Exclusive CFO Opportunity, Yorkshire

Pratap Partnership; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive benefits

Bonuses (six-figure package)

Job summary

Pratap Partnership Ltd in England is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function across a multi-site, investor-backed Yorkshire business. This is a high-visibility, senior executive role with a substantial salary and executive benefits.

The CFO will partner with the CEO and Board to shape strategy, manage capital, lenders and covenants, drive cash flow, working capital and profitability, and position the company for a future exit.

Qualifications

• Significant senior financial leadership experience.
• Proven track record in strategic planning and business partnering.
• Experience with leveraged structures, investor relations, and exits.
• Exposure to multi-site operations.
• Ability to drive cash and profit growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function and shape the financial strategy.
• Partner with CEO and Board to deliver strategic plans.
• Manage capital structure, lenders, covenants.
• Drive cash flow, working capital, and profitability.
• Prepare the business for a potential exit.

Skills

Financial leadership

Strategic planning

Investor relations

M&A experience

Capital management

Multi-site operations

Job description

Chief Financial Officer | Yorkshire

Significant six-figure salary + bonus + executive benefits

I am delighted to have been appointed to lead the search for a CFO for a Yorkshire-based business that is a national market leader in its field.

This is a classic high challenge, high reward opportunity. The business has a strong heritage, solid financial foundations and a proven platform from which to strengthen and grow. There is an experienced and ambitious Board with a shared vision for the next phase, alongside supportive external stakeholders with both the expertise and capital to help deliver those plans.

What makes the opportunity particularly compelling is that this is not a role simply to maintain what already exists. The incoming CFO will have the opportunity to make a visible impact, bringing commercial leadership, challenge and financial rigour to a successful business as it moves through an important stage of its development.

This is a genuine number two to the CEO role. The CFO will combine strategic leadership with a highly commercial and hands-on approach, taking ownership of the finance function while playing a central role in:

• Partnering with the CEO and Board to shape and deliver strategy
• Managing a leveraged capital structure, lender relationships and covenants
• Driving cash, working capital and profit performance
• Working closely with investors
• Ultimately helping to prepare the business for a future exit

We are looking for an established CFO rather than someone making their first move into the role.

You will have operated within a business of comparable scale and complexity and will be comfortable working in a lean, entrepreneurial environment. Experience of leveraged or investor-backed businesses, asset-based lending, M&A or an exit process would be particularly relevant.

Sector experience is less important than your ability to operate in a commercially complex, multi-site environment.