CFO PE Backed Buy and Build Professional Services Business

Location: City of London, London, United Kingdom

Salary: £225,000–£250,000 per annum, plus equity, bonus and benefits

Company

PE-backed professional services business operating in an attractive and resilient market, with more than £10m EBITDA and an ambitious Buy & Build strategy targeting significant growth before exit.

What you will do

• Lead the acquisition strategy in partnership with the CEO, Board and private equity investors.
• Evaluate acquisition opportunities and lead financial due diligence, deal execution and funding.
• Oversee post-deal integration and support the delivery of the Buy & Build plan.
• Provide commercial and financial insight across the existing group.
• Drive performance improvement and identify additional value creation opportunities.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or ACMA certification.
• Proven experience as a CFO within a private equity-backed business.
• End-to-end M&A experience covering evaluation, due diligence, deal execution, funding and integration.
• Background in professional services, legal services, B2B services or another people-led, service-based sector.
• Experience supporting a founder-led business through professionalisation, including governance, reporting, systems and process maturity.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and commercial judgement.

Nice to have

• Experience operating at pace and driving change in a business at scale.

Culture & Benefits

• Established business with significant scale and private equity backing.
• Central leadership role in the Buy & Build strategy through to exit.
• Equity, bonus and benefits included in the package.