Permanent Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for professional services, consulting, and services in Southern Germany.
Privatal is a Pan-European specialist headhunting firm placing interim and permanent talent across finance, value creation & strategy, and transformation into private equity-backed portfolio companies and funds. Unlike generalist firms, each Privatal consultant combines deep private equity expertise with a dedicated functional focus, enabling exceptional speed and quality in delivery.
Privatal is currently retained by a buy-and-build private equity investor in the search for a Group CFO for one of its portfolio companies: a fast-growing engineering and consulting services platform headquartered in Southern Germany.
The business is pursuing an ambitious buy-and-build strategy across Germany and selected European markets and has already established a sizeable multi-site platform. Following a period of rapid growth, the company is now looking to appoint a hands-on Group CFO to partner closely with the CEO, shareholders, and advisory board in professionalising the finance function, integrating acquired businesses, and supporting the next stage of value creation.
The Ideal CFO Candidate
- Proven experience as a CFO / group CFO for a business with >100M in revenues
- Demonstrated experience working closely with private equity investors, lenders, boards, and advisory boards
- Track record in LBO environments, including debt management, covenant reporting, lender communication, and cash flow control.
- Experience operating in multi-site and multi-entity business models, ideally within engineering, consulting, professional services, construction services, or project-based environments where people are central.
- Hands-on experience in buy-and-build strategies, including financial integration, reporting standardisation, and post-merger integration
- Deep understanding of project accounting, WIP controlling, project profitability, and performance management in a project-based business model under HGB and IFRS reporting standards
- Fluent in German and English
The role is based in the Munich area and will involve regular interaction with teams across Germany and selected European locations.
Only successful candidates will be contacted based on the investor’s set of requirements.
Danke.
JH
