Chief Financial Officer

DealHub Ltd.; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity House Group, a private equity backed business in the Midlands, is recruiting a Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function and drive the next growth phase. You’ll report to the CEO, sit on the Board and act as the principal finance contact for shareholders and lenders.

You’ll oversee debt management, refinancing and cash optimisation, own shareholder and board reporting, and bring commercial rigour to contracts and cost control.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with PE environment experience.
• Experience working with external shareholders, debt and refinancing.
• Hands-on leader able to operate between board level and operational detail.
• Strong commercial and operational mindset with change-driving ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financing agenda, including debt management and refinancing.
• Build cash visibility and optimise working capital.
• Own shareholder and board reporting with investors over time.
• Bring commercial rigour to contracts and growth opportunities.
• Improve cost visibility and control across maintenance and procurement.
• Shape the finance team through an ERP implementation and process changes.
• Partner the CEO and leadership team, guiding change collaboratively.

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Chief Financial Officer | Midlands | Private equity backed | £170,000-£200,000 + exec package

Trinity House Group are partnering with a highly successful, cash generative, PE backed business on the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer as it enters an exciting new chapter under new institutional ownership.

As a newly owned PE backed company, this is a rare chance for the incoming CFO to shape the finance function and play a central role in an ambitious growth plan.

You’ll report directly to the CEO, sit on the Board and be the principal finance contact for shareholders and lenders. A structured handover will be in place.

The opportunity

• Strong market position with excellent profitability
• Ambitious plans to significantly grow revenue and EBITDA over the next five years
• A lean, close knit organisation, where finance will have real visibility and influence
• An interim CFO is currently laying the foundations, with a planned handover to the permanent appointment

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the financing agenda, including debt management, covenants, refinancing and optimising leverage in a capital intensive model.
• Building a stronger focus on cash alongside the existing P&L and EBITDA mindset
• Owning shareholder and board reporting, and evolving it with the investor over time
• Bringing commercial rigour to new contracts and growth opportunities, with a clear view of returns, hurdle rates and risk
• Improving cost visibility and control, particularly across maintenance and procurement
• Shaping and developing the finance team through an ERP implementation and a move away from manual processes
• Partnering the CEO and leadership team, and bringing people with you rather than imposing change on them

What we’re looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• A track record of professionalising finance functions and delivering change through systems, process and people within a PE environment
• Essential experience of working with external shareholders, debt and refinancing in a leveraged environment
• A commercial and operational mindset, ideally from a capital intensive business.
• Genuinely hands on and comfortable moving between board level conversations and the detail of operational contracts and costs
• Personable, collaborative and able to explain finance clearly to non finance stakeholders

Why this role

• The chance to shape finance under new ownership with long term backing
• A business with strong contracted revenue and a clear growth agenda
• Real influence in a small leadership team where your impact will be felt quickly