Description

Page Executive
Leading European company currently expanding.

Page Executive
As the CFO, you will set up and lead the financial function in a new market, ensuring compliance and integration with group standards. The role combines strategic vision with hands-on execution, including legal setup and active involvement in M&A growth. Market Entry & Setup

• Lead the design and implementation of financial infrastructure for Spain, including legal entity setup, accounting systems, tax registration, and banking relationships.
• Establish local governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with Spanish regulations and alignment with group standards.
• Develop and implement internal controls, risk management protocols, and financial policies from the ground up.
• Ensure adoption of financial reporting best practices to support transparency and scalability.

Strategic Finance Leadership

• Serve as a strategic partner to the Group CFO, jointly owning the P&L and shaping the financial direction of the Spanish business.
• Act as a key intermediary managing reporting and alignment with the Group Executive Board and collaboration with other countries.
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling for Spain.
• Support M&A activity, including sourcing, target evaluation, due diligence, and integration.

Financial Operations & Control

• Oversee statutory reporting, tax compliance, treasury, and audit processes.
• Ensure accurate and timely integration into group reporting structures, including IFRS compliance and monthly consolidation.
• Drive working capital efficiency, cash forecasting, and cost control.
• Implement scalable systems and processes to support future growth.

Commercial Decision Support

• Provide financial insight to support pricing, contract profitability, and bid strategies.
• Translate financial data into actionable intelligence for operational and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with commercial and operational teams to drive margin improvement.

Team Development & Leadership

• Lead a high-performing finance team in Spain, ensuring capability and alignment with group standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, performance, and collaboration.
• Champion capability development and change management across the finance function.

Transformation & Integration

• Modernize tools, data flows, and reporting to align with group standards.
• Contribute to ESG reporting and support financial inputs for sustainability certifications and impact tracking.

Page Executive

• Proven experience in senior finance leadership roles, ideally in a buy-and-build platform or market-entry context.
• Proven experience in B2B service environments, managing long-term contractual frameworks and complex project accounting within highly working-capital-intensive operations.
• Deep understanding of Spanish GAAP, tax law, and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with IFRS, group consolidation, and private equity environments.
• Strong track record in financial transformation, operational improvement, and team leadership.
• M&A and integration experience is required, including sourcing, execution, and post-deal alignment.

Other skills:

• Entrepreneurial and pragmatic, with a hands-on approach to building from scratch.
• High integrity, ownership mindset, and commercial acumen.
• Strong communicator and trusted advisor across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Resilient, adaptable, and motivated by continuous improvement.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

Page Executive
Great opportunity in a leading European company currently expanding.