Interim Chief Financial Officer | Turnaround

Interim Chief Financial Officer | Turnaround

Posted 6 days ago by Blackwaters Consulting Group

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£250,000 Per year
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London Area, United Kingdom
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Summary: The role of Interim Transformation Chief Financial Officer involves leading a turnaround project for a private equity-backed business with significant challenges. The position requires a strategic leader with experience in financial transformation, integration execution, and growth enablement within mid-market companies. The CFO will build a scalable finance function and serve as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team and investors. This is a temporary role expected to last 6-9 months, focusing on both UK and international operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build a global, scalable finance function including people, infrastructure, processes, and systems.
  • Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and trusted advisor to investors.
  • Lead the financial strategy for post-acquisition integration and long-term value creation.
  • Develop and execute business plans, forecasts, and financial models to support strategic decision-making.
  • Lead integration planning and execution for mergers or acquisitions, including financial systems, reporting, KPIs, and culture alignment.
  • Establish and track synergy realization and integration milestones.
  • Drive operational efficiency and working capital optimization across all business units.
  • Identify and assess strategic growth opportunities including organic expansion, pricing strategies, and inorganic M&A targets.
  • Support due diligence and financial modeling for tuck-in acquisitions and strategic investments.
  • Develop KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics to monitor and accelerate growth trajectories.

Key Skills:

  • Recent CFO Transformation projects in mid-market private equity-backed companies.
  • Proven success in leading financial transformation, M&A integration, and strategic growth initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of PE value creation, banking covenants, deal structures, and exit readiness.
  • Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical skills.
  • Experience with ERP implementations, BI tools, and building scalable systems.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and change management capabilities.

Salary (Rate): £250,000.00 yearly

City: London Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Interim Transformation Chief Financial Officer with a proven track record in private equity-backed businesses, integration execution, and transformation leadership to undertake a full turnaround project. This business has significant challenges and requires an experienced PE transformation expert. It's global, growing fast and at £200m revenue - so mid-market experiece is critical.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Leadership & Transformation
  • Build a global, scalable finance function including people, infrastructure, processes, and systems.
  • Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and trusted advisor to investors.
  • Lead the financial strategy for post-acquisition integration and long-term value creation.
  • Develop and execute business plans, forecasts, and financial models to support strategic decision-making.
  • Integration & Operational Excellence
  • Lead integration planning and execution for mergers or acquisitions, including financial systems, reporting, KPIs, and culture alignment.
  • Establish and track synergy realization and integration milestones.
  • Drive operational efficiency and working capital optimization across all business units.
  • Growth Enablement
  • Identify and assess strategic growth opportunities including organic expansion, pricing strategies, and inorganic M&A targets.
  • Support due diligence and financial modeling for tuck-in acquisitions and strategic investments.
  • Develop KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics to monitor and accelerate growth trajectories.

Qualifications:

  • Recent CFO Transformation projects in ,mid market private equity-backed companies.
  • Proven success in leading financial transformation , M&A integration , and strategic growth initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of PE value creation , banking covenants, deal structures, and exit readiness.
  • Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and analytical skills.
  • Experience with ERP implementations, BI tools, and building scalable systems.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and change management capabilities.

We expect this project to last 6-9 months and UK wide (and some interanational. Please only apply if you're a seasoned transformation-focused interim CFO.

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