CFO PE-Backed Multisite Education business

JR United Kingdom; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading PE-backed education company seeks a strategic CFO to drive financial performance and oversee growth. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial leadership roles and a strong understanding of regulatory compliance. This key position involves managing multi-site operations and engaging with various stakeholders to support the business's next phase of development.

Qualifications

• Experience as Divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in PE-backed companies.
• Proven ability to manage financial processes and relationships with local authorities.
• Experience in acquisitions, integrations, and private equity exits.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance and support growth strategies.
• Ensure rigorous financial controls and compliance with regulations.
• Lead finance function through transformation and manage daily operations.

Skills

Financial Processes

Relationship Management

Transactional Experience

Operational Rigor

Transformational Leadership

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04.06.2025

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Job Description:

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

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

The CFO must navigate a complex stakeholder environment, engaging with the Board, private equity sponsors, banks, and external stakeholders. The role requires ensuring rigorous financial controls, robust reporting, and compliance with regulatory and transparency standards, especially those set by public sector partners.

As a central figure in the company’s next evolution, you will lead the finance function through transformation and expansion, managing daily operations, delivering timely reports, and embedding KPIs, governance, and financial frameworks to support strategic decisions and sustainable growth.

The client is open to candidates stepping into their first standalone CFO role within a PE-backed environment, especially those at Divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller level with the right mix of commercial insight, operational rigor, and leadership skills.

The ideal candidates:

• Have experience as a divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in a PE-backed company, preferably within the consumer services sector or providing services to public sector partners.
• Proven ability to manage financial processes and build relationships with local authorities.
• Transactional experience including acquisitions, integrations, consolidations, and successful private equity exits.
• Experience managing multi-site operations and complex stakeholder relationships.
• Possess a hands-on, growth-oriented approach with practical experience implementing financial changes in regulated environments.

Due to high application volumes, only candidates with relevant experience will be contacted.