Financial Director

Finance Director, PE-Backed Manufacturing Business, Manchester

We're working with a Private Equity backed manufacturing business in Manchester at a pivotal point in its growth story. Transformation, operational improvement, growth and M&A are all live at once, and they need an FD who can stand next to the Group CFO and drive it.

PE backed experience is essential for this one. You'll know the pace this demands, and the value of an FD who's as comfortable on the shop floor as they are challenging the board.

What you'll be doing:

• Partner the Group CFO on strategy, performance and the calls that matter
• Lead a significant finance and business transformation agenda
• Sharpen reporting, forecasting and controls across the manufacturing operation
• Bring commercial and operational insight into decisions, from the boardroom to the shop floor
• Find the margin, cash and working capital gains that move the dial
• Build and lead a finance function that can support serious growth
• Work closely with the PE investor and board
• Support M&A, from evaluation through to integration
• Help put in place the infrastructure and discipline the business needs for its next stage

What you'll bring:

• Experience in a PE backed manufacturing business, and a real understanding of what that ownership model expects of you
• Previous exposure to M&A and post acquisition integration
• Credibility wherever you are in the business, whether that's the boardroom or the factory floor
• The confidence to challenge the CEO one minute and interrogate operational performance the next
• A track record of actually delivering the change you set out to deliver, not just planning it

This is a substantial opportunity for a commercially minded, transformational FD based in or around Manchester who wants genuine influence over the value and direction of a manufacturing business.