Interim CFO / Finance Transformation Leader | PE Value Creation, SaaS Scale-Up & M&A Integration
This executive brings a strong combination of strategic CFO experience, commercial performance leadership and hands-on finance transformation capability. Their career includes board-level CFO, Finance Director, controller and consulting roles where they have repeatedly improved reporting, strengthened governance, enhanced forecasting and helped leadership teams make better commercial decisions. They are particularly strong in complex environments where finance needs to support growth, integration, restructuring or investor confidence.
They have significant private equity experience across multiple portfolio companies, including PE-backed SaaS, cyber, sports media, data and telecoms businesses. Their work has included fundraising, refinancing, quality of earnings, vendor due diligence, data room preparation, investor reporting, post-merger integration, exit preparation, carve-outs and value creation. They understand the pace, transparency and analytical rigour expected by PE investors and are comfortable working directly with boards, investors and management teams.
Well suited to interim CFO, Board CFO, finance transformation, post-merger integration or PE value creation assignments, they bring a pragmatic, low-ego and commercially grounded style. Their ability to connect finance, strategy, systems and operational performance makes them particularly valuable for investor-backed businesses seeking stronger financial control, better decision-making and accelerated value creation.
As Board CFO for a PE-backed sports media, rights and technology group, supported acquisition integration, entity simplification, £150m refinancing, global audit, board reporting improvement and divestment of a non-core unit, while improving EBITDA performance materially.
Supported post-merger integration and transformation of a SaaS managed services business, implementing a new operating model, ERP, pricing and reporting framework, with a plan to scale ARR from £15m to £30m and EBITDA from breakeven to £3m.
Advised a PE-backed SaaS data business on post-merger integration, investor-grade SaaS reporting, PMO set-up, cash discipline and growth visibility, supporting ARR growth from £40m to £50m and a roadmap towards £100m.
Delivered senior finance leadership across professional services and listed environments, including carve-outs, acquisitions, shared service centre creation, ERP deployments, margin improvement, refinancing and finance function modernisation.
About the Candidate
This interim executive is a commercially focused CFO and finance transformation leader with extensive experience supporting private equity, founder-led, LLP and listed businesses through scale-up, restructuring, M&A, integration and exit preparation. They bring deep experience across technology, SaaS, cyber, sports media, software, data centres, telecoms, business services, financial services and professional services. With revenue exposure ranging from early-stage businesses through to £600m+ organisations, they are highly effective at professionalising finance functions, improving performance visibility and creating investor-grade reporting environments.
They are particularly effective in situations where businesses need stronger financial control, improved FP&A cadence, post-merger integration, refinancing support, ERP improvement or rapid value creation. Their expertise includes board and investor reporting, strategy, fundraising, cash and working capital management, M&A, carve-outs, synergies, post-acquisition integration, governance, ESG, risk, shared services, operating model redesign and finance team development. They combine strategic CFO capability with hands-on delivery, making them well suited to PE-backed and fast-growth businesses that need finance to become a driver of performance rather than a reporting function.