Chief Finance Officer

KERB; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading food business as the Chief Financial Officer, guiding KERB through an exciting growth phase. Oversee finance, IT, and strategic planning while collaborating with senior leadership to drive profitability and efficiency. This role requires a qualified accountant with experience in scaling international businesses, particularly in hospitality or retail. KERB offers competitive benefits, including generous discounts and health plans.

Benefits

Generous food and beverage discounts

25 days holiday plus your birthday off

Health Cash Plan

Wellbeing Allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• Experience scaling multi-entity, international businesses.
• Proven ability to develop high-quality finance functions.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead KERB’s long-term financial strategy.
• Oversee financial controls, operations, reporting, tax, risk, and compliance.
• Support international operational structuring.

Skills

Leadership

Data Analysis

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Awareness

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

CRM

Finance Systems

POS

Job description

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Description

Are you ready to take the financial helm of one of the UK’s most dynamic food businesses? We are now looking for a commercially savvy, hands-on Chief Financial Officer to guide KERB through this exciting phase, overseeing finance, IT, and strategic planning across all group entities. As an integral member of the senior leadership team, this person will partner with the CEO, divisional MDs, and the senior leadership team.

With food halls opening or launching in major cities across the UK, Europe, the USA, and other exciting international developments, KERB is entering its next growth phase. This includes significant commercial scaling, M&A, tech investment, and further expansion both nationally and internationally.

What you'll be doing

Strategic & Commercial Leadership

• Work closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership team, and the Board to inform business-critical decisions and international expansion strategy.
• Shape and lead KERB’s long-term financial strategy, aligning with growth goals.
• Drive financial, operational, and commercial insights and data to help management make key decisions that lead to growth and drive efficiencies.
• Collaborate with Operations and the Events teams to develop plans that improve margins, drive profitability, optimise labour and overhead costs, and improve the cost management processes.
• Maintain strong relationships and represent KERB to investors, banks, advisors, and partners.

Financial Management & Oversight

• Build and lead a scalable finance function with best-in-class workflows, controls, procedures, and technologies.
• Manage and develop the Finance team to ensure high performance, compliance, and excellent stakeholder service.
• Partner with department heads to maintain strong commercial discipline.
• Own group-wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and modelling.
• Oversee financial controls, operations, reporting, tax, risk, and compliance.
• Deliver accurate monthly management accounts and board reports.
• Develop a robust treasury management system to support UK and international scaling, ensuring funding and FX management.

International Expansion

• Support and advise on international operational structuring (tax, FX, JV partnerships, local practices).
• Set up and integrate financial operations in new territories.
• Ensure scalable group reporting and controls across jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with UK and international financial regulations and tax laws.

Tech & IT Strategy

• Oversee KERB’s digital transformation, ensuring tech supports efficiency, customer experience, and scalability.
• Line manage the Head of IT, shaping tech roadmap, systems integration, and data architecture.
• Strategically oversee business tools (POS, CRM, finance systems).

What you'll bring to KERB

• A qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with senior finance experience, including CFO or FD roles.
• Experience scaling multi-entity, international businesses—preferably in hospitality, retail, or consumer sectors.
• A balanced strategic and hands-on approach.
• Proven ability to develop high-quality finance functions leveraging financial technology.
• Strong data analysis skills, with experience managing reporting suites for growth insights.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting financial info to non-finance stakeholders.
• Leadership skills to inspire and motivate teams and the wider business.
• A growth mindset with commercial, strategic, and business management skills.
• Tech-savvy with experience overseeing IT strategy.

This list is not exhaustive; additional tasks may be assigned to support KERB’s wider team.

What you'll get by joining KERB

• Generous food and beverage discounts.
• 25 days holiday plus your birthday off.
• Health Cash Plan, Wellbeing Allowance, and other benefits.
• Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Cycle to Work, and more.

Diversity & Inclusion

We foster an inclusive culture, celebrating abilities, orientation, race, ethnicity, faith, and gender. We welcome and support all backgrounds and encourage applicants to share any accommodation needs during recruitment.