Job description

Axon Moore have been exclusively retained to support a high growth business based in Lancashire in their search for a CFO. This is an excellent opportunity to join several industry leading entrepreneurs to help steer their new business adventure and their aggressive growth strategy towards a future exit. This start-up is a spin off from a very successful sister company and has a very strong foundation for the business to grow rapidly. This new hands-on CFO role will be involved in all areas of the business including commercial, operations and creating a new best in practice finance function.

The role will include:

To bring in the full finance function by setting up the new management reporting, systems, robust controls and processes
Managing the commercial contracts, managing cash, costings and building new cashflow models
Liaise with the Executive team, operating board and executive leaders to present, interpret and drive action plans for data and analysis produced
Manage working capital cycle, WIP and budgeting and forecasting
Build relationship with banks, insurers, solicitors and other external stakeholder relations including leading investor relations for future exit
Lead on internal and external reporting, production of monthly accounts, year-end and management information
Have full ownership of the P&L, balance sheet and commercial projects
To implement, maintain and design a suitable financial system for the business to grow
Supporting the MD, the investors and other stakeholders with any financial and commercial support
Ad hoc commercial/operational projects including analysing new projects to make key business decisions

You will be a fully qualified accountant from either a ACA, CIMA or ACCA background and ideally have been involved private equity or high growth exposure. You will need to have a solid level of accounting background, excellent commercial experience and use to a SME environment. Setting up a finance function would be beneficial.

Salary is £110k - £130k + bonus + equity

For further information or for immediate consideration then please contact Perran Cooke at Axon Moore