Chief Financial Officer

FWB; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FWB is seeking a CFO to lead a scale-and-build finance function for a fast-growth consumer/ multichannel business backed by private equity. You will drive financial strategy, governance and performance while supporting international expansion and potential exits.

Reporting to the CEO and working with the Board, you will be a commercial partner on pricing, customer economics and promotional investment, and deliver investor-grade reporting and robust scenario planning.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership experience in high-growth consumer goods, e-commerce or multi-channel environments.
• Experience in a private equity-backed setting is desirable.
• Experience scaling internationally and supporting a successful transaction is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of financial strategy, governance and performance.
• Act as commercial partner on pricing strategy, customer economics and promotional investment.
• Oversee capital strategy, refinancing, M&A and exit readiness.
• Build a scalable finance function aligned to growth and value creation targets.
• Deliver investor-grade reporting, modelling and dynamic scenario planning.
• Drive gross margin, working capital discipline and cash generation.

Skills

Strategic financial leadership

M&A experience

Investor reporting

Commercial finance partner

Job description

We are supporting a fast-growth, private equity-backed business operating across B2C and B2B2C channels, with a differentiated brand-led proposition and expanding international footprint. The business has already built significant revenue momentum and is on a clear trajectory to scale rapidly over the next three to five years, including having both organic and acquisitive growth.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Board and investors, the CFO will lead all aspects of financial strategy, governance and performance. This is a scale-and-build mandate suited to a commercially astute finance leader comfortable operating within high-growth, brand-led consumer environments across multi-channel routes to market.

Key areas of focus will include:

• Supporting UK and international growth across multiple territories and channel partners
• Acting as commercial partner across pricing strategy, customer economics and promotional investment
• Leading capital strategy, refinancing, M&A and exit readiness
• Building a scalable finance function aligned to aggressive growth and value creation targets
• Delivering investor-grade reporting, modelling and dynamic scenario planning
• Driving gross margin optimisation, working capital discipline and cash generation

The successful candidate will bring senior finance leadership experience within a high-growth consumer goods, e-commerce or multichannel business, ideally within a private equity-backed environment. Experience of scaling internationally and supporting a successful transaction would be advantageous.