.
- Provide regular reporting to the CEO and Board regarding financial performance, liquidity, and funding initiatives.
- Build and oversee the finance organization while coordinating with external auditors and advisors.
IPO Readiness and Capital Markets Coordination
- Support preparations for a future U.S. public listing.
- Coordinate with external legal, accounting, and capital market advisors.
- Help establish public-company financial reporting infrastructure and governance practices.
- Participate in discussions with underwriters, legal counsel, and auditors.
- Support investor relations and pre-IPO capital markets activities.
Profile
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, capital markets, or senior financial leadership.
- Previous experience as a CFO, Head of Corporate Finance, Head of Capital Markets, Investment Banking Managing Director, or similar executive role.
- Demonstrated success leading institutional fundraising transactions.
- Strong relationships across U.S. and international investment communities.
- Ability to independently source investors, conduct roadshows, negotiate terms, and close transactions.
- Expertise in financing structures, valuation, capital planning, and financial modeling.
- Working knowledge of U.S. capital markets and IPO requirements.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation capabilities.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Job Offer
Competitive Package