About Matis: Matis is regulated by the AMF as a crowdfunding services provider and lets investors co-invest in project companies that each hold a major 19th- or 20th-century artwork. Founded in 2023, it operates in Europe and the United States, with entities in France, Italy, Switzerland and the US. Matis is moving from deal-by-deal offers to a regulated alternative investment fund, and the Chief Financial Officer will define, build and lead the finance function through this shift.
Missions
- Redefine the finance function, deciding what is internalised and what is outsourced, and set the resource plan and tools.
- Act as the voice of finance with shareholders, banks, institutional investors, family offices and the Board.
- Build and present the group’s financial story and the case for art as an alternative asset class.
- Optimise the cross-border financial and tax architecture across four jurisdictions with external counsel.
- Assess and structure new investment vehicles, financing and partnerships, and take them to Board decision.
- Own the fund’s financial governance, overseeing the depositary, fund administrator, own funds, fees and liquidity tracking.
- Run budget, treasury, monthly reporting, closings, audit and internal control hands-on until the team is in place.
Profile
- Ten to twenty years of experience with senior responsibility for investment, portfolio or alternatives activity.
- Asset management expertise covering asset allocation, fund selection, risk budgeting, UCITS and AIFMD.
- Knowledge of private markets, ideally including art and collectibles.
- Hands-on experience structuring investment vehicles, with a sound grasp of tax and regulatory aspects.
- Corporate financial management skills and the ability to build a finance function from scratch.
- International experience in Europe, ideally also in the United States.
- Fluent English and real day-to-day use of AI tools.
- US exposure, fund launch experience and comfort in a bilingual French and English environment are strongly preferred.
