Maria Ciria

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DISC Type : DC

Venture Partner at Metrix Partners

Marbella, Andalusia, Spain

Overview

Maria Ciria is a Fractional CFO and Venture Partner with over 15 years of international finance experience, including at KPMG. She specializes in guiding growth-focused and PE/VC-backed companies, leveraging her Masters degree to turn finance into a strategic driver. Colleagues describe her as professional, responsible, and perseverant.

She played a key role in setting up a Shared Service Center from scratch following a private equity acquisition at Sommet Education.

Personality Overview

Fast But Analytical

Rigorous & Demanding

ROI Driven

They take a lot of pride in personal achievements.  They are not always relationship oriented. They like to move fast and expect the same from others.

Topics They Care About

Investor Readiness
Writes about the importance of having financials that are truly investor-ready, not just sufficient for internal use, especially when cash is under pressure.
PE/VC-Backed Growth
Her career is focused on partnering with PE/VC-backed companies to provide financial clarity, control, and scalable systems that withstand investor scrutiny.
Strategic Finance
Positions her work as turning finance into a strategic driver rather than a blocker, helping leadership teams make data-driven decisions and build investor trust.

Media Appearances

Maria has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Venture Partner at Metrix Partners
1-2025
Fractional CFO | Strategic Finance Partner for Growth & Investor-Backed Companies at MC Strategic Finance
4-2025
Member at GrowCFO
11-2023 - 12-2024
Group Financial Controller (PE backed) at Adevinta
1-2017 - 11-2022
Group Accounting and Consolidation Manager (PE backed) at Sommet Education

Education

Financial and Valuation Analysis from Corporate Finance Institute® (CFI)
2004 - 2010
Master's degree from Universidad de Málaga

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Exp : 7 Location : Marbella, Andalusia, Spain Job Level : Leadership Designation : Venture Partner at Metrix Partners
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Insights For Selling To Maria

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Maria is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Maria

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Maria move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Maria take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Maria

Personality Compatibility


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