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GROUP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – Rif. GFO/AZ

Company
On behalf of a leading Italian Industrial Group, with multi-site production and foreign branches, backed by a primary international PE firm with a strong track record of successful growth investments, we are looking for a
Job position
GROUP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – Rif. GFO/AZ
Place of employment
North-East Italy
Description
Reporting directly to the CEO and with a direct exposure to the shareholders, the Group CFO will oversee Administration, Finance & Control, Legal, and IT functions.

Key responsibilities
• Provide strategic financial leadership to support the CEO and executive team in achieving the Group business objectives, ensuring financial stability, growth and value creation
• Oversee the preparation, accuracy and timeliness of the Group’s financial planning processes, including budgeting, forecasts, and management reports
• Supervise the preparation of the statutory financial statements and the fulfillment of tax declarations
• Optimize the Group cash flow, working capital, and liquidity to maintain a strong financial position and support ongoing operations and strategic investments
• Manage relationships with banks and investors while optimizing capital structure and financing
• Evaluate and approve major investments and capital expenditures, ensuring financial discipline and alignment with Group strategy
• Guarantee accurate revenue recognition and full compliance with accounting standards and audit requirements
• Lead financial integration of newly acquired companies, harmonizing systems, reporting, and controls with group standards
• Drive digitalization of financial systems and processes to enhance reporting and data-driven decision making
• Coordinate the legal and IT functions, proactively manage risk, strategic transactions (pre and post deal) and ensure effective support to all Group functions in daily operations
• Lead and develop a high-performing team while fostering accountability and professional growth

Requirements
• Proven track record as a CFO in international multi-site manufacturing companies
• Significant experience in managing group-level reporting, budgeting and forecasting in a multinational fast-paced environment
• Strong track record within a Private Equity context, preferably as a CFO of a portfolio company of comparable complexity
• Pragmatic, operational mindset with a track record in building scalable control systems
• Analytical rigor, strong problem-solving skills and data-driven decision making mindset
• Result-oriented and proactive approach with solid project management skills
• Robust leadership and communication skills
• Fluency in Italian and English


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Marco Di Falco

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Born in Treviso in 1981. After completing his classical studies, he graduated in Law cum laude from Bocconi University in 2003. Between 2003 and 2005 he worked in Milan at the law firms Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners and Lombardi Molinari e Associati, dealing mainly with M&A.

In 2005 he joined McKinsey & Company, where he remained until 2013 assisting Italian and foreign clients operating in a number of sectors, including retail/consumer, automotive, luxury goods, energy, telecom, banking, insurance, both in growth and in restructuring contexts. 

From 2007 to 2009 he was in Boston, where he obtained his MBA from Harvard Business School.

In 2013 he joined Coesia, a multinational company based in Bologna and a world excellence in packaging machinery, where he took responsibility for the Group’s Business Development and Strategic Planning. In this role he was to lead the M&A team, completing acquisition and divestment transactions with Italian and foreign counterparts, industrial investors and private equity funds. He also supported the senior management of Group companies in the strategic and operational development of their respective businesses.

In 2016, he co-founded EasyCoop, the food e-commerce business developed with Coop Alleanza 3.0. As Chief Operating Officer he had responsibilities spanning operations, sales and finance and control, contributing decisively to the development of one of the most innovative food e-commerce companies in Europe.

Over the years, he has advised leading Italian and foreign private equity funds, especially in the industrial sector and within the sphere of M&A transactions.

In 2021 he acquired Dotto Research and took over its leadership.

In 2023 he was elected member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chair of Penrhyn, one of the main international networks of independent executive search firms. In 2024 he was elected Chairman of Penrhyn.

A profile with an international outlook but strongly rooted in the North East of Italy, he follows selected executive search and consultancy assignments, placing at the service of investors, entrepreneurs and managers a background that combines experience in advisory, direct management and extraordinary transactions.

Passionate about various sports (including spearfishing, skiing, tennis, trekking), he was above all else a member of the youth selections of Benetton Rugby and the Italian national rugby team, with which he participated in the U19 World Cup. And it is precisely in the course of his life as a sportsman that his great passion for people, their individual and collective development, and the awareness of how crucial the role of the team is for the success of individuals, and vice versa, have grown.