Chief Financial Officer – PE-Backed Manufacturing

Location: Vicenza, Veneto
Sector: Manufacturing / Industrial
Compensation: €80,000–120,000 + Bonus + LTI

The Opportunity

Our client is a Private Equity-backed manufacturing business based in the Vicenza area, currently going through an important phase of growth and organisational development.

The company is looking to appoint a Chief Financial Officer who will take ownership of the Finance function and play a key role alongside the CEO, senior management team and Private Equity shareholder.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership position within an industrial environment. The CFO will be expected to combine strong financial discipline with a genuine understanding of the underlying business, working closely with Operations and the wider management team to improve performance, strengthen financial processes and support the company's next phase of development.

The role will have significant exposure to the Private Equity shareholder, with responsibility for providing accurate and insightful financial information, supporting value creation initiatives and contributing to strategic decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and develop the overall Finance function, ensuring robust financial governance and high-quality financial information.

• Take ownership of the company's financial strategy and performance in partnership with the CEO and senior leadership team.

• Oversee Accounting, Controlling, Treasury, Tax and Financial Planning & Analysis.

• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.

• Develop and manage the annual budget, business plan and rolling forecasts.

• Provide management with clear analysis of financial and operational performance, highlighting risks, opportunities and corrective actions.

• Drive continuous improvement across Finance processes, systems and controls.

Industrial Finance & Performance

• Develop a strong understanding of the economics of the manufacturing business and its key performance drivers.

• Monitor and improve margins, production costs, working capital, inventory and cash flow.

• Partner closely with Operations to improve financial visibility and operational performance.

• Strengthen cost accounting, management reporting and KPI frameworks.

• Support investment decisions through robust financial analysis and business cases.

• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency and cash generation.

Private Equity & Value Creation

• Act as a key financial partner to the Private Equity shareholder.

• Lead and coordinate regular investor and board reporting.

• Provide transparent analysis of business performance against budget, business plan and value creation objectives.

• Support the development and execution of the company's value creation plan.

• Contribute to strategic initiatives, including potential M&A, investments, restructuring or other corporate development activities.

• Ensure Finance is equipped to support the company's growth and future evolution.

Team & Organisation

• Lead, develop and structure the Finance team according to the company's growth requirements.

• Establish clear responsibilities, processes and performance standards within the function.

• Build a culture of accountability, business partnership and continuous improvement.

• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Commercial, HR and other senior stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

• Significant experience in a senior Finance leadership position, ideally as CFO, Finance Director, Group CFO or equivalent.

• Strong background within a manufacturing / industrial environment.

• Solid understanding of financial accounting, controlling, budgeting, forecasting, treasury and cash-flow management.

• Strong experience with industrial KPIs, cost accounting, working capital and profitability analysis.

• Proven ability to work closely with a CEO and senior management team as a genuine business partner.

• Experience producing high-quality reporting for shareholders, boards or other senior stakeholders.

• Strong commercial and analytical mindset, with the ability to translate financial data into clear business decisions.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

• Fluent English is preferred.

PE / Transaction Experience

Previous experience in a Private Equity-backed environment is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate will understand the pace, transparency and reporting requirements associated with PE ownership and will be comfortable working directly with investors on:

• Board and investor reporting

• Budget and business plan processes

• Value creation initiatives

• Cash and working capital optimisation

• Performance improvement

• M&A / add-on acquisitions

• Strategic financial planning

Candidates coming from a strong industrial finance background with relevant exposure to shareholders, investors, M&A or transformation environments will also be considered.

The Ideal Profile

We are looking for a CFO who is both strategic and hands-on.

This is not a role for a purely corporate Finance executive operating at a distance from the business. The successful candidate will be comfortable going into the detail when required, understanding manufacturing economics and working directly with operational teams, while also being able to engage confidently with the CEO, Board and Private Equity investors.

The ideal profile combines:

• Strong financial and technical foundations

• Industrial / manufacturing experience

• Commercial and operational understanding

• PE mindset and shareholder exposure

• Strong leadership capabilities

• A pragmatic, hands-on approach

• Ability to operate in a growing and evolving organisation

What We Offer

• €80,000–120,000 gross annual salary, depending on experience and seniority

• Annual Bonus / MBO

• Long-Term Incentive (LTI)

• Senior leadership position within a Private Equity-backed industrial business

• Direct exposure to the CEO, senior management and PE shareholder

• Significant scope to influence the Finance function and wider business performance

• Opportunity to contribute to the company's next phase of growth and value creation

Location: Vicenza, Veneto

Head of Corporate Development

Confidential | Wealth Management | United States

Phipps Cameron is partnering with a leading, private equity-backed wealth management firm to appoint a Head of Corporate Development.

The business is a scaled, established RIA with approximately $38bn+ in AUM, a national footprint, and a strong track record of organic growth. Having built significant scale organically, the firm is now looking to accelerate M&A as a complementary growth channel and is seeking a senior corporate development leader to build and lead this strategy.

This is a highly visible role working directly with the President, CEO, COO, private equity sponsor and Board. The successful candidate will take ownership of the M&A agenda, with a particular focus on building a proactive origination engine and developing long-term relationships with RIA owners, founders and advisor teams.

