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Engaged Headhunters/Industries/Finance
Industries · Finance

Finance.

CFOs, Controllers, VP Finance, asset management. Senior recruiters who run the books-and-leadership search the right way the first time.

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Segment
Corporate finance · asset management · PE-backed
Roles
CFO · Controller · VP Finance · Tax Director
Engagement
Engaged or contingent
Geography
Nationwide · US
The thesis

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.

Roles we cover

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
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
FAQ

Finance,
specifically.

The questions hiring operators send in the first call.

What kinds of finance roles do you recruit for?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.
So now what?

Three paths from here.

  1. 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 →

  2. 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 →

  3. 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 →

●Request finance talent

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.

INDUSTRY · FINANCE