Finance Director | Education

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Finatal Full time

Job Description

Finance Director | Education

Remuneration : £110,000 + Bonus + Equity

Location : North West London, 3 days per week

LP58176

The Opportunity:

Finatal are partnering with an education services, private equity backed buy-and-build which is expanding strategically throughout the UK. They have snowballed in size over the last 5 years and have a strong pipeline of M&A activity, with a plan to scale to exit in the next 2-3 years. The business is approaching £200m t/o, with a strong EBTIDA conversion.

As number 2 to an experienced CFO, this is an all-encompassing Finance Director role with a high level of autonomy and responsibility across the entire finance function. The successful hire will demonstrate confidence nurturing a team, business partnering with site managers, and capable of consistently challenging and improving process and controls to improve the business performance.

The Role:

  • Collaborating closely with the CFO.
  • Business partnering with Site Managers, the C-suite, stakeholders.
  • Analytical trend identification and subsequent decision-making.
  • Ownership of budgeting, forecasting and planning.
  • Ownership of processes and controls.
  • Consistent M&A pipeline activity.
  • Cashflow management in a leveraged multisite organisation.
  • Rolling out best practices across all business lines.

The Requirements

  • Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
  • Extensive FP&A and Technical Finance experience required.
  • Private Equity experience is preferred.
  • Experience in a high-growth business.
  • M&A experience.
  • Experience managing a team.
  • An interest in the education sector.

This is a unique opportunity to join a commercial, high-growth education brand, alongside impressive senior stakeholders. The role will be hands-on and a great opportunity to develop a strong leadership skillset in a Private Equity-backed asset.

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