Finance and accounting talent shortages are a compliance risk, not just an operational one.

Senior finance leaders are almost exclusively passive candidates. A sitting CFO or controller who is performing well has no reason to be on the market — and is rarely looking. The only way to have that conversation is through a direct, trusted approach that comes with credibility. This is exactly why finance leadership searches run through external recruiters at a much higher rate than most other functions.

Our average time to a qualified shortlist for finance and accounting searches is six weeks. We've closed finance leadership searches in under five weeks when the client could move at the right pace. Timeline compresses significantly when the interview process is pre-planned and decision-makers are available.

We place CFOs and VPs of Finance, controllers and assistant controllers, FP&A directors and managers, senior accountants and CPAs, internal audit leaders, tax managers and directors, treasury and risk professionals, and finance operations managers. We work across healthcare, professional services, manufacturing, and general corporate finance environments.

Compensation misalignment is the most common reason. Finance candidates know exactly what comparable roles pay — they work with salary data professionally. Organizations that enter offer negotiations without current market benchmarks consistently lose candidates who are simultaneously receiving accurate comp from other firms. We address this in the first conversation, not after a shortlist has been presented.