Director, Group Corporate Finance & Strategic Planning

About Submer

Submer designs and delivers end-to-end AI datacenter infrastructure built around industry-leading liquid cooling.

We help organizations scale AI beyond the limits of traditional datacenters by enabling higher density, greater efficiency and lower environmental impact – accelerating time-to-AI from first deployment to full production.

We are looking for a senior corporate finance leader to join at group level as Director, Group Corporate Finance & Strategic Planning. You will play a central role in building Submer’s financial strategy, leading group business planning, supporting fundraising processes, and working closely with investment banks, investors, lenders, advisors, and senior leadership.

 

What impact you will have

You will be responsible for driving Submer’s group-level financial planning, corporate finance agenda, and strategic business planning processes.

This is a highly visible role, partnering directly with the CFO and executive leadership team. The role requires someone with strong investment banking, corporate finance, FP&A, or strategic finance experience who can build robust financial models, develop investor-grade business plans, support fundraising, and translate company strategy into clear financial outputs.

The ideal candidate will bring the analytical rigor of investment banking combined with the commercial judgment and operating mindset needed in a fast-growing international company.

 

What you’ll do

Corporate Finance, Fundraising and Capital Strategy

• Lead financial analysis and preparation for fundraising processes, including equity, debt, strategic financing, and other capital structure initiatives.
• Work closely with investment banks, financial advisors, legal counsel, investors, lenders, and internal stakeholders throughout financing processes.
• Develop and maintain investor-grade financial models, valuation analysis, funding scenarios, and capital requirements analysis.
• Prepare financial content for investor presentations, management presentations, Board materials, lender packs, data rooms, and due diligence requests.
• Support the CFO and executive team in discussions with banks, investors, shareholders, and strategic partners.
• Evaluate capital structure options and provide analysis on financing alternatives, liquidity needs, cash runway, and shareholder value implications.
• Coordinate internal workstreams during fundraising or strategic finance processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery of information.

Group Strategic Planning and Business Planning

• Own and lead Submer’s group-level strategic business planning process, including long-term financial plans, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts.
• Translate company strategy, commercial priorities, operational plans, and market assumptions into a robust financial plan.
• Build and maintain integrated financial models covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, capex, and funding needs.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analysis around revenue growth, margins, cash burn, production scaling, pricing, working capital, and investment requirements.
• Partner with commercial, operations, product, engineering, supply chain, and regional teams to ensure business plans are grounded in operational reality.
• Identify key risks, opportunities, and value drivers across the group and communicate them clearly to senior leadership.

Executive, Board and Investor Reporting

• Prepare high-quality financial analysis and reporting for the CFO, CEO, executive committee, Board, shareholders, and investors.
• Develop clear, concise, and decision-oriented materials that explain business performance, strategic priorities, financial outlook, and funding needs.
• Lead the preparation of Board-level financial planning materials, investor updates, strategic reviews, and performance analysis.
• Ensure consistency between internal financial plans, external investor messaging, and strategic business objectives.
• Create dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting tools to improve visibility into group performance.

Strategic Finance and Decision Support

• Act as a senior finance partner to leadership on strategic initiatives, commercial opportunities, market expansion, partnerships, and major investment decisions.
• Prepare business cases for new geographies, product lines, customer segments, manufacturing capacity, partnerships, and strategic initiatives.
• Support M&A, corporate development, strategic partnerships, or inorganic growth opportunities where relevant.
• Provide financial insight on pricing, margin improvement, working capital optimization, capital allocation, and operational scaling.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, financial governance, reporting quality, and decision-making discipline.

 

What you’ll need

• 10+ years of relevant experience in investment banking, corporate finance, strategic finance, FP&A, transaction services, private equity, infrastructure, technology, industrials, or high-growth corporate environments.
• Prior investment banking experience strongly preferred, particularly with exposure to fundraising, capital markets, M&A, strategic transactions, or financial sponsor processes.
• Proven experience building integrated financial models, long-range business plans, valuation analysis, investor materials, and Board-level presentations.
• Experience working directly with investment banks, investors, lenders, advisors, shareholders, and senior executives.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance, fundraising processes, capital structure, valuation, financial statements, and business planning.
• Experience in a high-growth, international, private equity-backed, venture-backed, infrastructure, data center, climate tech, energy, industrial technology, or hardware-related business is highly advantageous.

What we offer

• Attractive compensation package reflecting your expertise and experience.

• A great work environment characterised by friendliness, international diversity, flexibility, and a hybrid-friendly approach.

• You´ll be part of a fast-growing scale-up with a mission to make a positive impact, offering an exciting career evolution.

Our job titles may span more than one job level. The actual base pay is dependent on a number of factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands.

 

Our inclusive responsibility

Submer is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.