Finance Recruitment Agency for US Companies
Leadyco helps companies hire finance professionals who can do more than match a title. We recruit against the real operating mandate: close, reporting, forecasting, cash flow, controls, systems, business partnering and leadership.
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A Finance Manager in one company may own month-end close, tax coordination, budgeting, cash flow and management reporting. In another, the same title may cover only a narrow reporting scope. The same problem appears at Controller, FP&A and CFO level.
That is why Leadyco starts with the work that needs to be owned, not the title printed on the job description.
Finance Roles We Recruit
CFO & Finance Leadership
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- VP of Finance
- Finance Director
- Head of Finance
- Director of FP&A
- Finance Transformation Leadership
Controllership & Accounting
- Corporate Controller
- Financial Controller
- Group Controller
- Accounting Manager
- Senior Accountant
- Financial Reporting Manager
FP&A & Commercial Finance
- FP&A Director
- FP&A Manager
- Senior Financial Analyst
- Finance Business Partner
- Commercial Finance Manager
- Budgeting & Forecasting Leadership
Operational Finance
- Finance Manager
- Treasury Manager
- Cash Management roles
- Cost / Management Accounting roles
- Finance Systems & ERP-oriented roles
- Multi-entity finance roles
What We Assess in Finance Candidates
The assessment changes with the mandate. A startup CFO should not be screened like the CFO of a mature multi-entity business, and an FP&A Manager should not be assessed like a Controller.
Accounting & Control
- Month-end and year-end close ownership
- Reporting quality and reconciliation discipline
- Internal controls and approval environments
- Audit readiness and external-adviser coordination
Planning & Decision Support
- Budgeting and rolling forecasts
- Variance analysis
- Scenario modelling
- Management reporting and commercial insight
Cash & Business Understanding
- Cash-flow visibility
- Working-capital understanding
- Cost discipline
- Ability to connect finance data to operational decisions
Systems & Leadership
- ERP and finance-systems exposure
- Process improvement and automation
- Team leadership and stakeholder management
- Ability to communicate clearly with founders, executives and non-finance teams
Our Finance Recruitment Process
Why a Specialist Finance Recruitment Agency?
Finance hiring can fail even when a candidate looks strong on paper. The problem is often a mismatch between the title and the real operating environment.
Examples include a Finance Manager who has never owned a full close, an FP&A hire with limited forecasting depth, a Controller without the required systems exposure, or a CFO whose experience does not match the company's stage.
A specialist finance recruitment approach helps define these differences before the search begins.
A Finance-Led Recruitment Perspective
Leadyco's finance recruitment approach is informed by hands-on finance leadership experience. That changes the questions we ask.
Instead of stopping at “Have you done budgeting?”, the discussion can explore how the forecast was built, how assumptions were challenged, how variances were communicated and how management used the result.
Instead of asking only “Which ERP have you used?”, the assessment can examine what the candidate actually owned inside the system, what reporting gaps existed and how processes were improved.
This is particularly valuable when hiring Finance Managers, Controllers, FP&A leaders and CFOs, where judgment and operating depth matter as much as the job title.
Finance Recruitment for Different Business Stages
Startups & Scale-ups
Roles often require broad ownership: cash visibility, investor reporting, forecasting, process building and the ability to operate with limited infrastructure.
Growing Mid-Market Companies
Searches may focus on stronger controls, management reporting, team leadership, ERP maturity, FP&A and scalable finance processes.
International & Multi-Entity Businesses
Relevant experience may include consolidation, cross-border reporting, multi-entity processes, shared services and coordination across local and group stakeholders.
Finance Transformation
Some mandates require leaders who can improve reporting, redesign processes, strengthen controls, automate workflows or build the finance function itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What finance roles does Leadyco recruit for?
We support searches across finance leadership, FP&A, controllership, accounting, treasury and related corporate-finance roles. Typical mandates include CFO, VP Finance, Finance Director, Head of Finance, Controller, FP&A Manager, Finance Manager and senior accounting positions.
Can you recruit a startup or scale-up CFO?
Yes. The CFO mandate should be calibrated to the company's stage, funding and ownership structure, current finance maturity, team size, reporting requirements and the operating problems the new CFO is expected to solve.
Do you recruit FP&A professionals?
Yes. FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial analysis and finance-business-partnering roles are part of our finance recruitment focus.
Do you recruit Controllers and Finance Managers?
Yes. Financial Controller, Group Controller, Finance Manager, Head of Finance and related mid-to-senior finance roles are within scope.
How do you assess finance candidates?
Assessment is tailored to the actual mandate. Depending on the role, we examine evidence of close ownership, reporting quality, budgeting and forecasting, cash-flow awareness, ERP exposure, controls, process improvement, business partnering and communication with management.
Can you support confidential finance leadership searches?
Yes. Executive and leadership searches can be scoped around the confidentiality and stakeholder requirements of the mandate.
Hiring a Finance Leader or Building Your Finance Team?
Tell us the role, company stage, reporting environment and the problem the new hire needs to solve. We will structure the search around the real mandate.
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