Chief Financial Officer

Camino Search; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Camino Search advises a private equity-backed group on appointing a Chief Financial Officer to lead a UK-wide buy-and-build strategy. The CFO will work with the CEO, board and investors to shape value creation, oversee acquisitions and build the financial platform for growth.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, enhancing reporting, forecasting and lender relations while developing a high-performing finance function across the group. Travel across the UK is expected.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO, board and investor
• Help shape and deliver the group’s value-creation plan
• Lead the financial assessment, execution and integration of acquisitions
• Establish a disciplined and repeatable approach to post-deal integration
• Enhance the quality of reporting, forecasting and commercial insight
• Maintain oversight of cash, working capital, funding and lender relationships
• Develop the finance function, systems and controls to support continued growth
• Create greater consistency and visibility across the group
• Build and lead a high-calibre finance team

Job description

Private Equity-Backed | UK-Wide Buy-and-Build

We are advising an ambitious private equity-backed group on the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer.

Following a period of sustained acquisition activity, the business is pursuing a UK-wide buy-and-build strategy. The incoming CFO will work in close partnership with the CEO, board and investor to shape the group’s next phase of development, lead further M&A and establish the financial platform required to support its ambitions.

This is a broad and influential appointment, combining strategic leadership with a clear focus on execution. The CFO will bring greater visibility to performance, strengthen commercial decision-making and play a central role in creating an integrated, high-performing group.

The Role

The CFO will:

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO, board and investor
• Help shape and deliver the group’s value-creation plan
• Lead the financial assessment, execution and integration of acquisitions
• Establish a disciplined and repeatable approach to post-deal integration
• Enhance the quality of reporting, forecasting and commercial insight
• Maintain oversight of cash, working capital, funding and lender relationships
• Develop the finance function, systems and controls to support continued growth
• Create greater consistency and visibility across the group
• Build and lead a high-calibre finance team

The Candidate

We are looking for a commercially astute finance leader who combines strategic judgement with a willingness to remain close to the detail.

Candidates will bring:

• Experience within a private equity-backed organisation
• A strong track record across M&A and post-acquisition integration
• Exposure to an active buy-and-build strategy
• A clear understanding of value creation in an investor-led environment
• Confidence managing debt, cash and lender relationships
• The credibility to influence at board level and partner effectively with operational leadership
• The ability to move comfortably between strategic priorities and hands-on execution
• A pragmatic, decisive and commercially focused leadership style

The successful candidate may already be operating as a CFO or could be an exceptional Finance Director ready to step into a first number-one appointment.

Experience within an outsourced, professional, people-led or multi-site organisation would be beneficial. However, precise sector experience is less important than the quality and relevance of the candidate’s track record.

The role will require a meaningful presence alongside the management team, together with travel across the UK as the group continues to grow.