CFO - PE Backed Healthcare Services Platform
About The Position
Our client is a mid-sized, investor-backed medical communications agency partnering with global biopharma and pharmaceutical organizations. The firm has established particular expertise in rare and specialty disease areas and supports clients across the product lifecycle. With a team of more than 100 professionals across North America and Europe, the organization delivers integrated scientific and strategic communications solutions. The company is seeking a hands-on, private equity–experienced finance leader to step into the CFO role during a pivotal growth stage. Prior CFO title experience is not required. The priority is capability: private equity exposure, multi-entity and international financial oversight, and readiness to prepare the business for scale and exit. This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic yet hands-on finance leader who thrives in entrepreneurial, internationally structured, private equity–backed environments and wants to help build and prepare a differentiated pharmaceutical services platform for exit.
Requirements
- Private equity portfolio company experience
- Multi-entity, international finance oversight
- Transfer pricing and cross-border structuring expertise
- Experience improving reporting rigor and audit readiness
- M&A integration exposure
- Willingness to be hands-on
Nice To Haves
- Experience preparing a company for sale
- Prior successful private equity exit experience
- Professional services, agency, or pharma services background
- CPA, MBA, or equivalent credentials
Responsibilities
- Elevate reporting to PE-grade standards
- Build board-ready financial packages and forecasting discipline
- Drive audit readiness and internal controls
- Implement transfer pricing and optimize international structure
- Complete integration of recent acquisition
- Support diligence and integration of 2–3 additional acquisitions
- Prepare financials for eventual sale
- Oversee a distributed global finance team (6 professionals across multiple countries).
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus
- Equity participation aligned with exit
- Executive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
