Chief Financial Officer
Brighton (3 Days)
We require a business-minded, commercial CFO with a growth mindset, and extensive online or digital experience, ideally for a platform, membership, or subscription brand.
We need a CFO who can drive pace, be a thought partner to the CEO, enable strategic investment, and embed accountability, while ensuring financial control, FCA compliance, and governance.
Key Highlights:
- B2B2C Members Exclusive Digital Marketplace
- Legacy brand with a great reputation and loyal user base
- Profitable, well capitalised, and well organised
- Ambitious digital transformation plans
- Embarking on a bold modernisation journey
Role Purpose
- To provide strategic financial leadership, governance oversight, and regulatory compliance
- Strategic Finance & Growth Enablement
- Financial Control & Leadership
- Governance & Company Secretary Duties
- FCA Compliance & Risk Management
- Cultural & Organisational Leadership
Person Specification
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Senior finance leadership experience in comparable organisations.
- Demonstrable experience of having contributed to profit and loss growth in a business or business unit.
- Has delivered process change and proven efficiency gains while maintaining pace and team engagement.
- Proven ability to develop finance teams into high-performing, insight-driven functions.
- Strong skills in financial control, capital allocation, and scenario planning.
Desirable:
- Experience in membership, benefits, or consumer-facing sectors.
- Knowledge of retail and B2B business models.
- Experience in digital or platform-led business transformations.
- Experience in regulated environments, with FCA compliance and risk management.
- Previous Company Secretary experience or equivalent governance leadership.
Attributes:
- Commercially astute, pragmatic, and delivery focused.
- Constructively challenging, yet collaborative.
- High integrity, resilience, and independence of judgement.
- Strong communicator capable of influencing the Board and executive team.
Application Process:
To apply for this position, please email me a short precis: stephenr@alexanderrhodes.co.uk
C.250 words is fine, be as concise as you like, and please attach your CV in word or pdf format.
If you need to speak with me or want immediate feedback don't hesitate to call on 07834 585199.
I appreciate that applying for jobs can be frustrating or difficult and I want to deliver as human a service as possible.
Please try to ensure you have read the complete job description and can comfortably work 2-3 days a week from the Brighton HQ.
Kind regards - Stephen Rhodes, Director
Alexander Rhodes Associates Ltd
