Chief Financial Officer - PE Backed Healthcare Services Platform (remote)
- Location: United States (East Coast Preferred)
- Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
- Ownership: Private Equity–Backed
- Industry: Pharmaceutical Services / Medical Communications
Company Overview (Confidential)
- 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 Opportunity
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.
Key Priorities
- 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
The role oversees a distributed global finance team (6 professionals across multiple countries). Travel is light.
Candidate Profile
Required
- 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
Preferred
- Experience preparing a company for sale
- Prior successful private equity exit experience
- Professional services, agency, or pharma services background
- CPA, MBA, or equivalent credentials
Compensation
- Base salary range: $225,000–$275,000
- Performance-based bonus
- Equity participation aligned with exit
- Executive benefits package
Why This Role Is Compelling
- Direct partnership with executive leadership and private equity sponsors
- Visible role shaping financial infrastructure during growth
- Clear acquisition roadmap
- Defined exit strategy
- Opportunity to step into CFO-level leadership without prior CFO title requirement
How to Express Interest
Qualified candidates who meet the required private equity and international finance criteria are invited to apply today and we will be in touch within 48 hours.
All inquiries will be handled with strict confidentiality.
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.