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Chief Financial Officer

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Posted a day ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Contract type

Full Time

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  • This position is with a PE-backed company that is looking to double in size and flip in 12-18 months.
  • Candidates should have significant M&A experience and a solid track record in PE-backed businesses.
  • The role offers a competitive salary with a long-term incentive plan directly tied to the sale.
  • Employees can work from home 2-3 days a week and enjoy 35 days of holiday per year.
  • The company values a positive culture, encouraging good banter and discouraging ego-driven behavior.

Still clinging to the equity dream?

You know the one-where your current business sells for silly money and you ride off into the sunset, rich, relaxed and raving about your good fortune.

Except… that sale isn't coming, is it?

The market's flat, your sector's stale, and the so-called golden handcuffs are starting to feel more like rusted shackles.

It's a tough decision-knowing whether to stick or twist. Especially when your future payout is dangling just far enough away to keep you hanging on.

But if your career was a game of cards, this would be the easiest twist you'd ever make.

Here's why:

  • This is a PE-backed, buy-and-build rocket ship with plans to double in size and flip in 12-18 months. And they're offering a real LTIP tied directly to the sale. Not a vague handshake. A proper, written-down, financially meaningful reward.
  • You won't be cleaning up someone else's mess either. This business is already profitable, already growing, and already full of decent, ego-free grown-ups who genuinely understand the value of culture-and protect it.
  • No politics. No drama. Just a solid plan, clear leadership, and a finance team that already knows what it's doing.

Your job?

  • Bring your M&A experience. Commercial sharpness. Strategic thinking. And you'll have the time and headspace to do it properly-without getting dragged into the weeds.

You can work from home 2-3 days a week.

And here's a rare one-35 days holiday. That's seven full weeks to rest, recharge, or just stop thinking about EBITDA for a bit.

They know burnout isn't good for business-so taking your time off isn't just allowed, it's encouraged.

Only accepting candidates with good banter, no egos, significant M&A experience, and a solid track record of operating in PE-backed businesses.

Ready to Twist? Call me on or click apply and we'll take it from there.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.