A pivotal finance leadership role within a high-growth, family-owned logistics business
Our client is a long-established and highly successful logistics and haulage business with over 50 years of heritage. Operating across Southern England, they have built a strong reputation for service excellence, reflected in consistently high customer satisfaction and market leadership within their region.
Following a sustained period of growth, with turnover projected to increase from c.£27m to £35m in the coming year and continued double-digit growth thereafter, the business is now seeking to appoint a Chief Financial Officer / Finance Director.
This represents a key appointment at an important stage in the company’s evolution, where stronger financial infrastructure, enhanced banking relationships and more forward-looking commercial insight will underpin the next phase of growth.
The Role
Working closely with the owners on a day-to-day basis, the CFO / FD will play a central role in strengthening the financial platform of the business while also contributing to future growth strategy.
Key responsibilities will include:
*Providing overall leadership of financial accounting, reporting and controls
*Developing a more robust treasury and funding strategy, including strengthening relationships with lenders and supporting future funding exercises
*Partnering with the owners to shape medium and long-term business plans, aligning financial strategy with growth ambitions
*Introducing greater rigour around financial analysis, scenario planning and return on investment across operational initiatives
*Ensuring appropriate financial controls, governance and risk management frameworks are in place to support a scaling business
*Enhancing systems, reporting and processes, including optimisation of existing platforms such as Sage 200
This is a hands-on role in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, requiring both technical credibility and commercial pragmatism.
The Person
We are seeking a commercially aware and relationship-driven finance leader, capable of operating credibly at both operational and strategic levels within a family-owned business.
You will bring:
*A recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), with a strong grounding in financial reporting standards
*Proven experience as a Finance Director or CFO within a growing SME environment
*Strong experience of banking relationships, funding structures and debt facilities, ideally including asset-backed finance
*The ability to introduce structure and insight into a business that has grown successfully but requires more formalised financial planning and analysis
*Excellent interpersonal skills, with the credibility to act as a trusted advisor to owner-managers and external stakeholders
*A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, with the ability to balance attention to detail with commercial decision making
Experience within logistics, transport or asset-intensive sectors would be advantageous but is not essential.
The Opportunity
*A rare opportunity to shape the financial direction of a successful and growing regional market leader
*Direct access to, and influence with, the owners of the business
*The chance to elevate and improve the finance function and play a key role in supporting continued expansion
*Exposure to future funding strategy and lender engagement as the business outgrows its current facilities
This role will suit a finance leader who enjoys working closely with owners, bringing both technical discipline and commercial value, and who is motivated by the opportunity to make a visible and lasting impact within a well-established business.