Fractional CFO - #2194916

• Interim Fractional CFO
• Consumer experience required
• 2 days a month

Interim Fractional CFO - Consumer

• Interim Fractional CFO / Strategic Finance Advisor
• 2 days per month
• £1,000 per day ltd
• VC-Backed Consumer Goods / Challenger Brand
• Immediate Start

The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Interim Fractional CFO to act as a senior strategic partner to a Founder and Finance Director for a fast-growing challenger consumer brand. You will bring commercial acumen and healthy challenge required to help scale the business into a major market player.

In this role, you will help improve the quality of financial decision-making, optimise capital allocation, and meticulously prepare the business for future institutional fundraising and an ultimate strategic exit.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Scale

• Strategic Foundations: Establish the financial framework required to transition from an emerging challenger to a scaled consumer business
• Corporate Strategy: Lead long-term financial planning, scenario modelling, and corporate development.

Fundraising & Exit Readiness

• Series B Preparation: Shape future fundraising strategies, ensuring the business is operationally and financially ready for a Series B round
• Exit Planning: Map out long-term strategic exit options and optimise the business structure to maximise valuation.
• Investor Relations: Manage communication with current institutional investors

Mentorship & Team Development

• Executive Coaching: Mentor and support the Finance Director, ensuring the internal finance and operations functions elevate as the business expands.

Skills & Experience Required

• Direct experience scaling the finance function within a high-growth consumer business.
• Proven ability to navigate relationships between Founders, the Senior Leadership Team, the Board, and institutional investors.
• Demonstrated success in leading fundraising rounds.
• Exceptional communication skills with a passionate, coaching-led approach to developing internal finance talent.
• Deep experience operating at board level as a non-executive director or CFO.