Equity FD Appointments
We are a specialist consultancy only sourcing finance directors into entrepreneurial businesses. We are different from all other recruiters at this level as rather than focus on a sector or geography (national or international), we concentrate on the type of individual first and foremost.
We only look to work with FDS who are seeking truly challenging, 'head above the parapet' roles, and who have a real desire to be involved in building their company's success.
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Group Finance Director ref: ROWP
Our client is a market leading manufacturer and supplier at an exciting point in its development. Having recently secured private equity backing the business now seeks a Group Finance Director to join the team to play a key role in its future growth plans which will be both national and international.
Salary: Up to £120,000 plus equity
Location: Oxfordshire
The role will be challenging, requiring a qualified accountant equally at home in the detail as he/she is dealing with Investors/Advisors. The right candidate will relish this opportunity to be the right hand man/woman to the CEO and will be seeking a high profile, highly accountable opportunity.
Candidates will have senior level experience, preferably in a growth business and must come from a product background, with experience of manufacturing, distribution and logistics. Experience of working on an international basis will also be beneficial and previous exposure to investors/banks will be strongly advantageous.
The ideal candidate must be prepared to roll their sleeves up and get involved in the detailed financial issues of the company, as well as working with the CEO on strategy and should be motivated by an exit driven environment. Please note that the business is currently located in Surrey but will be relocating to Oxfordshire early 2013.
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Finance and Operations Director ref: JARC
Our client is a specialist distribution business turning over in excess of £10m. They are now looking to source the exciting newly created role of Finance and Operations Director.
Salary: Up to £90,000 plus benefits
Location: West Sussex
This is a truly commercial role with real business input. The right candidate will have a strong operational background in a distribution business and will be very comfortable in this sector, ideally having gained experience working closely with Product Managers to negotiate pricing, evaluating margins and managing stock levels for products sourced on an international basis. They will also have experience of being the stand alone Finance Director of a similar sized organisation. The role will be truly operational encompassing as it does responsibility across IT, HR, Transport and Purchasing and will involve all matters relating to the Finance Function including liaison with banks, investors and other third parties linked to the business. Furthermore the role is very hands on whilst also requiring strategic input into the long term growth and expansion of the business. The role will report directly to the CEO. Please send full salary and notice period details when applying for the role.
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Finance and Operations Director ref: JARR
Our client is a cutting edge multi channel niche retailer with a well known brand and market presence.
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 plus equity upside
Location: London
The business is based in central London and has around 25 shops and concessions around the UK. The turnover is currently circa £15m but the business is expanding continually and is growing significantly each year. This role sits along side the CEO and is a Board position with absolute responsibility for Finance but in addition oversees IT, Property and Company Secretarial duties. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record within a multi channel retail environment and will be able to add value at a strategic level as well as be willing and able to be immersed in the detail of the running of the business. Banking skills and stakeholder exposure are also key to the successful fulfilment of this role. We are looking for a charismatic Finance Director who has a strong operational background in the sector and who can be really passionate about this brand and the opportunity that getting involved with the brand offers. This is a very hands on role. It is highly visible and extremely exciting as well as challenging. The management team is first class with a wealth of experience and creativity as well as being very entrepreneurial. This would be a great opportunity for a Finance professional with passion, energy and flair.
Interested candidates should send their CV along with details of current remuneration package and notice period .
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CFO ref: ROGH
Our client is a £5m EBITA private equity backed services business with approximately 600 staff across England & Wales. A Finance Director position has become available to join a strong team in implementing a growth strategy.
Salary: Up to £115,000
Location: Hertfordshire/Essex border
The role will be challenging, requiring a qualified accountant able to handle multiple projects, as well as interfacing with investors and bank funders. The business already has a robust Finance team that can be further developed. The right candidate will relish this opportunity to be the right hand man/woman to the CEO, and will be seeking a high profile, highly accountable opportunity.
Candidates could come from a variety of backgrounds, but experience of dealing with government contracts will be of particular relevance, as well as a background in business services and consumer. In addition, experience of evaluating and implementing acquisitions and experience of strong cost control will also be advantageous.
