Finance Director PE Backed Healthcare Services

Marks Sattin Executive Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading executive search firm is looking for a Finance Director for a high-growth Healthcare Services business in the UK. The role involves owning the finance function and providing strategic insights, budgeting, and financial analysis to support growth. Ideal candidates are qualified accountants with experience in service-led environments, possessing strong communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders. This position offers a chance to impact operational efficiencies and includes equity as part of the package.

Qualifications

• Experience in a people-based or service-led environment; exposure to a PE-backed setting would be an advantage.
• Proven track record of managing budgeting and forecasting cycles.
• Experience working with local authorities or public-sector funding mechanisms is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the finance function.
• Ensure strong financial controls, accurate reporting, and analysis.
• Oversee cashflow, working capital, financial risk, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA)

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Hands-on approach

Ability to operate at strategic and operational levels

Job description

Marks Sattin Executive Search is working with a high-growth, PE-backed Healthcare Services business to appoint a Finance Director. This is a key leadership position for a commercially astute, hands‑on finance professional who will work closely with the Executive Team and investors while having full ownership of the finance function. This role represents an outstanding opportunity to join a dynamic and scaling healthcare business, offering broad strategic exposure, operational responsibility, and the ability to directly influence the next phase of growth.

The Finance Director will take full ownership of the finance function, ensuring strong financial controls, accurate reporting, and clear, timely analysis for decision-making. You will work closely with the Executive Team and investors to provide meaningful financial insight and support commercial planning. The role includes responsibility for managing the full budgeting and forecasting cycle, long‑term financial planning, and overall performance reporting.

A key focus will be improving and strengthening finance processes, systems, and operational discipline to support the continued growth of the business. You will oversee cashflow, working capital, financial risk, and regulatory compliance, while also contributing to commercial initiatives through pricing analysis, scenario modelling, and investment appraisal. The role extends to managing key relationships with local authorities, commissioners, and regulatory bodies, alongside providing leadership, guidance, and development to a small but focused finance team.

Uniquely, this role offers the opportunity to step into a No finance position with equity included as part of the package.

Ideal Candidate

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA).
• Experience in a people‑based or service‑led environment; exposure to a PE‑backed setting would an advantage.
• Proven track record of owning and managing the full budgeting and forecasting cycle and engaging effectively with key internal stakeholders.
• Hands‑on approach, with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder‑engagement skills, including interaction with boards and investors.
• Experience working with local authorities, commissioning bodies, or public‑sector funding mechanisms is advantageous.

Please note that due to the high volume of applicants only successful candidates will be contacted with further information about this role.