Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Loop Earplugs

Antwerp, Belgium

CFO as Strategic Enabler

You’re not looking for an easy ride or a corner-office role. At Loop, the CFO seat is reserved for a strategic enabler who thrives at the intersection of finance, legal, and business strategy. You’ll spar with the CEO on growth bets, funding strategies, and risk management. Your mission isn’t control – it’s clarity, enablement, and action.

You’ll transform Finance and Legal into scalable, strategic business partners, prepping Loop for incoming VC investments and our next explosive growth phase.

You’ll coach leaders, reshape processes, and implement systems that simplify, scale, and support – constrain.

If you’re after command-and-control, Loop is probably not your dream environment. If you’re hungry for autonomy, accountability, and real impact, keep reading.

How You’ll Succeed: Our Leadership Style

Loop leadership is defined by strategic thinking, mentorship and ruthless simplicity. We don’t micromanage – we set context, give freedom and responsibility but never settle for mediocrity.

Below are our guiding principles, we call them our constellations:

• Think Big: You’ll elevate strategic thinking, never compromise the long term over the short term and put the bar high – for the work and for the talent in your team;
• Make it Happen: Ambiguity doesn’t slow you down – you use data, intuition, and urgency to execute. You get shit done;
• Stay Curious: You continuously evolve, absorbing insights from peers, leveraging fintech/legal tech, and coaching your team for growth. You’re humble. The best idea wins, regardless of where it comes from;
• Keep it Simple: You avoid complexity and bureaucracy. You build straightforward processes that empower teams rather than slow them down;
• Thrive Together: You cultivate trust and radical candor, always aligning your team’s success with the broader company vision.

Responsibilities & Objectives (First 12 Months)

• Deliver accurate rolling forecasts (12-week & 12-month horizons, refreshed regularly, ≤ 2% variance);
• Ensure global month-end close by Business Day 10;
• Drive Business-team NPS ≥ +40 (Marketing, Product, Exec);
• Increase Finance & Legal team engagement scores by 20%;
• Prepare Loop for next-stage VC funding, global expansion, and M&A activity;
• Develop operational excellence across Finance, Legal, Tax, and FP&A teams.

Requirements

Must-haves:

• Served as exec-team leader in a €100–500m scale-up, overseeing significant international growth in EU and US, and strategic pivots;
• Proven success in transforming teams, processes, and systems;
• Coaching-based leadership focused on talent development, engagement, and succession planning;
• Belgium-based (minimum 25% Antwerp, 10% Amsterdam presence required);
• Track record as a strategic enabler in a product/marketing-led business.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience managing Legal/Governance;
• Successfully led VC/PE funding rounds, IPOs, M&A, or extensive due diligence.

Ready to step into a role that few are built for? Let’s talk.

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