Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
PE-Backed Professional Services | South East UK | c.£40m Revenue | 12–24 Month Exit
Camino Search is partnering with a PE-backed professional services platform in the South East (c.£40m revenue, healthy EBITDA, clear exit plan) to appoint a CFO who can upgrade the engine room and get the business truly exit-ready
This is not a steady-state finance role. The business has completed several acquisitions and now needs a CFO who can integrate, improve and lead through a sell-side process.
The opportunity
- 12–24 month exit horizon with an engaged Chair and commercially sharp CEO.
- Well-performing asset with clear headroom for margin and cash optimisation.
- The CFO sits at the centre of the equity story: shaping the numbers, the narrative and the diligence experience.
What you'll do
- Build robust reporting infrastructure and improve data quality across the group, including acquired entities.
- Implement disciplined forecasting and forward-looking KPIs, including utilisation, margin by service line, revenue per FTE and cash conversion.
- Drive EBITDA visibility and performance tracking at group, business unit and acquisition level.
- Tighten cash management and working capital, including billing, WIP, debtor days and supplier terms.
- Lead integration of bolt-on acquisitions across systems, controls, reporting packs and performance cadence.
- Own all financial workstreams for exit, including data room readiness, QofE support, buyer and lender engagement, and board materials.
What you've done
- Been CFO in a PE-backed B2B or professional services / people-based business.
- Built finance functions and operational rigour from the ground up, not just inherited mature environments.
- Supported integrations or a buy-and-build / platform strategy and made acquired businesses feel like one group.
- Led a full sell-side process and are comfortable under diligence scrutiny with buyers, lenders and advisors.
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong command of cash, KPIs and board-level communication.
Location: South East UK, typically 3–4 days per week in the office
Package: Competitive base, bonus and equity participation aligned to exit outcome.