This is not a high-volume acquisition strategy. The focus is on identifying a select number of high-quality transactions with strong strategic, financial and cultural alignment that can make a meaningful contribution to the continued growth of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the firm's corporate development and M&A strategy.
• Build a proactive and increasingly proprietary pipeline of acquisition opportunities across the U.S. wealth management market.
• Develop trusted relationships with RIA founders, business owners, advisors and relevant intermediaries.
• Lead opportunities from initial origination through valuation, diligence, negotiation, structuring and execution.
• Assess potential transactions across strategic fit, financial attractiveness, cultural alignment and execution risk.
• Prepare investment cases and recommendations for senior leadership, the private equity sponsor and Board.
• Support the recruitment of high-quality advisor teams as part of the firm's broader growth strategy.
• Provide ongoing market intelligence around valuations, competitive dynamics and consolidation across the RIA landscape.
• Partner closely with internal finance, operations, legal and integration teams throughout the transaction lifecycle.

Candidate Profile

We are interested in individuals who combine strong M&A capability with genuine origination and relationship-building experience.

Relevant backgrounds could include corporate development within wealth management or financial services, private equity, investment banking, RIA business development, or adjacent sectors with similarly fragmented and relationship-driven M&A markets, including insurance brokerage.

Candidates should demonstrate:

• A strong track record of originating and/or executing M&A transactions.
• Experience within wealth management, RIAs, insurance brokerage or adjacent financial services.
• An established network and the credibility to develop senior relationships with founders and business owners.
• Strong financial, valuation and transaction skills.
• Commercial judgment and the ability to identify opportunities beyond formally marketed processes.
• The ability to operate autonomously while partnering effectively with a senior executive team and sophisticated private equity sponsor.
• An entrepreneurial, relationship-led approach with a focus on transaction quality rather than volume.

Location

The business is headquartered on the West Coast, with Los Angeles preferred, although candidates can be based anywhere in the United States for the right individual.

This represents an opportunity to take ownership of M&A within an established, high-growth wealth management platform, with significant capital, senior-level sponsorship and substantial opportunity to build out its inorganic growth strategy.

Group Financial Controller

Reporting to: Group FD and CFO
Exposure: High interaction with C-SUite

Business Overview

UK based, PE-backed specialist insurance group with 350,000+ policyholders and multiple operating businesses across insurance broking, underwriting and direct distribution.

The Group has expanded from niche personal lines into commercial and digitally focused insurance, with an active acquisition strategy aimed at significantly increasing the scale of the business over the coming years.

Role Context

This is a senior Group Controllership role within a growing, acquisitive insurance platform. The successful candidate will take ownership of the Group's financial control environment and lead the integration of acquired businesses into the wider finance function.

The role combines hands-on financial controllership, team leadership and acquisition integration, with significant interaction across finance and the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial control: Own the Group's financial control environment, ensuring robust processes, controls, governance and month-end reporting.

• Acquisition integration: Lead the financial integration of acquired businesses, including group reporting, systems, processes, controls and policies.

• Team leadership: Lead and develop a finance controllership team of c.15, providing direction, coaching and performance management.

• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to standardise, automate and improve finance processes across the Group.

• Technical finance: Provide technical and commercial input into wider finance projects and strategic initiatives.

• Senior stakeholder management: Partner closely with senior finance, operational and business stakeholders to support continued Group growth.

• Tax & treasury: Provide oversight and input across tax and treasury alongside core controllership responsibilities.

Candidate Profile

Looking for an experienced insurance finance / controllership leader who can operate at Group level while maintaining a strong grip on the detail.

Key attributes:

• Significant insurance sector experience

• Strong financial controllership background within a complex, multi-entity environment

• Proven experience leading and developing large finance teams

• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and reporting

• Experience with acquisition integration

• Exposure to tax and/or treasury

• Strong technical and commercial finance capability

• Comfortable operating strategically while remaining hands-on when required

Head of Data

Location: Fareham, UK

Wealth Management

Competitive Salary

We are working with a dynamic, forward-looking wealth management business that is redefining how clients experience investment and financial planning. Combining digital innovation with trusted advisory expertise, the business is scaling rapidly, delivering personalised client solutions and driving operational excellence across its platform. Positioned at the forefront of the sector, the firm is helping shape the future of wealth management.

We are seeking a highly strategic and technically skilled Head of Data who will be responsible for ensuring data capability and governance underpin strategic priorities, drive value creation and enable data driven product, client and commercial decisions. The role combines hands on technical leadership with strong commercial acumen and outstanding stakeholder engagement to accelerate the monetisation of data across platforms, products and client solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Partnering with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to optimise data strategy and execution, ensuring alignment across data governance, engineering, analytics and product initiatives.
• Leading high priority data initiatives, including data platform enhancements, data product development, pricing and commercial models for data-enabled solutions and market and customer analytics, ensuring recommendations are actionable and data-driven.
• Driving end-to-end execution of data led initiatives, tracking progress, resolving roadblocks and fostering a culture of accountability across data, tech and commercial teams.
• Monitoring data platform and analytics performance, supporting commercial decision making and identifying opportunities for optimisation, innovation and growth.
• Embedding risk management, data privacy and regulatory alignment across data.

The Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience in a senior data leadership role within wealth management, asset management or broader financial services (e.g., Head of Data, Chief Data Officer or equivalent).
• Strong strategic, operational and analytical skills, with a track record of delivering cross functional data driven programmes to completion.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex data or digital transformations, including data architecture, data governance, ML/AI enablement and data monetisation.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage senior executives, boards and external partners.
• Commercially astute, able to align data strategy and delivery with business outcomes, revenue opportunities and client value propositions.
• Highly organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities in a fast p paced environment.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, data privacy and data management best practices relevant to UK wealth management.
• Hands on but strategically focused: comfortable contributing technically when needed while driving the overarching data strategy and commercial ambitions.

For more information, please apply for this role or contact Elliot O'Shea-Cowan at elliot.oshea-cowan@phippscameron.com.