Chief Financial Officer

Are you a driven finance leader ready to make a profound impact on a dynamic organisation?

We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer to become a key player in shaping the company’s future, ensuring financial stability while driving strategic initiatives that support sustainable scaling.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in a high-growth consultancy that places a premium on culture and progressive leadership.

Chief Finance Officer (CFO) role summary

The CFO will be a core member of the leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO and playing a pivotal role in shaping and executing the financial and operational strategy to support the company’s growth ambitions. Working within a decentralised, values-driven business model, the CFO will provide clear guidance and expert insight without being prescriptive, enabling teams to make informed, autonomous decisions. This is a hands-on position requiring a leader who can balance strategic advisory responsibilities with day-to-day management. The ideal candidate will have a deep alignment with the organisation’s people-first culture and be a champion of its team-of-teams model, ensuring financial and operational strategies enhance rather than constrain the company.  

Key responsibilities

1. Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and execute a comprehensive financial strategy to support the company’s growth from 200 to 400 employees, ensuring alignment with the overall business strategy.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, providing insight on financial planning, performance, and risk management.

• Lead all aspects of financial planning and forecasting, establishing metrics that drive sound financial and operational decision-making.

• Foster a culture of accountability and transparency within the finance team and across the organisation.

2. Operations

• Collaborate with the Head of Operations to co-lead the design and optimisation of scalable processes, infrastructure, and systems that support efficient company growth.

• Partner on key initiatives to enhance project delivery, resource allocation, and operational performance.
• Ensure alignment between financial strategy and operational execution, enabling the business to scale effectively without compromising its cultural values.

3. Revenue Operations

• Work closely with the Revenue Operations Lead to co-lead efforts to optimise revenue forecasting, pricing strategies and margin realisation.

• Provide strategic input to improve revenue cycle management and ensure alignment between commercial strategy and financial goals.
• Support cross-functional initiatives to enhance business development processes and drive predictable, sustainable growth.

4. Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial, operational, and strategic risks to ensure the company’s resilience and continuity.

• Develop and implement risk management frameworks, policies, and processes that align with regulatory requirements and best practices.

• Monitor and manage exposure to currency, market, and credit risks, ensuring the business remains agile and adaptive to external changes.

• Collaborate with the leadership team to instil a proactive approach to risk awareness and accountability across the organisation.
• Demonstrate flexibility and creativity in responding to incidents and managing crises, ensuring the organisation is well-prepared to adapt to unforeseen challenges.

5. Hands-On Financial Management

• Manage day-to-day financial operations across the Group, covering both the UK and US, including accounting, reporting, payroll, and compliance, to ensure timely and accurate financial records.

• Oversee external relationships with funders, banks, and tax agencies, ensuring the Group maintains strong partnerships.

• Lead the preparation and successful delivery of the Group’s annual audit, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and presenting clear, accurate financial statements to stakeholders.

• Implement and oversee internal controls that align with the company’s values driven culture and ensure compliance with local, national, and international regulations.

• Provide regular financial reports and analyses for executive leadership, offering clear insights into the financial health and performance of the Group.

6. Team Leadership & Development

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing finance, operations and revenue operations team, instilling a collaborative, forward-thinking approach that aligns with the company’s culture.

• Partner with the wider company to develop financial literacy and encourage shared ownership of the company’s financial and operational success.
• Drive talent development within the finance, operations and revenue operations teams to build internal capabilities that support sustainable growth.

7. Culture

• Embody and promote the company’s values-driven, people-first culture, ensuring financial and operational decisions align with its core ethos.

• Champion the team of teams model by fostering collaboration across groups while maintaining the autonomy of individual teams.

• Operate effectively within a decentralised business structure, providing clear guidance and insights without being prescriptive, enabling teams to make informed decisions that align with the broader business strategy.

• Act as a trusted partner to leaders across the organisation, ensuring financial and operational frameworks empower, rather than constrain, the agility and decision-making of teams.
• Advocate for and protect the progressive culture of the business, balancing financial rigour with the flexibility needed to support innovation and growth.

About you

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in a senior financial leadership role within a high-growth professional services company.

• Proven track record of successfully overseeing the growth of an organisation from 200 to 400 employees (or larger), including scaling financial and operational functions to support this expansion.
• Deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in scaling a decentralised, people-first business, with a focus on balancing cultural integrity with financial rigour.

Qualifications and skills

• Education: ACCA, ACA, CFA, CIMA preferred (not essential).

• Skills: Strong analytical, strategic planning, and organisational skills. Experience with financial systems, forecasting, and managing operational processes.

• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust across all levels.

• Cultural Fit: A collaborative leader who values culture, transparency, and a hands-on approach, with a natural alignment to a progressive, people-first organisation.

About us

We are a progressive, London-based management consultancy with a team of ~200, recognised for our values-driven, people-first culture. We prioritise collaboration, agility, and innovation over traditional command-and-control approaches. Operating within a decentralised structure, we embrace a team of teams model to empower individuals and foster informed decision-making at all levels. With ambitious plans to double our size to 400 employees in the coming years, we are focused on sustainable growth while maintaining our unique culture and approach to consultancy.

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