Organisation
Our client is a portfolio company of a globally operating private equity firm with an impressive track record. It is a young organisation with an informal culture, high energy, and a tangible product.
Position
The role involves managing the finance team, providing robust financial management to the organisation and its stakeholders, reporting, and taking a proactive role in financial initiatives undertaken by the organization. These initiatives include, but are not limited to, leveraging synergies (from previous acquisitions), creating cost savings, and improving the organization’s operational effectiveness (including the implementation of new processes such as ERP optimisation).
The role is full-time and based on-site at the company’s headquarters. The CFO reports to the CEO and the private equity shareholder and is a member of the Board of Directors. The key in this role is logic. The foundation must be solid before anything else can be built.
Key focus areas include strong financial administration, reporting, business planning cycle and modeling, cost control, and cash management.
- Is a proactive member of the Board of Directors and the Management Team and acts as a business partner to the organisation;
- Responsible for Finance and IT, reporting directly to the CEO;
- Ensures tight financial administration: clean ledgers, simple structure, complete and timely reporting to various stakeholders;
- Can prioritize EBITDA by effectively managing all financial levers;
- Leads improvement efforts in financial controls, efficiency, cost management, and reporting—this includes ERP migration and optimization;
- Provides periodic internal and external reporting and optimizes this; delivers clear KPI reporting/dashboarding;
- Conducts ad-hoc analyses to improve profitability, such as costs, pricing, project/contract profitability, or investments;
- Supports the organisation with the financial, legal, and risk aspects of complex sales processes;
- Participates in M&A activities, from due diligence to post-merger integration;
- Optimizes and manages cash flow and working capital;
- Manages the consolidation of various entities;
- Maintains contact with shareholders, external auditors, tax authorities, and banks;
- Responsible for all tax matters within the organization;
- Manages existing third-party debt facilities.
Profile
- Extensive and broad experience in a final-responsibility CFO role, preferably in a PE environment;
- Experience leading a high-quality financial organisation in terms of process integrity, efficiency, quality improvement, staff motivation, and process optimisation;
- Reliable and credible, exudes seniority and entrepreneurship;
- Demonstrated experience with cash flow and working capital;
- Experience with business integration, change management, and process improvements;
- Solid understanding of (leveraged) financial structures and ideally experience with asset-based lending; able to build a trust-based relationship with lenders;
- Experience in one or more of the following sectors: trade, wholesale, retail, procurement, and/or dealmaking;
- A natural team player with excellent communication and leadership skills;
- Strong experience with ERP systems, Excel, and IT in general;
- Able to seamlessly switch between analytical and practical responsibilities;
- Holds a successfully completed Master’s degree in a relevant field; RA or RC designation is a plus;
- Previous M&A experience is highly welcomed;
- Fluent in Dutch and English.
Contact
Indien u in deze vacature geïnteresseerd bent nodigen wij u uit direct te solliciteren via de knop “Solliciteer” o.v.v. het referentienummer ( 34123 ). Wij kunnen op voorhand helaas geen verdere inhoudelijke informatie verstekken over de vacature aangezien deze uiterst confidentieel is.
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