Chief of Staff / Project Manager, Private Equity Fund, London

Group Financial Controller

Package c.£150k + (+ bonus) + (Typically Equity/LTIPS)

LP10979

Overview

Finatal are retained by a scaling, highly acquisitive and private equity backed professional services business which has revenues exceeding c.£250m +. The business is international and has several product offerings. Following a majority buyout from a mid-market private equity fund, the business now requires a Group Financial Controller (newly created). The successful candidate will be hands-on in contributing to change and scalability in partnership with the Director of Finance who has strong credentials across a breadth of sectors, and private equity transactions.

The successful hire will have a strong background as a Group Controller and particularly adept on technical accounting. They will lead on the implementation of processes, controls and systems and critically assess and critique the function to contribute to the ambition of a ‘best-in-class’ environment. The successful candidate will establish a strong reporting structure, and lead on establishing consolidated group accounts, as well as the post deal integration of acquisitions.

Applicants must have held a technical role (Group Financial Controller / Director of / or equivalent) and ambitious to establish a controls environment in a business which moves at pace! You must be a qualified accountant, have demonstrable experience in a scaling, acquisitive business which is leveraged (or backed by an institutional private equity fund) and offer examples of hands-on value creation projects and change.

Chief Financial Officer

Salary - £180,000 - £220,000 Plus Bonus & Equity

Location – Central London

TJ29364

Finatal are currently working with a high-growth consumer lending business backed by a reputable, mid-market private equity. They are looking for an established, ambitious CFO to join on a permanent basis.

Founded in 2019 the business has grown quickly to £25m+ revenue and a loan book of over £250m. The business is forecast to deliver circa £40m revenue this year and plans, longer term, to grow the loan book to £1bn+.

The business will need to raise additional PE funding and potentially go through a securitisation later this year.

The incoming CFO will need to drive an initial professionalisation remit around reporting, controllership & data to provide robust MI so that they can influence commercial & strategic decision making.

The incoming CFO must have worked in Financial Services / Fintech beforehand, ideally in consumer lending. Experience in a PE / Leveraged business would be beneficial.

The is a exciting opportunity for a driven, enthusiastic CFO to join a dynamic senior leadership team on an exceptional growth journey.

Head of FP&A

c.£110k base (+ bonus)

Maidenhead (ideally 2 days per week) / Hybrid

LP10988

The Opportunity

Finatal are partnering with a recognisable consumer brand which is currently mid-cycle with a reputable private equity backer. The business has scaled through buy-and-build activity to beyond £400m revenue and is highly profitable. On reflection of the business’ impressive growth trajectory and continued professionalization, the business requires a Head of FP&A.

This Head of FP&A opportunity will partner with a CFO who has strong credentials across the consumer space. This role will suit a candidate who demonstrates attributes synonymous of a private equity environment (detail orientated, act at pace, and enthused by value creation projects). The business has established a strong brand reputation across both the UK and abroad and has several deals lined up for 2024 with the ambition of a predicted secondary PE buyout within the medium term.

Title: Finance Controller

Location: Manchester (1 day per week in office)

Salary: £600-650 (outside IR35)

Contract: 6 months

CK10004

Position Overview:

Finatal are partnered with a high growth professional services firm, seeking a hands-on and highly skilled Finance Controller to help lead the finance team through a period of expansion and transformation.

Interim Technical Business Analyst

Circa. £400 a day (Outside IR35)

Surrey - Hybrid (3 – 4 days a week in office)

6 months – opportunity to roll over to a permanent contract.

HL58318

Finatal is currently partnered with a rapidly expanding B2B law firm, with recent circa £50 million investment from a leading Private Equity Fund they are optimising their technology platform and have doubled in size in the past 18 months. They are now looking for Technical Business Analyst who can lead their new predictive analytics initiative working cross functionally to translate requirements with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Finance Manager

Location: Central London

Competitive Salary: £75,000-£80,000

MR10924

The Opportunity:

Finatal are working with a Venture Capital-backed, profitable healthcare services firm, in the search for a immediately available Finance Manager with a broad technical and commercial skillset. Reporting directly into the CFO, the right candidate will step-up into a Financial Controller role, with time, as the business scales. This growth could involve making acquisitions in the coming months. Accordingly, a candidate who is accustomed to the pace, rate of change and agility which is demanded in a scaling and leveraged asset is required.