Chief Financial Officer - Ultra-Luxury Maritime Hospitality Platform
Location: Flexible / International (regular travel expected).
Reports to: Founder & Team Principal.
Type: Full-time, senior executive
About the Opportunity
We are building a category-defining ultra-luxury maritime hospitality platform - a new generation of exploration vessels that brings true five-star, no-compromise hospitality to some of the world's most remarkable and remote destinations. Backed by an experienced founding team spanning naval architecture, luxury cruise innovation, and world-class hospitality, the platform is entering its next phase: structuring and raising capital for its initial rollout, with a clear path to a multi-vessel fleet.
We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer to join the General Partner (GP) team and own the company's financial architecture, capital raising, and long-term fund strategy as we bring this platform to life.
The Role
As CFO, you will be a core member of the founding leadership team, responsible for building the financial backbone of a business structured around a GP/LP, vessel-level funding model - where each vessel is financed as an independent asset, and the platform scales through a disciplined, repeatable capital-raising process across a growing fleet.
This is a rare opportunity to build a finance function from the ground up inside a genuinely new category of business.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and own the company's overall financial architecture, including capital structure, fund mechanics, and treasury strategy across the GP and individual vessel-level entities
- Lead capital raising efforts, including engagement with institutional and private equity Limited Partners, marine finance lenders, and strategic capital partners
- Build and maintain the detailed financial models underpinning investment decisions, vessel-level returns, and fleet-level economics
- Structure and negotiate the terms of vessel-level partnership agreements, debt facilities, and any strategic capital arrangements
- Own financial reporting, governance, and investor relations across the fund structure, ensuring institutional-grade standards from day one
- Partner closely with the Founder and founding team on strategic decisions, brand partnership commercial terms, and fleet expansion planning
- Build out the finance function over time, including recruiting and managing future finance and accounting hires
- Represent the company's financial credibility externally - with investors, lenders, brand partners, and other strategic counterparties
What We're Looking For
- A strong, entrepreneurial CFO with a genuine builder's mindset - comfortable operating with the resourcefulness of a founder, not just the discipline of a large-company finance executive
- A proven track record structuring and/or raising capital for GP/LP fund structures, ideally in real assets, private equity, or infrastructure-style investment vehicles
- Deep fluency in capital structuring: debt/equity stacks, waterfall mechanics, carried interest, and institutional investor expectations
- Strong financial modeling capability and comfort operating at both strategic and highly detailed levels
- Excellent command of English; genuinely international in outlook and experience, comfortable operating across multiple jurisdictions and cultures
- High personal integrity, sound judgment, and the gravitas to represent the company credibly to sophisticated investors and world-class brand partners
Highly Valued (Not Required)
- Prior experience in luxury hospitality, luxury cruise, or marine finance - a genuine advantage given the nature of the asset class and the operating environment
- Experience working alongside naval architects, shipyards, or marine asset financing structures
- Existing relationships with private equity investors, family offices, or specialist marine/hospitality lenders
What We Offer
- A senior leadership seat at the table of a genuinely category-defining venture, from a foundational stage
- The opportunity to shape the financial DNA of a platform designed to scale into a global fleet
- Direct, close collaboration with an experienced, hands-on founding team
- Compensation structured to reflect the seniority of the role and the long-term value creation opportunity, including meaningful upside participation
To express interest, please reach out with your CV and a brief note on your relevant experience to *************