Chief Financial Officer

Blair West; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunity

Vitality private healthcare

Life insurance

EV salary sacrifice

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Blair West is assisting Resulting IT in appointing a Chief Financial Officer. Resulting IT is a PE-backed SAP consultancy accelerating S/4HANA implementations, with growth ambition in the US and a broader AI-enabled product strategy.

The CFO will partner with the Founder-CEO and Board, own forecasting, improve EBITDA visibility and drive value through pricing, governance and performance management. Flexible hybrid working is offered along with equity and healthcare benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience as CFO/FD in PE-backed business.
• Experience guiding transactions or exits with value creation.
• Understanding of project economics, utilisation in consulting or professional services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with CEO, Board and investors to deliver the business plan.
• Own forecasting and commercial performance, improve visibility of revenue, margins and EBITDA.
• Identify profitability opportunities and reduce revenue leakage with sales and delivery teams.
• Strengthen pricing discipline and support major negotiations and renewals.
• Lead equity story development and contribute to exit readiness with investor communications.

Skills

CFO / FD experience

Private equity-backed

Forecasting & FP&A

Strategic finance

Stakeholder management

Pricing & margins

Leadership

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Blair West is supporting Resulting IT in the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer. Resulting IT is a private equity-backed, independent SAP consultancy that works client-side to help organisations plan, govern and deliver successful S/4HANA programmes. The business combines established expertise in SAP road mapping, business-case development, programme delivery and value realisation with S4SensAI, its Agentic AI platform built specifically for SAP customers.

With a growing US presence and ambitions to materially scale EBITDA ahead of a potential transaction in the next 18–24 months, Resulting IT is strengthening its senior leadership team with the appointment of an experienced CFO.

Reporting to the Founder-CEO and working closely with the Board, YFM and an established Financial Controller, the CFO will be a commercially focused partner to the business. They will strengthen financial discipline, improve forecasting and forward-looking performance visibility, support scalable growth and help maximise shareholder value through the next stage of the company’s development.

The opportunity:

• Partner closely with the CEO, Board and investors, providing the commercial challenge, financial insight and forward-looking perspective required to deliver the business plan.
• Own forecasting and commercial performance, creating greater visibility across revenue, pipeline, utilisation, margins, cash conversion and the key drivers of EBITDA.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability and eliminate revenue leakage, working directly with sales, delivery and practice leaders to turn insight into measurable action.
• Strengthen pricing and deal discipline, challenging rates, discounting, commercial terms and project economics while supporting major negotiations and renewals.
• Develop a rigorous value-creation plan, identifying and prioritising initiatives across growth, margin improvement, cost optimisation and operational efficiency.
• Build greater accountability across the business through meaningful KPIs, granular budgets and proactive performance management.
• Lead the financial and commercial elements of exit readiness, including investor communications, due diligence, quality of earnings preparation and the development of a robust, evidence-based equity story.
• Work alongside and mentor the Financial Controller, allowing them to continue owning a strong financial control environment while developing their broader commercial and leadership capability.
• Support the evolution of Resulting IT’s business model as traditional project-based consulting is complemented by recurring revenues from new AI-enabled products and services.

You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have:

• Previous experience as a CFO or FD (No.1) within a private equity-backed business.
• Direct exposure to a successful transaction or exit, with a clear understanding of what is required to build value and prepare a business for buyer scrutiny.
• Experience within consulting or professional services, with a strong understanding of project economics, utilisation, resource planning and the commercial dynamics of people-led businesses.
• A track record of using financial and operational insight to improve revenue quality, margins, EBITDA and overall business performance.
• Strong commercial judgement, with experience influencing pricing, sales decisions, contracts and major customer opportunities.
• The credibility to operate confidently with founders, investors and Boards while being comfortable constructively challenging senior stakeholders.
• Excellent forecasting and analytical capability, with the ability to identify emerging risks and opportunities before they materially impact performance.
• A hands‑on leadership style and the ability to operate effectively in an entrepreneurial business where pace, adaptability and personal accountability matter.
• Exposure to technology, IT consultancy, SAP or SaaS/recurring revenue models would be advantageous, although understanding the economics of a consultancy environment is more important.

The benefits included with this opportunity:

• A meaningful equity opportunity through Resulting's share option arrangements, providing the potential to participate directly in value created ahead of a future transaction.
• Vitality private healthcare from day one, including physical, mental health, dental and optical benefits for the individual and their family.
• Company‑funded life insurance and unlimited 24/7 virtual GP access.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, alongside savings on bikes and technology.
• Flexible hybrid working and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.

Our commitment

Blair West is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during their experience with us, please speak to their consultant.