CFO - PE Backed Healthcare Services Platform

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
  
  

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.