Head of Finance & Administration

At Dioxycle we develop electrolyser solutions for carbon dioxide emissions. Using state-of-the-art technology, we research and provide technology that captures and converts carbon dioxide and ultimately generates valuable chemical products. 

Dioxycle is pioneering breakthrough carbon utilization technologies that convert industrial emissions into sustainable chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency. By displacing fossil fuels for the production of key chemicals, Dioxycle has the potential to ultimately reduce over 800 million tons of CO2 per year, representing over 2% of the world's emissions. 

 

At the core of our process is a novel "carbon electrolyzer", a machine capable of using just electricity and water to convert carbon emissions back into valuable everyday essential chemicals. Our team is innovating across chemical, mechanical and system engineering to turn carbon transformation into an economically feasible, industrial reality through this completely novel technological approach. Having completed our medium-scale Proof-of-Concept electrolyzer, we are now working towards a first-of-its-kind large-scale industrial prototype and are assembling key partnerships for future commercial roll-out.

We are supported by world-class funders including Lowercarbon Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Gigascale Capital and have raised $37M to date. We operate from two centers in Paris and California (so whether you are passionate about outdoors or good food/art scenes, we have a location for you to join!)

Dioxycle is seeking a highly talented and driven Head of Finance & Administration to join our team at this pivotal phase of transition from R&D to industrial deployment. Your core mission is to build and lead a robust, future-ready finance function that supports Dioxycle’s rapid and cash-efficient scale-up toward pilot and commercial deployment. Your work will play a central role in ensuring operational excellence and financial clarity across the organization.

- Treasury Management: Manage cash flow, manage 1 team member (Accounts Payable), optimize expenditure and resource allocation.

- Compliance & Controlling: Oversee bookkeeping and compliance for France and the US, including AP supervision, external firms, and financial closings and including US and French tax credit compliance (including Crédit Impôt Recherche compliance and optimisation).

- Infrastructure: Negotiate rent and construction quotes, insurance policies, oversee annual building inspections.

- General business operations: supervising captable, equity attributions, etc.

- Financial Planning & Analysis: Developing forecasts and budgets; partner with team leads to develop budgets and procurement processes that enable teams to move fast while optimizing dollar spend.

- Modeling: Develop and own corporate financial model and other relevant models

- Automation and Reporting: Implementing tools/processes for task automation and budget follow-up, providing regular financial reports to management and stakeholders, cost optimization for operational efficiency.

- Build and implement efficient and automated procurement processes/tools for a series B/C-ready hardware-based industrial start-up

- Partner with team leads to anticipate procurement needs and orchestrate expenditure optimization

- Supervise supplier accounts and build strategic supplier relationships and negotiate contracts that scale with us

- Own all grant applications and awards with French, European and American public funds and institutions, including Bpifrance and Business France.

- Manage annual memberships of interest groups (fees, subscription forms, etc.)

- Support on VC fundraising or other dilutive funding & other long-term financial projects, such project finance of Dioxycle project company subsidiaries, M&A, IPO

- Support CEO with investor relations & VC fundraising (preparation of pitch-decks, finance & corporate reporting and due diligence, etc.)

- Provide regular financial reports to management and stakeholders, including support on Board Meeting preparation and due diligence processes for future fundraisings.

We seek a Head of Finance & Administration who is dedicated to advancing our mission and possesses the skills outlined below. Candidates with a minimum of seven years of relevant experience are encouraged to apply. We are looking for someone ultra hands-on who first will demonstrate exceptional IC capabilities across multiple topics before building a team in later stage of development.