CFO PE Backed SaaS Business

Marks Sattin; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth SaaS business in the East Midlands is looking for an experienced CFO to provide financial leadership and drive commercial insights. The role involves ownership of the finance function, enhancing financial infrastructure, developing scalable processes, and shaping the strategic direction of the company. This position is perfect for a finance leader with a strong background in SaaS or technology-enabled environments and experience in private equity settings. Strong leadership, operational control, and commercial acumen are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a SaaS or technology-enabled business.
• Ability to drive sales performance and pricing strategies.
• Proven success in scaling finance functions and implementing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function with ownership over reporting and forecasting.
• Strengthen financial structures to enhance controls and reporting accuracy.
• Shape strategic and commercial direction for revenue growth.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Operational control

Leadership capability

Strong PowerPoint skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Marks Sattin Executive Search is working with a high-growth, PE-backed SaaS business now entering a new phase of scale and value creation.

The business is seeking a strategic CFO to partner with the CEO and SLT, providing financial leadership, commercial insight, and robust decision support. This role will take full ownership of the finance function, with responsibility for performance reporting, forecasting, cash management, and lender reporting, including covenant compliance.

The CFO will play a central role in strengthening the financial infrastructure of the business enhancing controls, improving reporting accuracy and visibility, and ensuring the finance function is structured to support continued growth. You will be responsible for developing scalable processes, embedding clear performance metrics, and elevating the quality of information provided to the Board and investors.

Alongside financial stewardship, the CFO will contribute to shaping the strategic and commercial direction of the business, supporting revenue growth, pricing strategy, margin optimisation, and investment appraisal. You will work closely with operational leaders to ensure financial insight translates into effective decision-making.

This opportunity would suit an experienced CFO or Finance Director within a SaaS or technology-enabled business, ideally with exposure to a private equity environment. A strong blend of commercial acumen, operational control, and leadership capability is essential.

The Ideal Candidate

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA).
• Experience in investor-led, business within the SaaS, software, technology or Media sectors
• Strong track record in driving sales performance and pricing strategies.
• Proven ability to scale finance functions and deliver operational improvements within evolving environments.
• Skilled in designing and embedding key performance indicators and reporting frameworks.
• Track record of implementing systems and building scalable processes.
• Strong PowerPoint skills, with the ability to rebuild and enhance Excel-based tables and graphs for clear, impactful presentations

Please understand that due to the expected high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly.