Associate Director / Director – CFO & Finance Director Search
London | £70k–£90k Base + Personal Commission + Team Override + LTIPs
A high-growth specialist search firm operating across private equity-backed technology and tech-enabled markets is seeking an experienced accounting & finance recruitment leader to join its senior leadership team.
This is a newly created opportunity following global expansion and strategic deployment of senior indviduals to client facing remits. The successful individual will inherit and lead a high-calibre team operating across:
- CFO Search
- Finance Director Search
- Senior finance leadership hiring into PE-backed businesses
The desk is already established with strong foundations, existing delivery capability, marketing support, talent infrastructure and leadership backing in place.
The opportunity would suit either:
- An established Director-level leader within senior accounting & finance search, or
- A high-performing Team Leader / Manager currently leading a smaller team (2–3 heads) looking to step into a broader Associate Director-level remit.
The Environment
The business has built a strong reputation within:
- Private equity-backed technology and consumer focussed industries
- High-growth and investor-led businesses
- Senior accounting & finance recruitment
- CFO and executive search
Over recent years the firm has delivered consistent double-digit growth, expanded internationally, and invested heavily into:
- Leadership structure
- L&D and talent development
- Marketing and brand positioning
- Operational infrastructure
- US expansion
The platform combines the pace and opportunity of an entrepreneurial business with increasing maturity, structure and long-term strategic ambition.
What They’re Looking For
- Strong accounting & finance recruitment background
- Exposure to PE-backed clients and environments
- Proven 360 billing capability
- Leadership experience with evidence of team development
- Commercially strong but values-led approach
- Someone excited by helping scale a high-growth platform
Package
- £70k–£90k base salary
- Personal commission
- Team override
- Long-term incentive potential (LTIPs)
This is viewed internally as one of the most important strategic hires in the business and represents a genuine opportunity to take ownership of a significant vertical within a scaling platform.
All conversations will be handled on a strictly private and confidential basis.
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