The ideal candidate will have worked in a growth company and must be prepared to get involved in the detailed financial issues of the company, as well as working with the CEO on strategy. A blue chip background coupled with hands on skills gained in a smaller entrepreneurial environment would be beneficial.
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Finance Director ref: RDCA
Our client is an entrepreneurial digital media business that is now looking to recruit a Finance Director to join their highly driven management team.
Salary: £75,000 - £90,000
Location: London
You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of top quality financial and management information to the board whilst also being heavily involved in developing and executing the broader commercial strategy. It is likely you will have had previous experience of working in a fast-paced privately owned business and you will be looking to join a company where there is significant opportunity to make your mark both operationally and commercially.
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CFO ref: JAEX
Our client is a cutting edge technology business in a relatively new yet rapidly growing market. Their products are predicted to have multiple applications in international markets over the coming years.
Salary: circa £110k plus upside
Location: Essex
Due to anticipated growth the business is seeking to hire a CFO to work closely with the Executive Chairman and the Head of Product Development to help guide the business forward and realize a successful exit.
This role is key to the strategic development of the business and will involve liaison with the private equity investors as well as all other third party relationships. There will be significant Merger and Acquisition activity and the ideal candidate will have some Corporate finance experience as well as previous private equity exposure. This role oversees all finance activity of the business and as the organization grows it is essential that the systems, processes and controls are appropriate for an international growing organization.
This role also oversees Company Secretarial and legal duties and the ideal candidate will also be experienced with treasury and tax structuring.
This is a visible, demanding and challenging “stand alone” role and only candidates who have already held a “stand alone” Finance Director or CFO role should apply.
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Finance and Operations Director ref: JACW
My client is a rapidly growing SME in the B2B and B2C service sector.
Salary: £60 - £80K plus equity
Location: Crewe
The business has recently received private equity funding and as a result of the predicted growth is now looking to recruit a Finance Director with a broad commercial skill base. The ideal candidate will be able to roll up their sleeves and get immersed into the detail of all financial aspects of the business, as well as be capable of adding value at Board level and helping set the strategic goals of the organization. This role is a highly commercial role and will also be responsible for some commercial and operational activities. In addition, this role will be the prime focal point for the banks, investors and other external parties such as auditors and lawyers. The ideal candidate should have previous experience of being an FD within a stand alone business and should be excited by the prospect and challenges associated with joining a private equity backed growing organization.
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CFO ref: JAEE
Our client is an exciting multi-national company operating in the media sector. With a turnover of circa £65million, they are market leaders and work with an exclusively blue chip and international client base.
Salary: Circa £120k plus performance related bonus
Location: Central London
The business provides a critical business/leisure service and operates in a truly dynamic space, innovating and benefiting from a constant evolution in technology.
As part of its ongoing growth plans, our client now seeks to appoint a new CFO. The role is a true business partner to the CEO and the successful individual will be expected to contribute across the business at both an operational and strategic level through what are very demanding and exciting times.
Ideal candidates will have worked in an international operation and will have had exposure to a business where Intellectual Property is key. They will also have had previous experience of working closely with shareholders/investors and will be comfortable managing all banking relationships. Some corporate finance experience would also be of benefit as there is likely to be a degree of M and A activity. Some exposure to contract pricing/costings within a service industry would also be ideal.
Crucially, candidates must be seeking a truly commercially focused role and have the drive, business aptitude and vision to deliver.
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CFO ref: RORN
This cutting edge international business in the hi-tech manufacturing sector seeks a commercial finance director to help take the business to the next level
Salary: Up to £120k + equity
Location: Oxfordshire
The business is poised to grow rapidly over the next few years and the FD will play a crucial role in this substantial growth and the eventual shareholder exit of the business. The FD must be prepared to roll their sleeves up and get involved in the detailed financial issues of the company, as well as working with the CEO on strategy.
