We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join Paragon Central Europe at an important stage of its growth and development.
Five national Paragon organisations across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland have recently come together as one integrated region, representing €230m+ in annual revenue and around 630 employees. As the region continues to scale, the CFO will join the Central Europe Board and take a leading role in shaping its financial, commercial and strategic direction.
Reporting directly to the CEO Central Europe, with a functional relationship to the Group CFO, this is a broad leadership role that goes beyond financial stewardship. You will act as a strategic and commercial partner to the CEO, COO and wider leadership team, providing the insight and challenge needed to support growth, strengthen performance and ensure the business has the financial infrastructure, discipline and governance to operate effectively across five countries.
Your remit will span:
- Strategic financial leadership and business partnering
- Financial planning, forecasting, reporting and control
- Cash flow, working capital, treasury and financing
- Commercial decision-making, investment cases and cost efficiency
- Governance, legal, risk and regulatory compliance across five countries
- Finance transformation, process improvement and systems investment
- M&A, restructuring and integration initiatives where relevant
- Building and developing a high-performing regional finance team
About you:
We’re looking for a senior finance leader who has successfully navigated growth, transformation or multi-country integration, and who can combine financial rigour with commercial pragmatism.
You will be a connecting, principled leader who is approachable and down-to-earth, decisive when required, commercially minded and able to translate financial complexity into clear guidance for non-financial stakeholders.
You will bring:
- 12–15+ years of senior finance experience, with substantial experience as a CFO or in a comparable end-to-end senior finance role
- Experience in an outsourced, business services, staffing, facilities or other people-intensive environment is highly relevant
- A track record of operating in and scaling an organisation of broadly €100m–€300m revenue
- Strong technical expertise across accounting, control, tax and treasury, combined with commercial and strategic acumen
- International, multi-country experience, ideally including knowledge of the German, Dutch and/or Belgian markets
- Board-level experience or experience working closely with Executive and Supervisory Boards
- Experience with transformation, M&A, restructuring or multi-country integration is an advantage
- A university degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business Administration; a professional qualification such as ACA/ACCA/CPA or equivalent is a strong plus
- Native German or Dutch and fluent English
Location: Flexible within the Central Europe region, with regular travel, mainly to Germany and the Netherlands.
All qualified applicants will be considered fairly and without discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the application process, please let us know, and we will be happy to assist.
Please note that due to the high volume of responses we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted.
Salary: €180,000 + bonus
Contract: Permanent
Location: Central Europe region