Chief Financial Officer
Worcester | Birmingham | Cheltenham
£140,000 - £150,000 | Ambitious Professional Services Firm
We are working with a highly respected, ambitious and progressive professional services firm to recruit a Chief Financial Officer.
We are looking for a visible, hands-on CFO who wants to be out in the business, supporting teams and making a real difference.
Ideally, we'd like someone to be based in Worcester two days a week, with the flexibility to work from Birmingham or Cheltenham on other days. The business also has an office in London.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a successful, growing organisation with an exciting future.
With turnover exceeding £100m, over 1,000 employees, multiple locations across the UK and an international reach, this is a substantial business with a fantastic reputation, strong leadership and a genuine appetite for continued growth.
You'll be leading an established finance function of approximately 40 professionals, playing a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy and supporting the next phase of growth as this business gets more complicated due to our size and accelerated growth.
But what makes this opportunity particularly interesting is the culture.
This is a genuinely people-centric business. Bright, forward-thinking, creative and entrepreneurial, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, developing people and doing things differently.
You'll be surrounded by brilliant people who care about what they do. People who are ambitious, commercially minded and passionate about delivering exceptional service, but who also value humility, personality and working together.
They want a CFO who shares those values. Someone who can build relationships, inspire people, challenge thinking and play a pivotal role in executing the next phase of growth.
We're looking for a well-rounded finance leader with a breadth of experience spanning financial reporting, controls, tax and statutory compliance through to M&A, strategic planning, commercial performance and driving meaningful business change.
Someone who can balance strong financial stewardship with genuine commercial impact,
comfortably moving between the detail and the bigger picture. We are looking for someone with the dept of expertise, experience and commercial credibility commensurate with a firm of our size and scale.to navigate the partnership with gravitas and confidence.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with the senior leadership team to lead, shape and execute the financial strategy, supporting the continued growth and development of the business.
- Lead, inspire and develop an established finance function, building a collaborative, high-performing team.
- Act as a genuine business partner, providing commercial insight, strategic advice and constructive challenge across the organisation.
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, cash flow, working capital, taxation, audit and financial controls. Drive long-term financial planning, evaluate growth opportunities, and manage investment risks.
- Drive commercial performance through better financial insight, profitability analysis, pricing and strategic decision-making.
- Champion improvements across financial systems, processes and management information.
- Support strategic growth initiatives, investment decisions, acquisitions and wider business transformation.
Candidate Wish List
We're looking for a genuinely talented finance leader who knows what they're doing, but just as importantly, someone who is brilliant with people.
- A qualified accountant (ACA), with strong technical and commercial credentials.
- A strong background in professional services is preferred. Think law firms, accountancy practices, architecture practices, surveying firms and other established advisory or specialist professional services organisations.
- Experience working within and helping scale businesses with turnover in excess of £100m, ideally across multiple locations. Has credibility at board level and a depth of experience, expertise in guiding senior stakeholders in the financial aspects of their strategic business plans.
- A strong understanding of people-led businesses where expertise, relationships and exceptional client service drive performance.
- An engaging, humble and approachable leader who genuinely enjoys working with people.
- A natural collaborator and business partner who can build relationships, influence decisions and challenge constructively.
- Someone bright, forward-thinking, commercially curious and excited by growth and change.
- Proven experience leading and developing teams whilst operating as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
- A strong strategic thinker who is equally comfortable getting involved in the detail when needed.
You might already be an established CFO, or an exceptional Finance Director ready to take the next step.
Ultimately, we're looking for someone who combines financial expertise with emotional intelligence, commercial curiosity and a genuine passion for people.
We have a wish list, but it's exactly that. A wish list!
Diversity and inclusion are genuinely important to this business, and we're keen to hear from people with different backgrounds, experiences and career journeys.
If you're a brilliant finance leader who shares the values, ambition and people-first approach of this organisation, we'd love to hear from you, even if you don't tick every box.
The Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a progressive, people-focused business where the CFO will have a genuine voice in shaping the future.
The culture is collaborative, entrepreneurial and ambitious. Standards are high, but so is the emphasis on enjoying what you do, supporting one another and making a positive difference.
The role will be primarily based in the midlands with some travel across the UK. It is likely that the candidate will be based in one of our location (either Worcester, Cheltenham or Birmingham), although the successful candidate will need to spend a min of 2 days a week in Worcester.
If you're a bright, engaging and commercially minded finance leader who wants to work with brilliant people and play a meaningful role in the continued growth of an ambitious business, we'd love to hear from you.
