Chief Financial Officer Cfo

**PORTFOLIO CFOs: NUREMBERG, GERMANY**

**OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CFO CENTRE - NUREMBERG**

**Who are we?**

The CFO Centre is the global no. 1 provider of portfolio CFO services and, to support growing demand for our services, we are looking to add to our team of CFOs to deliver the company’s unique style of portfolio CFO services: delivering time, money and peace of mind to enterprising owner managers of small to mid-tier businesses (€2M - €100M).

SMEs typically do not need, or want, a full-time CFO but do need ongoing financial leadership. Our model provides them with a flexible, affordable option to acquire this skill set from a business whose **purpose** is making a real difference to our worldwide client base.

We’re 750+ people, in 5 continents, across 17 countries and we started The CFO Centre to change the lives of SME business owners.

**What’s the opportunity?**

We’re expanding our team of CFOs across Germany and are looking for commercially minded, ambitious CFOs with entrepreneurial drive who are passionate about working closely with business owners/CEOs of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs).

Are you a highly experienced Chief Financial Officer, based in or near **Nuremberg**? Are you looking for something different to the confines of corporate life and to be able to take control of your work life balance? If so, a portfolio career with The CFO Centre could be for you.

We and our CFOs are in the privileged position of being able to change our clients’ lives by helping them to achieve their business and life ambitions. We’re also changing the lives of our CFOs by helping them to take back control of their work life balance. Would you like to be part of this team?

The role is self-employed, whilst operating within a defined model, combining the benefits of being part of a team and supported by a well-established organisation, but with a level of autonomy and freedom in how you deliver outcomes for clients. The role will have the full support of the Group CEO and our Group Head of Operations, along with marketing and operational support from the Global Head Office team.

**What we do**

We define and deliver the numbers that _really_ matter. What does that mean? Well, anyone can come up with numbers, the difference with us is that we help our clients find the numbers that _really_ make a difference, not only to their business, but to their lives, and help deliver them Whether that’s growth, acquisition, consolidation, exit or setting them up for the lifestyle they’ve always wanted.
- “Working with the CFO Centre has been a game changer for me and my business. Not only have we doubled our revenue but I’m now able to focus on the things that really matter in the business now”. - CEO, Client Company_

**Could this be for you?**

You’ll join a collective team of former CFOs, CEOs, Executives, CFOs and successful business owners who count themselves at the top of their game and who’ve experienced success in their former lives.
- “I started here 4 years ago and I’m loving the lifestyle and loving the difference I can make to the clients I’m working with.”_

**Do you have experience in any of the following?**
- Driving strategic direction of a business
- Increasing profit
- Sourcing funding
- Improving cash flow
- Selling/exiting businesses
- Tightening up compliance, Improving systems and controls
- Optimizing tax and legal
- Implementing KPI reporting
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Identifying risks, Reviewing business plans
- A strong ‘people person’ with a natural ability to build relationships;
- Client focused;
- A ‘ team player’ who thrives on contributing to a high performance team;
- Highly networked and love meeting new people, developing business and ensuring client satisfaction;
- Energetic, motivated, able to make things happen;
- Organized and dependable;
- Entrepreneurial and non-corporate, seeking the freedom to work semi-autonomously;
- A life-long learner.

**Your Qualifications**:

- You have worked as a CFO for a minimum of 5 years during your finance career;
- You have a finance related degree, MBA or professional accounting qualification;
- You have a breadth of sector and transactional experience.

**Job Type**: Contract

Pay: Up to 165.000,00€ per year

Application Question(s):

- Are you legally permitted to work in Germany?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- CFO: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person