Group Chief Financial Officer

Our client is a Dutch Headquartered, PE backed organisation, delivering tailored IT solutions — from custom software development to digital transformation and strategic consulting — to their clients. With significant market share within their sector, the business has undertaken a period of both organic and acquisitive growth. Enhanced by investment from one of Europe’s leading growth buy-out Funds, they are seeking aCFO to take the business on the next stage of growth.

Role Overview

The CFO will be a key member of the Executive leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO and will be tasked with scaling and developing a ‘best in class’ team and function to meet the further growth and strategic ambitions of the business over the coming years.

Financial Management and Control

• Oversee all aspects of day-to-day, operational financial management of the business.
• Ensure comprehensive month end closing and reporting, including robust balance sheet control, and timely and accurate delivery of results and forecasts to the Executive Team and Board.
• Present your finance and operational analysis at each Board meeting, supporting the CEO to deliver timely and accurate updates on all key areas of the business.
• Maintain detailed oversight of cash position, and provide cashflow reporting, treasury considerations and working capital analyses to the Executive Board.
• Budgets: define the Group’s yearly budget orientations, review and report on Budget.

Tax and Treasury

• Review and monitoring of the group’s tax position, computations and filings, ensuring compliance in all relevant jurisdictions.
• Provide reporting to lenders and ensure ongoing compliance with all operational requirements under the debt agreements, supported by robust cashflow and covenant projections.

Business Support

• Provide high-quality commercial analysis and business insight, including customer & product profitability, project performance, pricing, margin control and return-on-investment analyses.
• Drive ad hoc projects and business modelling to anticipate and meet market changes, as required.

Systems and Processes

• Promote the increasing use of systems, tools and automation to deliver efficient financial and business processes and enable the group’s future growth.
• Lead ERP system review and implementation where necessary.
• Fully integrate new acquisitions into our wider finance and operational teams.
• Complete due diligence and wider modelling tasks to support our future M&A activity

Profile

• Proven track record as a Group CFO within medium-sized / growth organisations, working closely with the CEO
• Experience of working in B2B Services sector ideally with project-based elements
• Prior experience within companies under LBO, capable of working successfully with Private Equity investors and external lenders would be ideal
• Experience in acting as a driver and real agent of change within the group
• Previous experience of M&A and post-acquisition integration would be an advantage.
• To be based on-site 3-4 days/week, primarily in Utrecht.