Financial Director

Smiley & Co, Ltd.; Greater Manchester; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Financial Director who thrives on autonomy and the challenge of supporting mid-tier businesses. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide CFO services to ambitious companies, helping them navigate their financial journeys. You will join a collective of experienced professionals, working in a supportive environment that values freedom and flexibility. If you're a self-starter with a passion for building relationships and driving success, this role could be your next big adventure. Embrace the chance to make a real impact while enjoying a fulfilling work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a CFO/FD with strong commercial finance skills.
• Ability to build genuine long-lasting relationships with clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide CFO services to ambitious £2-50M private businesses.
• Grow and manage a portfolio of clients with autonomy and flexibility.

Skills

Commercial Finance

Business Strategy

Relationship Building

Advisory Skills

Leadership

Education

Qualified from a major UK chartered accounting institute

Job description

Financial Director

Location: Recruiting for Lancaster, Halifax, Wigan, Blackpool, Preston, Bradford, Bolton, Blackburn

Salary: £720 per day

The company is 650 people, in 5 continents, across 17 countries, operating in 26 regions in the UK & Ireland. They started The CFO Centre to change the game for mid-tier businesses!

You’ll join a collective team of former CEOs, Executives, CFOs, FDs, and successful business owners who count themselves at the top of the game, and who’ve experienced success in their former lives. They’re the Avengers team of the financial strategy world, bringing together thousands of years of collective experience to supercharge their clients’ businesses.

They’re a movement of people that left ‘corporate’ seeking a freedom-based lifestyle. This isn’t about retiring or kicking back drinking pina coladas on a beach in Thailand. It’s about doing something purposeful and being the captain of your own ship. Freedom is loving what you do and having choice.

The Role

If you’re a top-quality Chief Financial Officer / Finance Director who’s frustrated and fed up with the confines of a normal corporate life and you’re looking for something different, or you’re an independent CFO who’s already made the break from corporate life, or a working or returning CFO parent who wants more work flexibility and work-life balance, then read on, this might be for you.

You’ll be responsible for providing CFO services to ambitious £2-50M private businesses climbing their Everest.

They’re not interested in people who just want a job. You’ll help their clients reach those summits; you’ll be a self-starter with ambition, energy, and a ‘can do’ attitude, who has a passion to help their clients, typically business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs, or MDs.

You’ll thrive on the challenge and autonomy of growing your own portfolio of clients, supported by an incredible network of CFOs based across the world. They have big dreams, and they expect you to have the same.

What do you need to have?

You need to be qualified from one of the UK’s major chartered accounting institutes and have been a real-life CFO/FD once, twice, or several times over, with strong experience and understanding of commercial finance, business strategy, and a track record of success. Your “special sauce” is your natural ability to build genuine long-lasting relationships with their clients. Part CFO, part advisor, part strategist, part friend. Your clients will say, “this person and The CFO Centre are in it with me for the long-term, and I know they really care.”

Working closely with your Regional Director and team of CFO/FDs in a highly collegiate environment, they pride themselves on being a great place to work, with family at their core, as is often found in their own client’s operations.

How does it work?

The role is self-employed, whilst operating within a defined model, combining the benefits of being part of a team and supported by a well-established organisation, but with a level of autonomy and freedom in how you deliver outcomes for clients.

Rather than feeding you fish, they teach you how to catch them and how to build a portfolio career that can be a game changer for clients and yourself. You’ll love the challenge, variety, and interest of working for multiple clients and appreciate the flexibility this way of working provides. A great listener, and even better at asking great questions, at first you’ll wake up every day and think, “how do I build my portfolio today?” and then as your portfolio builds think, “how do I add value and do something special for my clients today?”

They’re the UK & Global Market leading provider of part-time Finance Directors and Chief Finance Officers services to mid-sized businesses. As they say, for those businesses that don’t want, don’t need, and probably can’t afford a full-time CFO/FD, yet who want access to that skillset on an affordable part-time basis.

What do they do?

They define and deliver the numbers that really matter. What does that mean? Well, anyone can come up with numbers; they help their clients find the ones that really make a difference, not only to their business but to their lives, and help deliver them! Whether that’s growth, acquisition, consolidation, or setting them up for the lifestyle they’ve always wanted.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply.