The opportunity As a Founder’s Associate at GEMESYS you’ll be at the heart of our company, working closely with the CFO to drive financial processes, institutional funding, and operational excellence. Additionally, you’ll collaborate with the CEO on fundraising, market analysis, and strategic initiatives. If you thrive in an ever-changing startup environment and enjoy tackling challenges head-on, this is the perfect opportunity to gain first-hand experience in finance, operations, and business development while making a tangible impact. Your role As a Founder’s Associate - Finance & Operations, your primary focus will be supporting the CFO in all things finance, controlling, business development and institutional funding. You’ll also work with the CEO on fundraising efforts and strategic projects. Your role is both structured and flexible, balancing core financial responsibilities with high-priority problem-solving. Finance & Operations: Manage cash flow, financial planning, and reporting to ensure financial stability. Develop scalable finance and accounting structures for growth. Ensure accuracy in financial processes across internal and external tools. Collaborate with the CFO on financial strategies and decision-making. Fundraising & Strategy: Work closely with the CFO and CEO to develop a long-term financial company strategy. Assist with investor relations, fundraising operations, and financial modeling. Manage institutional funding by applying to calls, controlling ongoing funding project and communicate with officials. Conduct market analysis and prepare compelling pitch decks. Ad Hoc Support & Problem Solving: Be the firefighter—jump in and solve urgent operational issues. Take over high-priority projects and execute them on behalf of the founders. Push business development efforts to explore new use cases and ensure long-term company success. Provide general support across finance, strategy, and operations to keep things running smoothly. What you bring You love variety and working across different areas—this role is not for someone who wants a narrow focus. You’re detail-oriented and structured, making sure our financials are spot-on. You bring a hands-on attitude, ready to dive into whatever needs to get done. You enjoy problem-solving and taking ownership of tasks in a fast-moving startup environment. You have a background in finance, business, or accounting, with a passion for making an impact. You bring hands-on proven experience in a startup environment, particularly in finance, operations, or a related field. Our offer Work directly with the founders and leadership team, gaining hands-on startup experience. High impact, high growth role—your work directly contributes to GEMESYS’ success. Be part of a company that is revolutionizing AI chip technology for edge computing. We offer challenges every day and organic growth opportunities as the company scales. 30 vacation days, flexible hours, corporate benefits and hybrid solutions are a given. Healthy snacks and free drinks are part of the perks in our creative, modern and central HQ. About us About GEMESYS We are a deep-tech startup that is set up to build a legacy. Our mission is to design a chip that works like the human brain to overcome computing bottlenecks and provide AI with the hardware to fulfill its destiny: Shaping a better future for everyone. Based out of Bochum, Germany, we are setting out to challenge the status quo. We have received €8.6M in funding and are fully backed by a strong team of investors and the German government. We are a group of pioneering minds who love blank canvases. We work within an agile startup environment where you can be hands-on and contribute to the success of next-generation AI hardware. We execute and work at a high pace. We fail fast and learn faster. Sounds like you? Come join us.