Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer Midlands Private equity backed £170,000-£200,000 + exec package

Trinity House Group are partnering with a highly successful, cash generative, PE backed business on the appointment of a Chief Financial Officer as it enters an exciting new chapter under new institutional ownership.

As a newly owned PE backed company, this is a rare chance for the incoming CFO to shape the finance function and play a central role in an ambitious growth plan.

You'll report directly to the CEO, sit on the Board and be the principal finance contact for shareholders and lenders. A structured handover will be in place.

The opportunity

• Strong market position with excellent profitability
• Ambitious plans to significantly grow revenue and EBITDA over the next five years
• A lean, close knit organisation, where finance will have real visibility and influence
• An interim CFO is currently laying the foundations, with a planned handover to the permanent appointment

What you'll be doing

• Leading the financing agenda, including debt management, covenants, refinancing and optimising leverage in a capital intensive model.
• Building a stronger focus on cash alongside the existing P&L and EBITDA mindset
• Owning shareholder and board reporting, and evolving it with the investor over time
• Bringing commercial rigour to new contracts and growth opportunities, with a clear view of returns, hurdle rates and risk
• Improving cost visibility and control, particularly across maintenance and procurement
• Shaping and developing the finance team through an ERP implementation and a move away from manual processes
• Partnering the CEO and leadership team, and bringing people with you rather than imposing change on them

What we're looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• A track record of professionalising finance functions and delivering change through systems, process and people within a PE environment
• Essential experience of working with external shareholders, debt and refinancing in a leveraged environment
• A commercial and operational mindset, ideally from a capital intensive business.
• Genuinely hands on and comfortable moving between board level conversations and the detail of operational contracts and costs
• Personable, collaborative and able to explain finance clearly to non finance stakeholders

Why this role

• The chance to shape finance under new ownership with long term backing
• A business with strong contracted revenue and a clear growth agenda
• Real influence in a small leadership team where your impact will be felt quickly