Finance.
CFOs, Controllers, VP Finance, asset management. Senior recruiters who run the books-and-leadership search the right way the first time.
Finance leadership is a high-cost mis-hire.
A senior finance leader who isn't right is one of the most expensive hiring mistakes a company can make. The role touches the books, the audit posture, the capital structure, and the cap-table conversations. Replacing one in year one means six months of forensic recovery and a board that is asking different questions.
Engaged search reduces that risk. The deposit funds the rigorous diligence, the references that aren't on the candidate's deck, and the comp-validation that keeps the offer competitive. The recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade in finance and knows what a real CFO track record reads like.
We work corporate finance leadership, controllership and accounting, VP Finance and FP&A, tax leadership, and asset-management firms.
Where the search lives.
Senior leadership and niche-headhunter roles. The recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade in this segment.
CFO & TOP FINANCE
- Chief Financial Officers→
- Deputy CFOs
- VP Finance
- Heads of Strategic Finance
CONTROLLERSHIP & ACCOUNTING
- Controllers
- Assistant Controllers
- Directors of Accounting
- Heads of Technical Accounting
FP&A AND TAX
- VP FP&A
- Directors of FP&A
- Tax Directors
- Heads of International Tax
ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Investment Officers
- Portfolio Managers
- Heads of Compliance
- Operating Partners
Finance, specifically.
The questions hiring operators send in the first call.
What kinds of finance roles do you recruit for?
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CFOs, Deputy CFOs, VP Finance, Controllers, Directors of Accounting, FP&A leadership, Tax Directors, and asset-management roles up to Operating Partner. We focus on senior leadership and senior headhunters where the candidate pool is mostly passive.
Do you place senior accountants and individual-contributor finance?
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Engaged search is built for leadership and senior-headhunter roles. For higher-volume accounting and finance hiring, our staffing solutions track is a better fit.
Are finance searches typically engaged or contingent?
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Senior leadership searches (CFO, Controller, VP Finance) are usually engaged. Director-level and below run engaged or contingent depending on the urgency and the candidate pool.
Do you work with PE-backed companies and PE firms directly?
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Yes. PE-backed portfolio companies and the PE firms themselves are an established footprint. Operating Partner searches and portfolio-company CFO searches are recurring engagements.
Do you cover asset-management hiring?
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Yes, we recruit Investment Officers, Portfolio Managers, and Heads of Compliance for asset-management firms. The recruiter on this desk has specific experience with the regulatory and licensing context.
Do you cover the entire United States?
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Yes. We run nationwide finance searches and we are based in Virginia Beach, VA. Most senior finance roles are hybrid; the recruiter assigned has experience working across geographies and headquarters models.
Three paths from here.
You have a CFO seat opening in the next 90 days.
Engaged search fits most senior CFO hires; for sole-incumbent or genuinely confidential seats, the same engaged structure runs with code-name discipline from day one. Read the CFO scoping guide first if this is a first-time hire.
Read the CFO hiring guide →You're trying to decide whether to promote your Controller or hire externally.
Run a real working session on the company's actual financial model with both candidates. The Controller-shaped candidate gets stuck on GAAP cleanup; the CFO-shaped candidate moves to capital allocation in twenty minutes.
Start the scoping call →You're benchmarking CFO comp before the offer call.
Pull the BLS CFO occupational data and three peer-company DEF 14A proxy filings (or comparable PE-portfolio comp data) before the offer is extended. CFOs talk to each other; under-benchmarked offers leak.
Email a market read request →Tell us the role, the cap-table moment, the urgency.
Inside one business day: a scoping call with the finance partner, a comp-band read against current placement data, and the engagement structure recommended for your cap-table moment.