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Strategic Finance Partner

United Kingdom, London 90000.00 - 130000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted March 20, 2026
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A rapidly expanding Private Equity-backed group is seeking an ambitious Partner to establish and lead a central finance centre of excellence supporting a growing portfolio of businesses. This is a rare opportunity for a commercially minded Chartered Accountant from a Big 4 accountancy practice background to build and lead scalable finance capability across multiple businesses in the portfolio. Working closely with investors and senior leadership, you will play a central role in supporting portfolio companies, shaping financial strategy, and contributing to acquisition activity as the group continues to expand.

Job Responsibility

  • Establishing and leading a central finance centre of excellence supporting multiple portfolio companies
  • Acting as the finance subject matter expert across the group, providing commercially focused financial guidance
  • Supporting portfolio leadership teams with strategic financial insight and decision-making
  • Building and leading a high-performing finance team across UK hires and global BPO capability (e.g. India or South Africa)
  • Designing scalable reporting, governance, and financial oversight frameworks across the portfolio
  • Supporting mergers and acquisitions activity, including financial evaluation, due diligence input, and post-acquisition financial integration
  • Identifying opportunities to expand finance services across the investment portfolio
  • Helping develop the capability into a large and successful accountancy practice over the next five years

Requirements

  • Chartered Accountant (ACA / ACCA)
  • Experience in setting up a centralised finance function from scratch
  • Background in a Big 4 accountancy practice (highly desirable)
  • Minimum of 5 years post-qualified experience
  • Experience in senior finance leadership or advisory roles
  • Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking
  • Knowledge of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme)
  • Exposure to mergers and acquisitions, financial due diligence, or transaction advisory work
  • Comfortable working with investors, CEOs, and senior leadership teams
  • Ambition and intrapreneurial mindset to build and scale a successful finance service centre

Nice to have

  • Background in a Big 4 accountancy practice
  • Exposure to mergers and acquisitions, financial due diligence, or transaction advisory work

What we offer

  • Share options available
  • Opportunity to build and lead a new finance practice from the ground up
  • Significant influence over strategy and growth
  • Share options and long-term value creation potential
  • Exposure to portfolio growth and acquisition activity

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