Chief Financial Officer

AR Hine Associates; England; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production business is seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to drive strategic growth and manage M&A activities. This hybrid role requires a qualified accountant with a strong background in M&A within a PE-backed environment, offering the opportunity to influence key business decisions and mentor finance teams.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in M&A processes, both acquisition and sale.
• Experience in a P/E backed organization.
• Ability to implement strategic goals into actionable objectives.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to day-to-day and long-term strategy decisions.
• Manage the relationship with the PE House.
• Ensure finance team is fit for purpose and mentor key reports.
• Lead likely M&A activities.

Skills

M&A process implementation

Strategic leadership

Financial management

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

The client is a PE Backed niche Food production business.

The business has now reached the stage where it is seeking a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to help lead the business into its next stage of development. The CFO will be a critical appointment as part of that development.

The Role of CFO

• To play an active role as CFO on the main board and contribute to all aspects of day-to-day and long-term strategy decisions where appropriate.
• Take an active lead in managing the PE House relationship.
• Take full responsibility for reviewing and ensuring the finance team is fit for purpose including mentoring of key reports to ensure their continued development and as part of that ensuring the financial information is prepared in an accurate and timely manner, to ensure that the business maximises its profits and cash through controlled growth.
• Play a lead role in likely M&A activity over the next few years (bolt on acquisitions and eventual sale of part or all the business where appropriate).

The Candidate For CFO

• A qualified accountant with logical career moves and an impressive track record implementing the entire M&A process (both acquisition and sale if possible) and supporting growth within a P/E backed organisation.
• Please note this M&A experience is a client non negotiable.
• Enjoy getting into the detail required within an SME, whilst also being able to take a strategic leadership position at Board level, evidenced by the design / implementation of strategic goals into objectives.
• Sector experience: ideally Food production

This is a hybrid role. Whilst the candidate will be expected to visit the finance teams (weekly catch up in a shared office environment), attend monthly Operations Boards, main Boards as well as visiting potential and newly acquired businesses most of the role can be performed from home. The biggest current business is based on the English/Welsh border so the candidate’s location will be preferably Midlands to North, but this is more a preference than a specific requirement.