Role Summary

NdCare and the Neuro Inclusion Project are building a multi-arm ecosystem spanning clinical services, digital health, research, and systems change. Early financial decisions made now will irreversibly shape control, investability, and long-term viability.

We are seeking a Finance / Cap Table Advisor to act as a financial architect, ensuring equity decisions, funding strategy, and growth assumptions are coherent, defensible, and aligned with the mission.

This is not an accounting role.
It is a strategic finance and ownership integrity role.

Purpose of the Role

The Finance Advisor exists to:

• Protect the cap table from accidental damage
• Ensure early equity decisions don’t undermine future rounds
• Build investor-ready financial logic without hype
• Support sustainable, humane growth... not artificial projections

If this role is done well, future investors see clarity, discipline, and credibility.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cap Table Design & Protection

Design and maintain a clean, scalable cap table

Model equity allocation for:

• founders
• equity-only roles
• advisors
• future option pools

Prevent over-dilution and accidental co-founder inflation

2. Equity & Incentive Strategy

Advise on:

• option pools
• vesting structures
• cliffs and conversion triggers

Ensure alignment with EMI eligibility and investor norms

Stress-test equity decisions against future funding scenarios

3. Funding & Dilution Modelling

Model seed, Series A, and beyond dilution scenarios

Support clarity on:

• how much to raise
• when
• at what cost to control

Provide grounded alternatives to over-optimistic growth assumptions

4. Financial Narrative for Investors

Support development of:

• investor financials
• unit economics (where appropriate)
• revenue logic across clinical, digital, and training arms

Ensure numbers match reality, capacity, and ethics

5. Ongoing Advisory Support

• Act as a sounding board for major financial decisions
• Flag risks early (runway, dilution, structural imbalance)
• Support readiness for due diligence when required

What This Role Is Not

• It is not bookkeeping or payroll
• It is not about aggressive valuation inflation
• It is not a late-stage CFO role
• It is not expected to “make the numbers work” at any cost

This role prioritises truth, foresight, and restraint.

Equity / Fee Structure

Compensation options:

• Advisor equity: ~0.05–0.2%
• Deferred fees
• Hybrid arrangement (to be agreed)
• Vesting: Typically time- or milestone-bound
• Time commitment: Low-touch, strategic (e.g. quarterly modelling / ad-hoc support)
• Review point: Annual or funding milestones

All arrangements are documented clearly.

Who This Role Is For

This role may suit someone who:

• Has experience as a fractional CFO, finance director, or startup finance advisor
• Understands early-stage cap tables and investor dynamics
• Is comfortable working with mission-led, ND-affirming organisations
• Can communicate financial risk clearly without fear-mongering
• Values long-term stability over short-term optics

You do not need startup hype... you need judgement.

What We Explicitly Welcome

• Plain-English financial explanations
• Collaborative, non-extractive advisory style
• Willingness to challenge unrealistic assumptions
• Flexible engagement model

We value finance advisors who protect futures, not just close rounds.

Why This Role Matters

Equity mistakes are permanent.
Cash problems are temporary.

This role ensures NdCare:

• remains investable
• retains strategic control
• avoids silent dilution traps
• grows without financial fragility