1319 – Interim CRO – Interim CFO – Romania
About Our Client:
Our client is one of the largest subsidiaries of a European headquartered trading and FMCG oriented group, operating across Central and Eastern Europe. The business combines large scale trading activities with a broad regional customer network and an established logistics footprint. With annual revenues exceeding one hundred million euros and a workforce in the low hundreds, the Romanian entity represents a strategically significant platform within the wider regional portfolio.
In recent years, the company has experienced rapid growth and commercial expansion. This growth has been accompanied by a substantial increase in working capital requirements and customer receivables. The shareholder is now initiating a focused restructuring and crisis management programme to restore financial discipline, strengthen working capital control, protect capital, and ensure full transparency over asset quality and risk exposure.
Project Description:
CE Interim is seeking an Interim Managing Director to assume full responsibility for the Romanian subsidiary, acting in the capacity of interim Chief Restructuring Officer or interim CFO profile with executive authority. The mandate is centred on working capital stabilisation, receivables control, and the re establishment of rigorous financial governance within a fast grown organisation.
This is a decisive interim executive leadership assignment requiring operational client facing turnaround expertise, financial restructuring capability, and the authority to reset discipline.
- Assume Managing Director responsibility with full executive authority and direct reporting to the international shareholder
- Lead a restructuring and crisis management programme focused on working capital optimisation, receivables transparency, and liquidity stabilisation
- Deliver a comprehensive and fact based assessment of open receivables, financing exposure, and collectability within the first three to six weeks
- Personally engage with key customers where required to validate outstanding balances, challenge payment behaviour, and accelerate recovery
- Strengthen governance, reporting standards, and internal controls across finance, commercial, and operations functions
- Establish robust working capital management routines and clear accountability across the leadership team
- Provide structured reporting and scenario based recommendations to the shareholder regarding asset quality and risk mitigation
- Support operational continuity while implementing decisive financial stabilisation measures
Interim Manager Required Skills:
You are a senior interim executive with a strong background in restructuring and crisis management, typically operating as Interim CEO, CRO, or CFO in high growth trading or FMCG environments.
- Former Managing Director, Chief Restructuring Officer, CFO, or transformation leader with proven experience in operational turnaround and financial stabilisation
- Background in trading, FMCG, distribution, or other working capital intensive sectors
- Demonstrated success in regaining control over large receivables portfolios and implementing disciplined working capital frameworks
- Strong expertise in liquidity management, credit risk assessment, and capital protection strategies
- Comfortable operating independently with full statutory responsibility in a politically sensitive environment
- Direct, resilient, and pragmatic leadership style with the credibility to challenge assumptions and drive accountability
- Hands on approach, willing to engage personally with customers and internal stakeholders where required
- Experienced in cross border transformation and reporting to international shareholders under high pressure conditions
- Fluent in Romanian with strong English for structured group communication
This mandate is suited to a battle tested interim executive who combines statutory accountability with decisive restructuring and working capital crisis management capability. You will restore transparency, reinforce financial discipline, and protect shareholder value in a high growth organisation undergoing critical stabilisation.
Key Requirements:
Crisis Management, Working Capital Management
Type of Assignment:
Interim
Scope of Interim Assignment:
Crisis Management and Restructuring
Functional Area of the Interim Manager:
General Management
Location:
Romania
Duration:
9-12 months
Start Date:
March 2026
Why work with us?
CE Interim delivers proven executive interim leaders within 72 hours across borders, cultures, and industries. We specialize in high-impact interim management for private equity firms, family offices, and global corporations facing moments of transition: digital transformation, market entry, operational turnaround, post-merger integration, or crisis.
What sets us apart is not just the speed or depth of our network, it’s how we lead. Every engagement is personally guided by a CE Interim managing partner: former CEOs, CFOs, or COOs who’ve been on your side of the table, steering organizations through high-stakes decisions.
With a global talent pool and operational reach spanning Europe, the USA, and the Middle East, we don’t fill roles, we build trust, lead transitions, and deliver outcomes.
As part of the Valtus Alliance, the world’s largest alliance of Executive Interim Management companies, we ensure seamless international execution through 25+ offices and 80+ senior partners in over 50 countries.