The ideal candidate will have a strong manufacturing background, international experience, will have dealt with banks and investors and will have strong interpersonal and communication skills together with a pragmatic and entrepreneurial approach suitable for a growing business. A blue chip background coupled with hands on skills gained in a smaller entrepreneurial environment would be beneficial.
Interested candidates should send their CV together with salary and notice period details to the above email address.
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Finance Director ref: RDIT
Our client is a venture capital backed software business with an international client base. The close knit management team are highly skilled and commercial and are seeking a like-minded Finance Director to join the business to play a key role in the future growth plans.
Salary: Up to £80,000 plus potential equity
Location: London
The role will be challenging, requiring a qualified accountant equally at home in the detail as he/she is dealing with investors/advisors.
Ideal candidates could come from a range of backgrounds but experience from within a software/technology environment will be particularly interesting. Crucially candidates must possess the ambition and credibility to play a key role across an organisation, liaising and influencing across all levels and disciplines.
Interested candidates should send their CVs with salary and notice period details when applying for the role.
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Finance Director ref: RNNHC
Our client, a fast growing PE backed consultancy/ FM business is now seeking a new Finance Director with previous experience of working in an entrepreneurial, ideally PE backed business.
Salary: £80 - £100k + benefits + possible Equity
Location: Northern Home Counties
You will be responsible for group finance, operations and group IT and you will also be responsible for a finance team of 9. The successful candidate, in addition to finance duties, will also have a wider operational role in the business supporting members of the executive team to execute a range of corporate objectives. It is likely you will have had previous M&A experience as this is a ‘buy and build’ opportunity where you will be heavily involved in acquisition target analysis and business case preparation. Previous experience working in a ‘people’ business with a focus on billing for time would be advantageous, i.e. consultancy, facilities management, professional services. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting business with considerable growth opportunities working as an integral member of a dynamic management team.
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Finance Director ref: RDRN
Our client is an international PR company that has enjoyed significant growth over the past two years and is now looking to recruit a Finance Director to drive the financial processes for its UK and European offices/ locations.
Salary: £105,000 + benefits and bonus
Location: London
Finance is at the core of the business and thus the role has real profile and accountability. You will be responsible for all financial functions including accounting, budgeting and forecasting and tax and financial reports, and you will have had significant experience leading finance teams including restructuring and recruitment. This is a highly visible role requiring active participation in strategic/ tactical discussions with MDs, VPs and key members of the senior management team. Previous experience of working in an agency setting preferred; PR, Advertising, Professional Services.
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Group Finance Director ref: ROMH
Our client is a fully listed, manufacturing group operating internationally. The business is in the healthcare sector and is a leader in its field. It now seeks a new Group Finance Director to play a key role alongside the Chief Executive in driving growth both in the UK and overseas
Salary: Up to £150,000 basic + bonus + LTIP + car + pension
Location: Oxfordshire
The role is both exciting and challenging operating as it does at the centre of the business as part of a close knit, highly experienced management team. It is broad in its remit, with responsibility across investor relations, contracts, legal, compliance, company secretarial, treasury, tax and risk management, budgeting, accounting and financial controls.
Candidates should have strong interpersonal and communications skills together with a pragmatic and entrepreneurial approach suitable for a growing business. They will have a high degree of technical knowledge and strong powers of analysis ideally from experience gained in a listed environment, and with a preference for exposure to an international, manufacturing organisation.
Candidates must possess great leadership skills and highly developed commercial know-how coupled with strong strategic awareness.
Interested candidates should send a covering letter with their CV, notice period and current salary to candidates@equityfd.com quoting reference ROMH.
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Finance Director ref: ROLA
Our client is a leading, private equity backed event services provider with an international presence. The sector is fast growing and with its turnover approaching £80m, the business is growing quickly and expanding its overseas presence.
Salary: Up to £160,000 + equity
Location: South East
The close knit management team are highly skilled, keenly commercial and entrepreneurial. They now seek a like-minded Finance Director to join the business, to play a key role in the future growth plans.
The role will be challenging, requiring a qualified accountant equally at home in the detail as he/she is dealing with raising finance and dealing with investors/advisors.
