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Interim Finance Director
Posted Today by 1772530223
£150,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: The Interim Finance Director role involves leading financial reviews and enhancements for a private equity-backed group undergoing significant growth. The position requires a qualified accountant with experience in the legal or professional services sectors, focusing on integration and performance improvement. The role is hybrid based in Manchester and is expected to last for six months, with potential for extension. The successful candidate will work closely with the Group CFO and PE investors to drive financial performance and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and enhance financial controls, reporting, and governance across acquired entities
- Identify opportunities to improve margin, cash, and working-capital performance
- Lead integration of finance processes into the group model
- Partner with Group CFO and PE investors on insight, reporting, and recommendations
- Support change management and drive efficiency across teams
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven experience as a commercial astute and hands on Finance Director within the legal sector, or professional services environments
- Strong background in post-acquisition review, integration, and transformation
- Hands-on, commercially focused, and confident in fast-paced, PE-backed settings
- Proven track record of driving improvements
- Be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of strategic, commercial and operational activities to deliver objectives
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Available immediately or at short notice
Salary: £150,000 yearly
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Interim Finance Director
Salary: £125,000- £150,000 (day rate considered)
Location: Manchester (hybrid)
Duration: 6 months (potential for extension)
Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit an Interim Finance Director for a PE backed Group who is on a high growth trajectory due to a buy and build project.
This is a key role with high impact as your task will be to lead a review of two acquired businesses to assess what needs to be implemented to increase the performance in tandem with their strategic plan.
Key responsibilities:
- Review and enhance financial controls, reporting, and governance across acquired entities
- Identify opportunities to improve margin, cash, and working-capital performance
- Lead integration of finance processes into the group model
- Partner with Group CFO and PE investors on insight, reporting, and recommendations
- Support change management and drive efficiency across teams
The successful individual:
- Qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven experience as a commercial astute and hands on Finance Director within the legal sector, or professional services environments
- Strong background in post-acquisition review, integration, and transformation
- Hands-on, commercially focused, and confident in fast-paced, PE-backed settings
- Proven track record of driving improvements
- Be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of strategic, commercial and operational activities to deliver objectives
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Available immediately or at short notice
We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.
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