Events Lead

Location: Swindon 3 days, 2 days remote working

Reports to: Marketing Lead

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full-time

About Us

At The CFO Centre, we provide world-class fractional CFO services to ambitious businesses across the UK. Our mission is to help companies scale, improve profitability, manage cashflow, and prepare for successful exits. We’re a collaborative, purpose-driven team that values initiative, creativity, and results.

The Role

We are now looking for a commercially minded Events Lead to lead the planning and execution of high-impact events that connect our CFOs with business owners, MDs/CEOs and key decision-makers.

As Events Lead, you will be responsible for designing and delivering a calendar of events that support lead generation and brand positioning. You’ll work closely with the marketing and regional teams to ensure each event delivers measurable value.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a strategic events calendar aligned with marketing and business development goals.
• Plan and execute a mix of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events including:
• Thought leadership webinars
• Face to face regional events
• Helping support with partnership events
• Helping support wider business in any company events
• Own the complete end to end event promotion; pre-event and post event follow up.
• Collaborate with the commercial team to tailor events to local market needs.
• Own end-to-end event delivery: venue sourcing, supplier management, logistics, delegate management, and post-event reporting.
• Work with the content and digital teams to promote events and maximise attendance.
• Track KPIs such as attendance, engagement, lead quality, and ROI.
• Ensure all events reflect The CFO Centre’s premium brand and values.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in B2B event management, ideally in professional services or financial services.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Experience managing budgets and negotiating with suppliers.
• Confident using event platforms (e.g., Zoom, Eventbrite, HubSpot, or similar).

• Understanding of lead generation and sales enablement through events.