Fractional CFO

I'm working with a high-growth, investor-backed UK business looking for an exceptional Fractional CFO to support a potentially transformational period. 📅 Initially 1 day per week, with scope to increase to 3–4 days as activity progresses ⏳ Initial project expected to run for several months This isn't a BAU finance role. The existing finance team has the day-to-day covered. They need someone senior who can sit alongside the CEO and leadership team and take ownership of a small number of high-value strategic projects involving M&A, capital strategy and a potential transaction. The initial commitment will be light, but could scale quickly depending on how discussions develop. The remit will include:

• Supporting and potentially leading the financial work around a strategic acquisition
• Valuation, transaction structuring, diligence and negotiation support
• Helping shape the funding strategy behind the transaction
• Exploring a mixture of existing investors, new capital, strategic investment and potentially secondary liquidity
• Building the financial and investment narrative alongside the CEO
• Acting as a senior sounding board to the founders and board
• Managing investors, advisers and other transaction stakeholders
• Supporting integration planning if a deal completes The profile is important. We're particularly interested in CFOs who have been through genuine transactions rather than simply advised around them. Ideally, you will have:
• Strong buy-side M&A experience
• Experience raising capital outside of a straightforward venture round
• Personally been involved in selling / exiting a business — this is particularly important
• Experience navigating shareholders, investors and boards through a transaction
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to challenge founders constructively
• The ability to operate at CEO/board level without needing to own the day-to-day finance function
• Enough flexibility to start at one day per week and increase involvement if required Experience within consumer, technology, healthcare or another investor-backed growth business would be useful, but transaction experience is more important than sector background. If you're an experienced fractional CFO who has bought businesses, raised capital and ideally sold one too, please drop me a message.