Chief Financial Officer (UK)

Job title: Chief Financial Officer

Salary: £150k-180k+ dependent on experience, plus bonus & benefits

Location: Glasgow, hybrid 3 days in office

Play a leading role in building a great business and shaping the next chapter of Macs Adventure.

Scaling a business profitably takes more than growing revenue. It takes strong commercial judgement, smart investment decisions and the ambition to build a great business.

We're looking for a highly commercial, forward-thinking financial leader to help shape the next chapter of Macs Adventure. You'll be a trusted strategic partner to our CEO, Neil Lapping, helping shape business strategy, drive profitable growth and make the decisions that create long-term value.

As a key member of our Business Leadership Team, you'll drive EBITDA and margin improvement, strengthen financial capability and help build a great business that can scale efficiently and sustainably.

Whether you're an established CFO or an experienced Finance Director, it's your capability, commercial mindset and ambition that matter most – not your current title.

About Macs Adventure

We’re a scaling adventure tour operator on a mission to be the leading global brand in self-guided, active travel.

Welcoming over 40,000 customers on walking and cycling trips to destinations around the world, we employ over 140 people across the UK, US and Germany who share our purpose to create #macsmoments by leading, advocating & enabling self-guided, active travel as a positive force for people and planet.

Our Culture

We’re an ambitious, forward-thinking business with a bold vision for the future, and our culture reflects these ambitions. We’re an action-oriented, fast-paced organisation and we like to have fun along the way. We’re looking for people who can grow with Macs and join us on our journey to become the world’s leading active travel company. It’s not the easy route and we’re looking for people who enjoy challenges, love learning, want to make an impact and align with our core values:

• Love the journey: A Macs trip is all about the journey, not the destination. We are all believers in Macs’ unique brand of self-guided, active travel and shout about it. As more travellers convert to the Macs Way, we accept our business will grow and change. We welcome new connections, and embrace to new opportunities. Carpe diem!

• Take a different path: We’re not different for different’s sake; but we won’t succeed if we’re just the same as everyone else. We devise creative solutions to problems, find new ways of doing things, and trust colleagues who are doing so too. We are brave and feel empowered to take the initiative. We ask ourselves: is what I’m doing authentically Macs?

• Tread thoughtfully: We are considerate, empathetic and try to put ourselves in our customers’, suppliers’ and each other’s shoes. We support local, and find ways of having less negative impact on the planet. We find ways of having positive impact on people and communities. We are fair, and we do the right thing.

• Go the extra mile: We know that creating a perfect #MacsMoment involves going that bit further. We imagine the best feedback we can get and set out to earn it. We take ownership and accountability – it’s yours, not someone else’s, problem. We step up and help our team mates when they need us.

What you’ll do;

• Drive profitable growth and enterprise value, improving EBITDA, margins and commercial performance to deliver sustainable, long-term value.

• Shape financial strategy and investment decisions, partnering with the CEO to allocate capital effectively, manage risk and support our growth ambitions.

• Drive financial performance and insight, ensuring the CEO, Board and business leaders have the forward-looking information and commercial understanding to make better decisions.

• Safeguard the financial strength of the business, overseeing treasury, risk, compliance and governance, while maintaining readiness for future strategic opportunities.

• Build a scalable, high-performing finance function, working with our Group Financial Controller to strengthen capability, systems, processes and automation.

• Be a trusted commercial partner, bringing independent judgement, constructive challenge and financial insight to decisions across the business.

What you’ll bring;

• Significant senior financial leadership experience, whether as a CFO or experienced Finance Director, with a track record of contributing to profitable growth and influencing business strategy.

• Strong commercial judgement, with a deep understanding of EBITDA, gross margin, unit economics, cost-to-serve and the drivers of enterprise value.

• Proven experience improving financial performance, delivering margin improvement, cost efficiencies and stronger commercial outcomes across a business.

• Experience developing and scaling finance functions, strengthening systems, processes, reporting and controls, with an understanding of how technology, automation and AI can improve efficiency and insight.

• Strong financial and strategic expertise, spanning financial planning, capital allocation, forecasting, treasury management, governance and risk.

• The ability to build and develop high-performing teams, empowering capable leaders, creating accountability and strengthening commercial finance capability.

• Credibility and confidence as a strategic business partner, able to influence and constructively challenge senior leaders, engage with Boards and contribute to business-wide decisions.

• An entrepreneurial, improvement-focused mindset, with the curiosity to challenge how things are done, the drive to make things better and the ambition to help build a great business.

You could belong here;

To deliver adventures for more than 40,000 customers we need to build a company that’s reflective of their diversity. We’re building an inclusive workplace that promotes and values difference, where everyone, from any background, can do their best work and be proud to belong.

What we’ll offer

As well as your salary;

• ANNUAL LEAVE: We want you to be able to take holidays that matter to you, so 8 public holidays are included in your annual leave allowance of 33 days, which increases to 35 days after 5 years’ service.

• BIRTHDAY BOOSTER: An extra day off on your birthday!

• PENSION: We offer a contributory pension scheme.

• DISCOUNTS: Enjoy generous discounts on Macs Adventure trips — you'll get to experience the same self-guided adventures we create for our customers, at a price that makes it easy to say yes. It's a perk built around what we love doing most: getting outside and exploring!

• TRAVEL INSURANCE: We provide you and your spouse/partner/children with annual worldwide travel insurance.

• FLEXIBLE WORKING: A flexible work culture - you’ll be able to work from home as well as coming into our hub office in Glasgow 3 days per week to collaborate with colleagues.

• GETTING TOGETHER: Regular team, management and leadership meetings and retreats.

• CULTURE: An innovative, fast growth, international and solution focused culture, where we work hard to embed our values across the business.

• L&D: We support your self-guided learning journey to make the most of your strengths.

• WELLBEING: We'll support you in looking after your health and wellbeing so you can do your best work.

• TRAVEL: Occasional international travel may be required.

• IMPACT: The opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives and the planet.