CFO PE-Backed Multisite Consumer facing business

Marks Sattin; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the consumer services sector seeks a strategic CFO to drive financial performance and support growth. The ideal candidate will navigate complex stakeholder environments and lead financial operations through transformation. This role offers the opportunity to shape the company's future and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Experience as a divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in a PE-Backed environment.
• Proven expertise managing financial processes and building relationships with local authorities.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance and support growth.
• Lead finance function through transformation and expansion.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Financial Processes

Stakeholder Management

Financial Change Implementation

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Marks Sattin Executive Search is partnering with a PE-Backed Multisite Consumer facing business to appoint a commercially astute and strategic CFO.

This is a key leadership role, with responsibility for driving financial performance, supporting continued growth, and preparing the business for a successful exit, while also shaping its journey beyond that milestone.

The business requires a CFO who can confidently navigate a complex stakeholder environment. This includes regular engagement with the Board, private equity sponsors, lending banks, and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will ensure rigorous financial controls, robust reporting structures, and full compliance with both regulatory and transparency requirements, particularly those set by public sector partners.

As a central figure in the business’s next stage of evolution, you will lead the finance function through a period of transformation and expansion. This includes day-to-day management of finance operations, delivering high-quality, timely reporting, and embedding strong KPIs, governance, and financial frameworks that support strategic decision-making and sustainable growth.

Uniquely the client would consider candidates stepping into their first standalone CFO role within a PE-backed environment, particularly those currently operating at Divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller level who bring the right blend of commercial insight, operational rigour, and leadership capability.

The Ideal candidates:

• Experience as a divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in a PE-Backed ideally within the consumer services sector business or a business providing services to public sector partners.
• Proven expertise managing financial processes and building strong relationships with local authorities.
• Demonstrable transactional experience, including acquisitions, integrations, consolidations, and successful private equity exits.
• Experience managing multi-site operations and complex stakeholder relationships.
• A hands-on, growth-focused approach, with practical experience in successfully implementing financial change in regulated environments.

Due to the high level of applications, we can only reply to those candidates with relevant experience.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Consumer Services

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