Our client a PE-Backed Managed Services business is looking to recruit a high profile, commercially minded Chief Financial Officer to support the CEO and the board in driving the company towards its growth targets. The company is looking to go through a period of organic growth as well as to grow via acquisitions.

You will be heavily involved in leading an active M&A and investment strategy to drive the continued growth of the business by identifying, analysing, and negotiating opportunities and ensuring top level execution. You'll have overall responsibility for the finance function, as well as having a broader remit and responsibility for financial and IT strategy. Additionally, this role will include working alongside a strong & intelligent management team.

We are looking for a first class finance professional, has intellectual horsepower, able to think outside the box and with experience of taking a growing PE backed business through a successful exit. You will be a qualified accountant, preferably chartered, with a strong academics. Our client is a highly consumer focused organisation with multiple business lines that operates in diverse areas within the sector, as such an understanding of the key drivers within a similar business is desired.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a determined and highly commercial candidate to work in an exciting and ground-breaking organisation and help shape the future of this highly successful business. We would also consider an ambitious and hungry no.2 looking to make a step up.

If you are interested in expressing your interest in this role then please do so by submitting your CV, if your profile is of a strong match then the appropriate consultant will call you directly. Unfortunately individual calls cannot be fielded for this opportunity.

Marks Sattin Executive Search is part of a leading specialist financial recruitment business with offices in six countries around the world. We form an integral part of the GI Group, which is a rapidly expanding, global search and selection business. Our team exclusively recruits CFO's and FD's into businesses across a wide range of sectors, mostly focused on change (including exit and growth). We continue to expand our network; providing finance professionals for PE backed, privately owned and listed businesses.