Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 80-100%

About the job

FFF Fresh & Frozen Food AG (FFF) is an established trading and logistics platform for chilled food and baked goods. We connect producers and brands with the Swiss retail trade, focusing on category management, marketing, innovation, co-packing, and reliable distribution.

In a central growth and innovation area for the food trade, we help shape assortments, bring new concepts to the market, and create added value for trading partners, producers, and consumers. Up to 1,400 products, 3,700 orders, and 60,000 order items are processed daily via our platform. We employ around 160 people in Wohlen AG.

We are looking for the following for our company with immediate effect or by arrangement:

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) 80-100%
Member of the Executive Board (m/f/d)

What are your responsibilities:

• You take overall responsibility for accounting, controlling, and compliance as well as the financial management of our company, lead a team of four employees, and promote their professional and personal development.
• As a member of the Executive Board and sparring partner of the CEO and the Board of Directors, you actively contribute to business decisions and support data-driven corporate management through meaningful key figures and analyses.
• You ensure the timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and maintain relationships with banks, auditors, authorities, and other external partners.
• You are responsible for budgeting, forecasting, liquidity planning, balance sheet management, as well as management reporting, and continuously develop financial control instruments and the management information system (MIS).
• You are responsible for the further development of a meaningful contribution margin accounting and the analysis of profitability at product, customer, and business unit levels. You promote sound product and customer calculations, conduct price and margin analyses, and create transparency about the economic value drivers.
• You drive the digitalisation, automation, and continuous optimisation of our financial processes and systems.
• You actively contribute and take on tasks in accounting and controlling during holiday absences or increased workloads to ensure deadlines and quality.

What do we expect from you:

• You have a higher business administration education with a focus on finance and controlling or a comparable qualification.
• You have leadership experience in a finance function, preferably in a trading or production environment. You know how to develop a team both professionally and personally.
• You have sound knowledge in accounting, controlling, balance sheets, cash flow, and financing.
• You think entrepreneurially, understand operational business processes, and quickly and holistically recognise the economic impact of decisions.
• You are analytically strong, question existing procedures, and confidently, constructively, and solution-orientedly represent your opinion even to the Executive Board.
• You have pronounced IT and ERP knowledge and use data, systems, and digital solutions purposefully to improve corporate management. You understand how to use AI tools to automate standard processes and reporting.
• You combine strategic foresight with a pragmatic hands-on mentality, high initiative, and strong implementation skills.

What can you expect from us:

• A lively and varied area of responsibility in the food sector
• A dynamic, professional, and at the same time familiar working environment with a lot of autonomy and variety
• The opportunity to work closely with the CEO and the Board of Directors on the further development of the company
• Lots of entrepreneurial freedom and the chance to further develop our finance and controlling instruments
• A young, committed team where a culture of informal address is lived
• Personal development opportunities and support for further training
• 5 weeks of holiday, flexible working hours, and the possibility of one day of home office per week

Application to:

We look forward to receiving your application. If you have any questions, Anna Scharmer, Head of HR, is happy to assist you at 056 619 73 71. Please understand that we only consider direct applications.