Chief Financial Officer

FD Recruit are seeking an experienced Interim Chief Financial Officer, 2-3 days per week for 6 months, based in South Wales (WITH OCCASSIONAL TRAVEL TO London for Board Meetings) to support a PE backed Group on a consultancy basis during a critical phase of transformation and growth.

Working closely with the Group CEO, Board and shareholders, you will provide strategic financial leadership, strengthen the finance function and support the delivery of the Group's value creation plan.

This engagement is ideally suited to an experienced CFO who has successfully supported private equity-backed, lender-owned or turnaround businesses and enjoys combining strategic advice with hands-on financial leadership.

A key objective of the engagement will be to mentor and develop the existing Group Finance Director, providing the coaching and support required to prepare him for the permanent CFO position. The successful consultant will leave behind a stronger finance function, improved financial governance and a robust succession plan to support the Group's long-term ambitions.

You will work collaboratively with the executive leadership team, private equity investors and lenders, providing independent financial expertise while helping to embed investor-grade reporting, controls and financial discipline across the Group.

• Act as a trusted adviser to the Group CEO, Board and shareholders on strategic financial matters.
• Provide independent financial leadership throughout the Group's transformation and growth journey.
• Advise on strategic initiatives including acquisitions, disposals, refinancing opportunities and future exit options.
• Support commercial decision-making through enhanced financial analysis, forecasting and performance reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, cash generation and shareholder value.

• Serve as the principal finance adviser in dealings with Private Equity investor and other key stakeholders.
• Prepare and review Board papers, management information and investor reporting to institutional standards.
• Support covenant reporting and maintain effective relationships with lenders, advisers and external stakeholders.
• Provide financial insight to support delivery of the Group's value creation plan.

• Provide oversight of Group cashflow management, including 13-week cash forecasting.
• Review and recommend improvements to working capital management and liquidity planning.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and reporting processes across the Group.
• Support the delivery of accurate and timely monthly management reporting.

• Guide the finance workstream within the Group's transformation programme.
• Review financial systems, reporting processes and controls, recommending scalable improvements.
• Support pricing, margin enhancement and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Provide financial leadership during acquisitions, including due diligence, financial modelling and post-acquisition integration where required.

• Mentor and support the Group Finance Director, Financial Controller and wider finance leadership team.
• Recommend improvements to organisational structure, finance processes and governance.
• Share best practice to strengthen capability, accountability and commercial decision-making across the finance function.

A central objective of this consultancy engagement is to prepare the existing Group Finance Director to assume the permanent Chief Financial Officer position.

• Mentor and coach the Finance Director across all aspects of CFO leadership.
• Develop board-level communication and stakeholder management capability.
• Build commercial, strategic and investor-facing experience.
• Create a structured succession and leadership development plan.
• Ensure an effective knowledge transfer and smooth transition at the conclusion of the engagement.

We are interested in speaking with experienced finance leaders who can demonstrate:

• Qualifi…