Job description
Axon Moore are seeking to appoint a Finance Director for a Private Equity backed, industrial services business based in the North East, to join the business to help facilitate a strategic growth plan.
The Private Equity investors and board have a clear growth plan involving both organic growth and M&A activity. The business has strong margins and EBITDA so has a sound foundation to grow and achieve it’s potential in the next 3-5 years.
Financial leadership is required to maximise this growth potential and create a more efficient suite of financial processes and controls to ensure the business can adapt.
The role will involve the following:
The Private Equity investors and board have a clear growth plan involving both organic growth and M&A activity. The business has strong margins and EBITDA so has a sound foundation to grow and achieve it’s potential in the next 3-5 years.
Financial leadership is required to maximise this growth potential and create a more efficient suite of financial processes and controls to ensure the business can adapt.
The role will involve the following:
- Take on an executive role in the business, supporting the board and the investors with the strategic growth plan
- Leadership of the finance function
- Produce insightful MI and analytics to aid commercial decision making
- Assess available financing options
- Manage third party business relationships with the banks, auditors, insurers etc
- Work to implement a finance business partnering mentality between the finance function and the rest of the business
- Oversee the monthly and annual reporting output generated by the finance team
- Previous experience as an FD (or equivalent) in a Private Equity backed business
- Must have experience dealing with private equity investors and stakeholders
- Experience in an SME environment, ideally within a business or industrial services (or similar) sector