Ideal candidates will come from a range of backgrounds but experience in business services, support services, contracts and facilities management will be relevant. In addition, international experience, M&A and previous experience of working in a leveraged environment will be important. However, regardless of their experience, candidates must possess the drive, ambition and credibility to play a key role across an organisation, liaising and influencing across all levels and disciplines.
Interested candidates should send their CV together with salary and notice period details to the above email address quoting the reference ROLA.
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Finance Director ref: JATS
Our client is a PE backed IT services business that has recently undergone a MBO backed by Private Equity. As a result of the transaction the business is looking to recruit a new Finance Director.
Salary: £80 - £100k base plus equity
Location: Bristol
The business currently is still quite small however it is extremely profitable and rapid growth is anticipated. The role will sit at Board level and as such the successful individual will be expected to provide strategic value and direction. Due to the current size of the business the successful candidate must also be both willing and able to “roll up their sleeves” and get heavily involved in all financial matters of the organization. There is a significant amount of post deal work to be done and the ideal candidate will have previous private equity experience. In addition, interested candidates should have worked previously in an international business with varied jurisdictions.
Interested candidates should send their CV plus current salary details through to candidates@equityfd.com
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Finance Director ref: JACS
Our client is a market leading, Business and IT Management Consultancy with a specialism in the energy and utility sectors
Salary: Circa £100,000 basis plus benefits
Location: Central London
The organisation has grown rapidly over the past few years and as such is looking to hire a Finance Director to take it to the next phase of development. The organisation has a blue chip international client base and employs a significant number of specialist consultants. They are recognized as a leading "people-centred" organisation and have a highly dynamic, vibrant culture.
The Finance Director role will be responsible for leading all finance related activities within the organisation and will also oversee Legal and IT. The organisation is a partnership so has a particular style of owner management and direction. This role will have a key part to play in helping to evaluate the strategic direction of the business ,alongside the Management Partners, as well as assisting with commercial decision making and pricing. Furthermore the Finance Function is charged with providing the organisation as a whole with meaningful management information to assist driving the business forward.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with a strong academic background and a balance of strategic and hands on skills. They will have a strong and demonstrable track record as a Finance Director preferably gained in a consultancy or professional services firm. Experience of working across multiple locations would be advantageous.
Interested candidates should send their CV including details of current salary package and notice period to candidates@equityfd.com
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Finance Director ref: RDEX
Our client is a leading exhibitions and events business enjoying a period of sustained growth both in the UK and overseas.
Salary: Up to £125,000 basic plus bonus
Location: London
As part of its expansion plans our client now seeks to appoint a new Finance Director. As a key member of the leadership team the role will provide an exciting opportunity for the new Finance Director to be instrumental in the development and implementation of strategy to engender long term, sustainable profit growth.
This will include the developing of value adding KPIs, a drive to deliver ‘best in class’ management information and the developing and leading of a full service finance team capable of taking the business through to the next phase.
The new Finance Director will play a key role contributing to the overall development of the business including acquisitions, new product development and further growth in the UK and overseas.
Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with strong personal drive and confidence and a ‘business first’ approach. They will have proven management, strategy and commercial decision making ability and demonstrable change management experience. Ideally they will have worked in a fast growth, acquisitive and international business. Exposure to an events or media company would be an advantage but are not essential.
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Finance Director ref: RDDA
Our client is a leading , international Business to Business media company with a Blue Chip client base. The organisation has grown both organically and by acquisition and has established an increasingly global footprint from which it now seeks to expand significantly over the next three to five years.
Salary: Up to £150,000 plus bonus
Location: London
Crucial to this growth, will be the appointment of a new Finance Director, to work as a peer alongside the new CEO and fully contribute both operationally and strategically. The role is broad in scope and effect requiring an exceptional candidate to help to drive change and expansion through both product development and M&A.
Supporting this growth, the large finance function requires strong leadership to ensure that new initiatives in financial management reporting and forecasting are delivered.
