Group CFO / Chief Investment & Capital Officer (Holding Company)
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About the Role
Investor-minded finance leader sought for a private investment holding company. Role focuses on capital allocation, portfolio performance, governance, fundraising, and long-term shareholder value creation.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead capital allocation decisions across the Holding Company and Portfolio Management layers
- Manage portfolio performance, governance, fundraising, and long term shareholder value creation
- Execute M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, post merger integration, and capital structuring
- Balance strategic thinking with disciplined execution across multiple portfolio companies
- Influence decisions, navigate disagreements, and manage difficult conversations constructively
- Build systems that improve decision quality and hold management teams accountable for execution
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in capital allocation, portfolio management, and value creation
- Proven experience leading or supporting M&A transactions
- Experience executing buy and build and/or roll up strategies within investor led environments
- Strong stakeholder management across founders, executive leadership teams, investors, boards, and portfolio companies
- Strong commercial understanding of B2B products and services
- Practical experience using Generative AI tools and workflows
- Deep understanding of India and UAE business culture
- Experience working closely with founders and entrepreneurial leadership teams
- Bachelor's degree from a recognized university
- MBA and/or professional finance qualifications (CFA, CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent) strongly preferred
Full Job Posting
Opportunity Overview
- We are seeking an investor minded finance leader to work directly with the sole shareholder of a private investment holding company.
- This is not a traditional reporting CFO role. It is a leadership role focused on capital allocation, portfolio performance, governance, fundraising, and long term shareholder value creation.
- The successful candidate will operate across both the Holding Company and Portfolio Management layers, ensuring capital allocation decisions are directly linked to business performance, milestones, risk adjusted returns, and long term IRR.
Essential Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in capital allocation, portfolio management, and value creation.
- Proven experience leading or supporting M&A transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, post merger integration, and capital structuring.
- Experience executing buy and build and/or roll up strategies within investor led environments.
- Strong stakeholder management across founders, executive leadership teams, investors, boards, and portfolio companies.
- Ability to influence decisions, navigate disagreements, and manage difficult conversations constructively.
- Strong commercial understanding of B2B products and services.
- Practical experience using Generative AI tools and workflows to improve decision making and operating effectiveness.
- Experience in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Family Office, or investment holding company environments is strongly preferred.
Important Filters
- Deep understanding of India and UAE business culture, with the ability to operate effectively in relationship driven environments.
- Experience working closely with founders and entrepreneurial leadership teams.
- Experience operating within startup, growth stage, or investor led board environments.
- High commercial acumen with the ability to balance governance, speed, and execution.
Location
- Remote, open globally.
- Preference for candidates based in Dubai or India.
- Travel as required.
- Prior experience operating across multiple legal entities, jurisdictions, or investor led organizations is highly desirable.
Ideal Background
- Experience leading finance within B2B operating businesses.
- Exposure to fundraising, institutional investors, debt and equity financing, and capital markets.
- Strong financial discipline, treasury management, capital planning, and scenario modelling.
- A track record of improving business performance and creating measurable shareholder value.
- Experience working across multiple portfolio companies or business units.
The Mindset We Value
- Think like an investor.
- Operates like an owner.
- Allocates capital with discipline.
- Makes decisions based on risk adjusted returns.
- Challenges assumptions using data and commercial judgment.
- Builds systems that improve decision quality.
- Holds management teams accountable for execution.
- Maximizes long term shareholder value.
Education & Professional Credentials
- Bachelor's degree from a recognized university is required.
- MBA and/or professional finance qualifications (CFA, CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent) are strongly preferred.
- Exceptional candidates with a demonstrated track record in investing, M&A, capital allocation, and value creation will be considered irrespective of specific credentials.
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