Chief Financial Officer

Artemis Executive Search has been successfully retained by a high-growth, highly regulated business to appoint a Chief Financial Officer to join its senior leadership team at a pivotal stage of expansion.

This is a rare opportunity to join a business that has tripled in size over the past three years, now generating in excess of £50m turnover and entering its next phase of strategic growth across Ireland, with imminent expansion into the UK market.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the overall financial strategy, ensuring alignment with the Group’s growth ambitions across Ireland and future UK expansion
• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO, Board, and wider executive team, providing insight-driven decision support
• Drive robust financial planning, forecasting, and performance management to support sustained high growth
• Ensure full compliance with regulatory, statutory, and governance requirements across all operating jurisdictions
• Strengthen and evolve financial controls, risk management frameworks, and reporting standards appropriate to a scaling organisation
• Lead capital allocation decisions, investment appraisals, and support potential M&A and strategic growth opportunities
• Oversee cash flow, funding strategy, and banking relationships to support ongoing expansion
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance function capable of scaling with the business
• Champion operational excellence, financial discipline, and commercial performance across the organisation
• Support the development and execution of long-term strategic planning and value creation initiatives

Candidate Criteria

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong technical grounding and commercial application
• Minimum 4+ years operating at CFO or Finance Director level, ideally within a high-growth environment
• Proven experience reporting directly to a Board and operating as a key member of the executive leadership team
• Demonstrable track record of supporting or leading business expansion into new geographies/jurisdictions, ideally across Ireland, the UK, or wider international markets
• Significant experience operating within a highly regulated environment, with a strong understanding of governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence strategy and drive value creation
• Proven leadership capability, including building, scaling, and developing high-performing finance teams
• Experience working in fast-paced, growth-oriented organisations where agility and hands-on leadership are essential
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage credibly at Board and investor level

Next steps:

To hear more and be provided with a candidate pack, get in touch with Adam Myles via adam@artemis-humancapital.com