Interim Group CFO

Finatal is partnered with a high-growth, Private Equity-backed robotics-enabled industrial services business operating in the renewable energy sector. The company designs and manufactures proprietary technology but generates the majority of its revenues through global field service delivery to large-scale operators and OEMs.

The business has scaled rapidly in recent years and is expecting to deliver c. €40–50M revenue this year, with a significant proportion generated in North America. It is now entering a critical transition from high-growth, investment-led expansion toward profitability, capital discipline, and operational maturity.

The Role:

This is a full-time Interim CFO mandate, positioned at the heart of a key inflection point in the company’s evolution. You will partner closely with the CEO, founders, investors, and board to stabilise the finance function, enhance financial rigour, and prepare the business to operate as a lender-ready, internationally scalable platform.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnering:

• Act as the primary financial partner to the CEO and a key interface with investors, supporting strategic decision-making and embedding financial discipline across operations.
• Provide financial leadership through the transition from growth to profitability, ensuring alignment between operational execution and value creation objectives.
• Support strategic initiatives including international expansion, operational scaling, and commercial optimisation across a globally distributed field-service model.
• Build credibility with external stakeholders, particularly lenders, in the context of a global revenue profile and cross-border operating structure.

Finance Transformation & Control:

• Stabilise and professionalise the finance function during a period of rapid change, improving reporting accuracy, forecasting reliability, and financial controls.
• Implement robust, PE-grade planning and forecasting processes with a strong focus on cash flow visibility, scenario analysis, and KPI-driven performance management.
• Enhance financial transparency and governance frameworks to support external financing, due diligence requirements, and stakeholder reporting.
• Build on existing ERP infrastructure (NetSuite), leveraging automation and AI to drive efficiency, data quality, and real-time financial insights.

Capital & Cash Management:

• Drive the transition from near break-even to sustainable profitability through disciplined cost management and operational efficiency.
• Strengthen working capital management, cash flow optimisation, and capital allocation frameworks.
• Lead the process to secure and establish a new working capital facility, managing end-to-end lender engagement.
• Own banking relationships across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring effective treasury management and funding flexibility.

Operational & Performance Excellence:

• Introduce stronger cost discipline and challenge investment decisions, ensuring capital is deployed with clear ROI accountability.
• Establish and track operational KPIs aligned to a complex, international, field-service delivery model.
• Support capex governance, including evaluation frameworks and post-investment tracking.
• Improve alignment between finance, operations, and commercial teams to drive efficiency across a multi-site, labour-intensive environment.

Performance-Driven Leadership:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a finance team of c.10–15 across controlling, corporate finance, and transactional finance.
• Elevate the capability of the function to operate in a fast-paced, data-driven, and performance-oriented environment.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and hands-on execution.
• Operate as a visible and credible leader across the organisation, working closely with founders and senior stakeholders.

Key Requirements:

• Industry Expertise: Background in industrial services, infrastructure services, energy, logistics, aviation, manufacturing, or complex field operations environments.
• Strategic & PE Experience: Proven track record operating in Private Equity or investor-backed businesses, ideally through phases of transformation and performance improvement.
• Financial Expertise: Deep experience in working capital management, treasury, cash flow optimisation, and debt financing (including revolvers and working capital facilities).
• Lender Credibility: Strong relationships with lenders and banking partners, ideally across both European and North American markets.
• Operational Mindset: Comfortable operating in complex, international, labour-intensive and multi-site environments.
• Hands-On Leadership: Willingness to operate at both strategic and detailed levels in an interim, high-impact capacity.
• Systems Orientation: Strong systems mindset, with experience optimising ERP platforms (NetSuite advantageous) and leveraging automation and data analytics.
• Stakeholder Management: Credible with founders, investors, lenders, and operational teams.