Ref: CR1164 We are partnering exclusively with a leading international, Private Equity-backed industrial organisation to appoint a European Finance Director/EMEA CFO . This is a senior finance leadership position responsible for transforming the European finance function, strengthening operational control and building the infrastructure required to support the next phase of growth.
Reporting directly to the Group CFO, the European Finance Director/EMEA CFO will lead a team across multiple European countries and establish a new Finance Centre of Excellence. The role will combine strategic finance leadership with significant hands‑on involvement across manufacturing operations, controls, reporting, data, systems and finance transformation.
Lead and develop the European finance organisation across a multi-country, multi-site manufacturing environment
Assess and restructure the existing finance organisation, addressing capability gaps and establishing clear ownership and accountability
Build and establish a Finance Centre of Excellence, creating a scalable centralised finance structure
Strengthen financial controls, reporting quality, data integrity and governance across the European businesses
Take ownership of finance transformation across processes, systems, automation and reporting infrastructure
Improve inventory reporting and controls, ensuring stronger alignment between financial records and physical plant operations
Build reliable financial and operational data to improve management insight and support commercial and operational decision-making
Drive the digitisation and automation of manual finance processes, improving efficiency,



consistency and visibility across the region
Support the integration and standardisation of legacy and acquired businesses, establishing scalable structures for future M&A; and post-merger integration activity
Provide financial insight around production allocation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing performance and wider operational decisions
Act as a senior finance partner to the Group CFO, European leadership team and Private Equity shareholders
Significant finance leadership experience within an industrial, manufacturing or similarly operational environment
Proven experience leading a multi-country or multi-site finance function, ideally across Europe
Strong finance transformation experience, with a track record of restructuring teams, strengthening controls and improving finance processes
Strong understanding of manufacturing finance, including inventory, plant operations, costing and operational performance
Experience improving financial data, reporting infrastructure, systems and process automation
Recognised accounting qualification, ideally combined with an audit or strong technical accounting foundation
Experience operating within a Private Equity-backed or similarly fast‑paced, high‑accountability environment
Hands‑on and pragmatic leadership style, with the willingness to work directly with local finance teams and manufacturing sites rather than operating purely at a corporate level
Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to challenge senior operational and business stakeholders
Fluent English; Spanish, German, French or additional European language capability would be advantageous
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📌 Senior Finance Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Finatal
📍 Barcelona