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Finance leaders for a new era
Recruit CFOs, Chief Accounting Officers, or Controllers equipped for the modern transparency and board governance today's market demands.
Finance & Accounting
executive search
94% of executives in our 2026 research say AI is reshaping their role, and in finance that shows up as a widening mandate. The CFO who closes the round is now expected to model the AI workforce and defend the audit in the same conversation, and the leaders who do all three well are a small population.
As median private equity hold periods have stretched from 4.3 to 6.4 years, the premium has moved to a CFO who can build enterprise value across a longer arc, and we have run more than 400 finance and accounting searches, so the partner on yours already knows who is ready and reachable.
Source: ON Partners Widening Gap, 2026, Deloitte CFO Signals Q4 2025, Bain Global Private Equity Report 2025
Finance & accounting isn’t one job. It’s a stack.
Six roles. Different mandates, different talent pools, different timing. We’ve placed across all of them, and our partners know which combination your company actually needs at this stage.
Chief Financial Officer
The CFO brief keeps widening. Boards want a strategist who can hold their own in the room, sponsors want someone who has carried a company through diligence and exit, and the business still needs the close to run clean. We map this market continuously, so when you open a search we already know who is ready for your stage and who only looks ready on paper.
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CAO & Corporate Controller
This is the talent pool that owns the close, the controls, and the audit, whether the title is Controller at a growth-stage company or Chief Accounting Officer at a global public one. When reporting complexity outgrows the CFO's calendar, this is the hire that buys it back. We've placed the seat at every scale, from PE-backed platforms preparing for exit to some of the largest public companies in the world.
Vice President Positions
Whether the seat is finance, accounting, or FP&A, this is the layer where the numbers actually get made: the close, the controls, the forecast, and the board package. Each discipline draws from a distinct talent pool, and the right profile depends on what your CFO needs lifted first. Our recent placements span all three, from accountants at public companies to FP&A leaders inside PE-backed platforms, leaders who deliver from week one and grow.
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What clients say after the placement.
Very good experience, would highly recommend this firm to others seeking Finance Leadership positions. We enjoyed the team very much. I had confidence that the team understood what we were looking for wholistically in a candidate, and refined their search based on our non-negotiables.
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Aug 19, 2026, 3:06:32 PMWhat leaders may ask before a search
PE-backed CFOs run on a 100-day plan and exit timeline. Public CFOs run on a quarterly cadence and SEC filings. The same person rarely does both, and the candidate pool for each is almost entirely different.
Build the finance leader who compounds.
A conversation is all it takes to know if we're the right fit. Tell us about the role, and we'll tell you what the market looks like. You'll speak directly with the partner who would lead your search.