Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Artemis has been retained by a high-growth market leader headquartered in Northern Ireland, operating at scale across the region. The business has delivered 3x revenue growth over the past five years through a combination of organic expansion, strategic investment, and disciplined execution, and is now entering its next phase of value creation.

To support this journey, the Board are seeking to appoint a seasoned, highly strategic Chief Financial Officer. This is a top-tier CFO role, offering an outstanding package.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Board, the CFO will lead the finance function end-to-end while acting as a key strategic partner to the executive team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic leadership of the finance function, providing commercial insight, challenge, and decision support across the business
• Acting as a trusted adviser to the CEO, Board, and Inestors, supporting long-term value creation and exit planning
• Leading and delivering multi-million-pound CAPEX programmes, including business cases, funding structures, ROI analysis, and post-investment review
• Playing a central role in M&A activity, including target identification, financial modelling, due diligence, deal execution, and post-acquisition integration
• Owning the financial strategy, including forecasting, budgeting, cashflow management, covenant compliance, and capital structure optimisation
• Driving data-led, analytical insight across the organisation to support operational performance and margin enhancement
• Ensuring robust financial governance, controls, and risk management in a fast-scaling environment
• Building, leading, and developing a high-performing finance team capable of supporting continued growth and complexity
• Supporting systems, process, and reporting upgrades to ensure the business remains fit for scale and future exit requirements

The Person

• Proven experience as a CFO (or Finance Director ready to step up) in a scaling, commercially driven business. 40+ million turnover
• Strong track record of leading large-scale CAPEX investments and capital allocation decisions
• Demonstrable experience of acquisitions and integrations, ideally across multiple deals
• Deep analytical capability, with the ability to translate complex data into clear strategic insight
• Experience working closely with private equity investors, boards, and external stakeholders
• Professionally qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)