CFO

A globally recognised, award winning PE backed SaaS business require an experienced Global CFO. Following significant investment from a Private Equity firm, the business is now entering a major scale-up phase. With a global team operating across the UK, US, Australia and Asia-Pacific, the business is building the foundations of a world-class, investor-ready SaaS organisation primed for rapid and capital-efficient global expansion.

This is a pivotal appointment. The CFO will be the CEO's closest strategic partner, helping transform global finance operations and embedding the discipline, insight, and cadence required for high-velocity growth in a PE-backed environment. The CFO will combine investor-grade financial leadership with a hands-on, execution-focused approach, shaping the financial engine room of a business undergoing step-change transformation.

If you are a commercially minded, detail-driven SaaS finance leader who wants to help scale a global SaaS company, this is one of the most exciting CFO mandates in the market.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial Partnership

• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Product and Engineering on pricing, forecasting, deal structures, and unit economics.
• Improve commercial accuracy, revenue predictability and financial insight across the organisation.

Financial Leadership & Value Creation

• Provide full financial stewardship, ensuring high-quality reporting, governance and decision-making.
• Translate strategy into measurable plans and performance targets aligned to the $100m ARR ambition.
• Drive predictable performance, operating leverage, and long-term value creation.

Execution & Scaling

• Standardise and automate financial systems, processes and reporting.
• Establish and lead a high-performing global finance function.
• Operate with sleeves rolled up, particularly through periods of rapid scale-up and change.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Lead global reporting, audits, compliance and risk management across multiple geographies.
• Deliver PE-standard board packs, reporting and investor engagement.

External Stakeholders

• Lead global liquidity, tax and banking relationships.
• Support the CEO and Board on funding strategy, value-creation planning and long-term exit readiness.

Candidate Profile:

Skills and experience required:

• Proven experience as an International CFO in a PE-backed and high-growth SaaS business
• Demonstrated ability to scale finance functions across multiple geographies
• Deep expertise in SaaS metrics, subscription economics, forecasting and revenue recognition
• Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Strong commercial partnering across Sales, Marketing and Customer Success functions
• Extensive experience in board reporting, governance, and investor engagement
• Experience supporting private equity value-creation plans and exit readiness
• Exposure to international expansion and complex global operating environments

Personal Attributes:

• Trusted strategic partner to the CEO and leadership team
• Highly hands-on, execution-oriented leader who leads from the front
• Commercially astute, intellectually rigorous, and outcomes-focused
• Comfortable operating across strategy and detail
• Technologically literate with a bias toward automation and data-driven decision-making

Why This Role?

• Join at a strategic inflection point post-PE investment
• Shape and build all aspects of a global finance organisation
• Partner directly with a growth-driven CEO and experienced Board
• Influence every revenue, product and investment decision
• Play a defining role in scaling a category-leading SaaS business towards a major value-creation event