Chief Financial Officer
4 days ago
London
A Private Equity backed, fast-growth and highly ambitious business is looking to appoint a Chief Financial Officer as it enters the next phase of its growth journey.The company has strong investor backing, ambitious expansion plans and a leadership team focused on building a high performing, scalable organisation.Finance will sit right at the centre of that journey.This appointment goes far beyond traditional financial management. The CFO will play a critical role in shaping strategy, managing investor relationships and ensuring the business has the financial structure and discipline required to scale and create value.Working closely with the CEO, Board and Private Equity investors, the CFO will act as both a strategic partner and operational leader, helping guide the business through its next phase of growth.Whilst this role carries significant strategic influence, the successful candidate will also retain full leadership of the finance function, ensuring the business maintains strong reporting, controls and operational finance capability.The RoleThe CFO will take responsibility for the overall financial leadership of the organisation, working closely with the CEO and leadership team to drive growth and long term value creation.Responsibilities will include:Acting as a key strategic partner to the CEO and BoardLeading financial strategy, planning and long term value creationManaging relationships with the Private Equity investors and supporting investor reportingLeading board level reporting, financial planning and performance analysisOverseeing funding structures, banking relationships, capital planning and financing strategySupporting investment activity, growth initiatives and wider strategic projectsLeading Group reporting, financial consolidation and statutory reportingBuilding and overseeing a high performing FP&A function to drive insight and decision makingEnsuring strong financial governance, audit readiness, controls and risk management frameworksProviding commercial insight to support major strategic decisions across the businessLeading and developing the finance function as the organisation scalesDriving improvements in finance systems, automation, data and reporting infrastructureChampioning the use of technology, automation and AI within finance to improve efficiency and insightEnsuring finance has the processes, systems and data capability required to support continued growthThis role will combine strategy, investor engagement and financial leadership, whilst maintaining oversight of the operational finance function.Your ProfileWe are looking for an experienced finance leader who is comfortable operating at CFO or senior Finance Director level within ambitious, high growth environments.You will likely bring:Experience operating at CFO, Finance Director or senior finance leadership levelA strong technical grounding in accounting, reporting and governanceExperience working within Private Equity backed or high growth businessesStrong credibility with boards, investors and senior leadership teamsExperience managing funding, capital planning and investor relationshipsThe ability to combine strategic thinking with operational financial leadershipA pragmatic, hands on leadership style alongside strong commercial capabilityThe OpportunityThis is a high impact leadership role within a well backed telecommunications business with significant growth ambitions.The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the company, managing investor relationships and building the financial infrastructure required to support continued expansion.Experience within telecommunications or B2B environments would be highly advantageous. #J-18808-Ljbffr