Financial Director

FRACTIONAL CFO | TRANSFORMATION EXECUTIVE

Yorkshire | c £800 to £1,000 per day | UK & European exposure | PE Portfolio

Not every CFO role is about running finance. Some are about changing the trajectory of a business.

Gifford & Partners is supporting an established Private Equity house with the appointment of an accomplished CFO / Finance Director to work across a select number of portfolio businesses at critical points in their investment lifecycle.

This is a genuinely varied position sitting at the intersection of PE, transactions, transformation and value creation.

One assignment could see you supporting due diligence and sale readiness. Another could involve stepping into a newly acquired business, rapidly assessing performance, challenging KPIs and helping translate the investment into a practical transformation plan.

You could also find yourself supporting a Board through restructuring, post acquisition integration or a period of significant operational change.

• Supporting 100 day plans and post acquisition transformation
• Improving forecasting, cash visibility, MI and financial discipline
• Supporting restructuring and performance improvement
• Providing experienced, pragmatic CFO level advisory when portfolio leadership teams need additional capability
• Occasional travel to European portfolio operations

Almost certainly an established CFO, FD or senior finance transformation leader who has repeatedly operated through significant change. You may have experience within PE backed businesses, M&A, buy and build, restructuring, turnaround, integration, carve outs, finance transformation or exit preparation.

You will likely be ACA, ACMA/CIMA or ACCA qualified, but your real value will come from your ability to walk into a business, understand it quickly, establish credibility and determine what needs to happen next.

This isn't about producing a report and stepping away.

It's about getting under the skin of a business, challenging constructively, hand holding management when required and helping Boards turn strategy into action.

Rather than living with one transformation agenda, you will gain exposure to multiple businesses, transactions and investment scenarios, working directly alongside experienced investors and portfolio leadership teams. You won't simply identify value creation opportunities; you will help accelerate them. Whether keeping a business on course, strategically repositioning performance or providing the independent clarity that aligns investors, owners and management, your impact should be both visible and measurable.

For a seasoned CFO or FD who enjoys complexity, variety and making an impact quickly, this represents a particularly unusual fractional opportunity.