About the Opportunity
This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role supporting one of the UK's most prominent facial cosmetic surgeons and entrepreneurial founders.
DS Recruitment has been exclusively retained to find a strategic, commercially-focused Group Finance Director / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a profitable, founder-led multi-entity group in a phase of significant growth and opportunity.
This isn't a traditional Finance Director role — it's a high-leverage, hands-on opportunity to shape financial architecture and influence long-term strategy across a diverse portfolio, including:
- Private medical practice and healthcare
- Healthcare property and consulting rooms
- Property investment and short-let portfolio
- Family office and investment ventures
- High-growth patent licensing and biotechnology ventures
Reporting directly to the Founder, you'll build and lead the finance function, drive commercial strategy for ventures worth £10-£100m, and develop the systems that enable scalable decision-making.
What You'll Do
Commercial Strategy & Business Partnering (40%)
- Lead commercial and financial strategy across all group entities, including pricing, margin optimisation, and revenue growth
- Build investment-grade financial models and business cases for property development, IP, and biotech projects
- Develop KPI dashboards, management reporting, and provide scenario planning for capital allocation decisions
- Business partnering with operational leaders across healthcare, property, and investment portfolios
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) (40%)
- Build and lead a world-class finance function with timely management accounts (within 10 days)
- Implement entity-level P&Ls, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
- Maintain cash-flow forecasts and working capital management with >95% accuracy
- Ensure financial controls, audit readiness, and governance across all entities
Family Office & Investment Oversight (20%)
- Consolidated financial reporting across operating businesses, property portfolio, and investment holdings
- Support asset allocation, tax planning (corporate and personal), and treasury management
- Oversee philanthropic financial management and foundation administration
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience:
- 7-10+ years in senior finance leadership roles (Finance Director, CFO, Group Financial Controller, or equivalent)
- Multi-entity and group consolidation experience across different sectors
- Background in private equity, multi-site healthcare, hospitality, luxury services, or property-backed groups is highly preferred
- Experience presenting financial strategy to founders, boards, private equity, or investors
- Proven ability to scale businesses from £5m-£20m+ revenue
- Track record in financial transformation and building finance functions
Technical Skills:
- Expert in financial modelling, DCF analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario planning
- Multi-company group consolidation, corporate tax, and Patent Box expertise
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets and financial systems (Xero, Sage, NetSuite, or similar)
- Experience with dashboards and business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and financial controls
Qualifications:
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent qualification (highly desirable)
- Part-qualified candidates with exceptional experience will be considered
Who You Are: Strategic, decisive, and commercially intelligent—a clear, direct communicator who gets straight to the point. You have a naturally analytical and results-driven personality. You can constructively challenge a Founder, build systems from the ground up, and thrive in dynamic, multi-entity, entrepreneurial environments. You're passionate about clarity, accuracy, and developing scalable processes. You're a hands-on leader who can balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.
What's On Offer
Compensation: £110,000 - £130,000 base salary + annual performance bonus linked to EBITDA improvement, cash-flow optimisation, property profitability, and strategic initiatives delivered (OTE £130,000 - £160,000+)
Long-Term Incentives: Potential LTIP linked to group value creation
Location: Hybrid working - 3-4 days per week in Central London office
Impact: Genuine influence over strategy, commercial decisions, and financial architecture in a founder-partner CFO role
Growth: Join during a phase of expansion across healthcare, property, and high-growth ventures
How to Apply
DS Recruitment is managing this search exclusively with the highest level of confidentiality.
To apply, please submit your CV and a brief cover note outlining your relevant experience with multi-entity finance leadership.
All applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Reference: Group FD/CFO - Multi-Entity Healthcare & Property Group
