Regional Chief Financial Officer — Managed-Services Unit

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard within a institutionally backed enterprise technology and digital-products group. The immediate arena is the managed-services unit during a platform reliability gap. For mandate 123, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer operating perimeter covers approximately £1,850 million in annual recurring revenue portfolio, with activity spanning several managed-services unit customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Technology remit carries direct influence over roughly 475 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Regional Chief Financial Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the managed-services unit. The Regional Chief Financial Officer Technology seat must resolve a platform reliability gap, while preserving the underlying strengths of the managed-services unit. For mandate 123, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer’s first year on the managed-services unit is expected to end with cash, forecast confidence and investment governance. In mandate 123, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Regional Chief Financial Officer — Managed-Services Unit requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a platform reliability gap created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the managed-services unit. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Regional Chief Financial Officer value-creation thesis for the managed-services unit, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately £1,850 million in annual recurring revenue portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Regional Chief Financial Officer Technology organisation of about 475 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the managed-services unit economics and execution constraints created by a platform reliability gap, with Regional Chief Financial Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Regional Chief Financial Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the managed-services unit; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have signed or directly owned board financial statements, liquidity decisions and investment cases at the stated scale in mandate 123.
• Build the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the managed-services unit, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Technology organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the managed-services unit baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Regional Chief Financial Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the managed-services unit, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable managed-services unit trend against cash, forecast confidence and investment governance, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s agreed first-year managed-services unit value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Regional Chief Financial Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the managed-services unit’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Regional Chief Financial Officer mandate’s highest-priority managed-services unit risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical managed-services unit talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Regional Chief Financial Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Regional Chief Financial Officer-owned improvement in the managed-services unit operating constraint behind a platform reliability gap, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 123: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Regional CFO, Divisional CFO or Finance Vice President in a institutionally backed Technology or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the managed-services unit, your Regional Chief Financial Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Regional Chief Financial Officer brief.

As a Regional Chief Financial Officer candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Technology or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of £1,050 million and led an organisation of at least 325 people.

For mandate 123, the board wants two transitions: a difficult managed-services unit portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a platform reliability gap. As the prospective Regional Chief Financial Officer for this managed-services unit, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 123 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Regional Chief Financial Officer must be based in London; international relocation is supported, but this Technology role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional CFO, Divisional CFO or Finance Vice President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Technology governance forum.
• Proven Regional Chief Financial Officer ownership of at least £1,050 million and leadership of no fewer than 325 employees in a comparable managed-services unit context.
• One completed Technology or adjacent-sector example of regional capital and performance discipline lagging the enterprise standard with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Regional Chief Financial Officer-level managed-services unit consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the London location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 123.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Regional Chief Financial Officer package is £290,000–390,000 base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final managed-services unit scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 123 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Regional Chief Financial Officer appointment in London, centred on the managed-services unit, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 123.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 123. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 123.