Dirk Viergutz-AI-native Chief Financial Officer
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Experience
Fractional CFO
Lucid Labs GmbH
- Built the finance function from zero for an AI consulting and AI agent studio and run it as one CFO plus Claude-based agents, delivering the equivalent of a full finance team in roughly 40 hours per month across accounting, controlling, reconciliation, rolling liquidity planning, business case modelling and variance commentary. This is the same approach Lucid Labs builds for its clients.
- Made the company due diligence ready for future funding rounds: switched tax advisors, reconciled books, documented contracts and cap table, structured data room and investor-grade reporting.
- Secured non-dilutive funding via Gründungsbonus and Forschungszulage for AI agent development.
- Restructured cost and utilisation reporting around a billable and non-billable model (Consulting, GTM, Tech, Ops), making project profitability visible for the first time.
Fractional CFO
Friendsurance GmbH
Please see MD and CFO position at the same company.
Managing Director & CFO
Friendsurance GmbH
- Led finance and legal across seven portfolio entities (team of 7: Accounting, FP&A, Legal, Operations) with full P&L accountability for strategy, liquidity, capital structure, tax and compliance — B2B partners including Deutsche Bank, Allianz, Barmenia and Süddeutsche Krankenversicherung.
- Built and developed the function through 5 senior hires; designed performance and compensation framework; delivered monthly Beirat reporting and quarterly investor updates.
- Owned IFRS and HGB group reporting across the multi-entity structure, ensuring audit readiness.
- Led B2C carve-out end-to-end — legal split, TSA and Day-1 operational readiness — alongside a structured financing round combining debt and convertible instruments, preserving the existing cap table at closing.
- Cut burn by 33% through cost governance and restructuring, extending runway from 5 to 12 months.
Managing Director & Founder
timpl UG
- Co-founded and built a digital payments and tipping platform across the DACH region, leading product, regulatory compliance and payment provider integration with a cross-functional team.
- Exited the company in 2023 at 4x MOIC on initial capital.
Director of Finance
Brance GmbH
- Established the finance function from day one across three portfolio companies and the VC entity; hired and developed a team of 5, embedding modelling, forecasting, consolidation and liquidity processes.
- Built KPI steering and unit economics framework supporting the company's path to €100M valuation.
- Designed and implemented cross-border group consolidation across Germany, UK and Spain (HGB/IFRS), enabling monthly close in 5 days.
- Steered €10M+ annual performance marketing budget against CAC payback and contribution margin targets, improving CAC payback from 9 to 7 months.
Director of Finance
Medical One GmbH
- Strategic finance partner to CEO in a growth-stage healthcare environment; led a team of 4 covering financial modelling, forecasting, liquidity planning, accounting and performance monitoring.
- Owned the financial workstream of the acquisition of the primary competitor — leading due diligence and post-merger integration of financial operations.
- Optimised pricing and commission models; implemented KPI steering dashboard and OCR-based AP.
Finance & Controlling Manager
adjust GmbH
- Joined as sole Finance Manager and built the function to a team of 3 in a platform serving 2,000+ clients including Spotify, Microsoft and PayPal (later acquired by AppLovin for $1B+).
- Owned group consolidation across German, US, Japanese and Chinese entities and led the Xpenditure rollout across 200 FTE in 15 offices.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Healthcare, Insurance, and Banking and Finance.
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Experienced in Finance, Accounting, Business Intelligence, Legal, Operations, and Investments and M&A.
Summary
CFO and former Managing Director building and leading finance functions in venture-backed scale-ups and multi-entity groups across InsurTech, FinTech, HealthTech and B2B SaaS. Led capital raises across Seed and Series A stages, executed corporate carve-outs and acquisitions. Currently Fractional CFO at Lucid Labs (AI consulting and AI agents), running finance on AI agents I build myself.
Skills
- Erp & Accounting: Netsuite, D365 Bc, Datev, Xero
- Fp&A: Pigment, Lucanet, Excel
- Cap Table & Equity: Ledgy, Carta
- Spend & Ap: Spendesk, Moss, Candis, Pleo, Xpenditure
- Bi & Data: Tableau, Sql, Looker
- Revenue & Billing: Stripe, Chargebee
- People & Crm: Personio, Salesforce
- Ai / Automation: Claude, Claude Code, Openai, Ai Finance Agents (Ap, Reconciliation, Receipt Collection And Upload, Business Case Building)
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Education
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
Master of Arts · Management of SMEs · Stralsund, Germany
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
Bachelor of Arts · Business Administration · Stralsund, Germany
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Dirk is based in Berlin, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Dirk speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Dirk has at least 10 years of experience. During this time, Dirk has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Dirk may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Dirk would be well-suited for roles such as: Fractional CFO, Managing Director & CFO, Managing Director & Founder.
Dirk's most recent position is Fractional CFO at Lucid Labs GmbH.
In recent years, Dirk has worked for Lucid Labs GmbH, Friendsurance GmbH, timpl UG, and Brance GmbH.
Dirk is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Healthcare, and Banking and Finance. Dirk also has some experience in Insurance.
Dirk is most experienced in business areas like Finance, Accounting, and Business Intelligence. Dirk also has some experience in Legal, Investments and M&A, and Strategy.
Dirk has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Insurance.
Dirk has recently worked in business areas like Finance, Legal, and Accounting.
Dirk holds a Master in Management of SMEs from University of Applied Sciences Stralsund and a Bachelor in Business Administration from University of Applied Sciences Stralsund.
Dirk is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.
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