Candidates will be excited by the prospect of growth and change and possess the dynamism, business aptitude and vision to deliver. They must be capable of providing high level decision support to the management across all operations.
They will be experienced, qualified accountants who have had previous exposure to acquisitions and new product development in a rapid growth international environment, preferably in the Business to Business sector. They should also have proven change management and financial structuring experience. A degree of international travel will be an important element of fulfilling the brief, given the large number of overseas offices.
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Finance Director ref: ROWS
Our client is a rapidly expanding, multisite healthcare specialist looking to continue on its growth curve. As part of its ongoing development they now seek to appoint a new Finance Director to the Board to work as a peer alongside the founder CEO.
Salary: £100,000 plus bonus and equity incentive
Location: Crawley, West Sussex
This is a truly commercial role with responsibility across the business at the highest level and will play a key part in the continued growth and planned exit, in the short to medium term.
The Finance Director will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the company, including continued development of robust financial controls and systems. They will be responsible for delivering the financial strategy and for the flow of meaningful financial information to the CEO, Board and external financial institutions and investors.
Ideal candidates will be qualified accountants with significant experience at a senior level in a multi-sited service business, preferably in the healthcare sector. They must be adept at managing and motivating professional staff, have exposure to a rapidly growing organisation preferably through acquisition and also have the necessary experience to prepare and execute a sale process.
Above all they should be commercially focused individuals, keen to play a part in a driving a business forward.
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Chief Financial Officer ref: JARF
This is a truly fantastic opportunity for a hands on CFO to join one of the fastest growing companies in the UK in this newly created role.
Salary: Circa £120,000 plus equity
Location: South West London
Our client is a well known VC backed consumer products business that has experienced significant growth since it was founded only three years ago. Having already successfully achieved sales of around £30m they now have aggressive plans for further UK growth as well as international expansion.
To help them achieve these ambitious plans they’re now looking for a CFO to roll up their sleeves and play a key role in their future growth. The role will involve a real mix of hands on financial management coupled with working at board level and regularly interacting with the investors on strategic matters.
The product represents a major e-commerce breakthrough in the foods market and so you must have come from a product background, with experience of manufacturing, distribution and logistics.
This role offers a unique opportunity to really shape and influence both the finance function and the direction of the business. The ideal candidate should have the experience and ability to implement robust financial processes, controls and systems to support our client’s huge growth plans. In addition, previous experience of a growth business with private equity or VC ownership is essential. Furthermore experience of an international business or an organisation with international sales would be highly advantageous.
The ideal candidate must be comfortable in a fast moving highly dynamic business where there is a unique mix of manufacturing, retail and software.
Interested candidates should send their full CV and details of salary, package and notice period to Joanna Adolph at EquityFD quoting reference JAFR.
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CFO ref: ROMC
Our client provides specialist technology and services to companies in the leisure industry around the world. It has grown to become the global number one independent operator in its market. The business is private equity backed and in the early stages of a plan to deliver an enhanced portfolio of services. This involves a significant investment in technology to create a highly scalable and differentiated service offering. It is an exciting time for a new CFO to join what is a very high quality senior management team.
Salary: Up to £150,000 basic + equity
Location: East Midlands/London
The CFO will be a key member of the executive management team, sharing responsibility for the execution of the strategic plan with the CEO to whom he/she will report. They will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial and management information-related activities of the company. They will be charged with providing clear leadership and direction for the finance function and other operational areas where required and must natural operate at pace and as a catalyst for change to help the business realise the significant opportunity ahead of it.
Candidates will be graduates and qualified accountants with a track record of more than 5 years as CFO. They should have had demonstrable success in a private equity or venture backed organisation as well as experience in a blue chip and multi-site international firm.
They must possess excellent technical and analytical skills as well as being an effective communicator and manager of people.
The business is based in the East Midlands and London and will require travel between the two and elsewhere. There is a preference for a candidate prepared to commit to an East Midlands base where the company is headquartered. Our client is looking to identify the highest quality candidates available in the market.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV through to EquityFD.