Fractional CFO / Finance Turnaround Leader | PE-Backed Manufacturing, Cash Control & Post-Acquisition Integration
This executive brings more than a decade of interim CFO and Finance Director experience, supported by a long-standing career in manufacturing and engineering finance leadership. Their work is focused on providing practical financial grip: improving management information, building credible forecasts, stabilising cash processes, strengthening controls and helping leadership teams understand the financial levers that drive performance. They are particularly strong where a business has grown beyond its existing finance capability or where the numbers no longer provide the confidence needed by management, lenders or investors.
They have significant private equity experience, having worked across multiple investor-backed manufacturing, engineering and industrial businesses. Their assignments have included pre-acquisition support, post-acquisition integration, value creation planning, refinancing, disposal readiness, covenant and cash management, ERP implementation and PE-standard board reporting. They are comfortable working with investors, banks, boards and management teams, and understand the need for clear, accurate and timely financial information in PE-backed environments.
Well suited to fractional CFO, interim Finance Director, finance turnaround or post-acquisition integration assignments, they bring a calm, experienced and hands-on approach. Their combination of manufacturing sector depth, cash discipline and investor-facing finance capability makes them particularly valuable for PE-backed or pre-investment industrial businesses requiring rapid financial control and improved decision-making.
Supported a privately owned aerospace manufacturer by replacing complex and ineffective forecast models, creating clearer reporting and improving visibility for the incoming CFO.
Helped a growing electric motors business prepare for investment by improving financial management, implementing reporting packs, forecast models and weekly cash processes.
Supported a PE-backed engineering services group through rapid acquisition-led growth, creating financial reporting and forecast models and integrating multiple acquisitions into the group structure.
Led post-acquisition finance integration for a precision components manufacturer, establishing financial controls, reporting, forecasting and cash management across a newly acquired group of companies.
About the Candidate
This interim executive is a highly experienced CFO / Finance Director with deep expertise in manufacturing, engineering and industrial businesses. They specialise in stepping into situations where the finance function needs stabilising, reporting lacks credibility, cash visibility is weak or a business needs support through turnaround, acquisition, integration or investor-led growth. With a strong grasp of both detail and strategy, they quickly identify the key financial and operational drivers, build practical reporting and forecasting tools, and help management teams understand what needs to change.
They are particularly effective in private equity-backed and pre-investment environments, where finance needs to be professionalised quickly to meet investor expectations. Their expertise includes cash and working capital management, turnaround planning, three-statement forecasting, PE-standard reporting packs, post-acquisition integration, ERP implementation, covenant management, refinancing support, financial controls, product costing and finance team mentoring. They are especially well suited to lower mid-market businesses that need experienced CFO support on a fractional or project basis.