CFO PE-Backed Multisite Education business

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education business in the UK seeks a CFO to drive financial performance and strategic growth. This key leadership role involves managing complex stakeholder relationships and ensuring rigorous financial governance, ideal for candidates with experience in PE environments and operational rigor.

Qualifications

• Experience as a divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in a PE-backed business.
• Proven skills managing financial processes and relationships with local authorities.
• Experience with acquisitions, integrations, and consolidations.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance and support business growth.
• Lead the finance function through transformation and expansion.
• Ensure rigorous financial controls and compliance.

Skills

Financial processes management

Stakeholder relationship management

Financial change experience

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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 future beyond that milestone.

The CFO will navigate a complex stakeholder environment, engaging with the Board, private equity sponsors, banks, and external stakeholders. The role requires ensuring rigorous financial controls, reporting, and compliance, especially with public sector partners.

The successful candidate 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.

Candidates stepping into their first standalone CFO role in a PE environment are encouraged to apply, especially those at Divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller level with the right mix of commercial insight, operational rigor, and leadership.

The ideal candidates will have:

• Experience as a divisional Finance Director or Financial Controller in a PE-backed business, preferably in consumer services or public sector services.
• Proven skills managing financial processes and relationships with local authorities.
• Experience with acquisitions, integrations, consolidations, and private equity exits.
• Experience managing multi-site operations and stakeholder relationships.
• A hands-on, growth-oriented approach with practical experience in financial change within regulated environments.

Due to high application volume, only relevant candidates will be contacted.