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Finance Executive Search — Powered by True Headhunting
FP&A Directors, VPs of Finance, and Finance Managers are the analytical engine of every organization — translating data into strategy, forecasts into decisions, and budgets into results. Pacific Executive Search delivers finance leaders through proactive headhunting, reaching professionals who are too impactful at their current companies to be browsing job boards.
Finance Leadership Roles We Place
VP of Finance / Finance Director
Leads the finance function below the CFO — strategic planning, budget ownership, investor reporting, and cross-functional leadership.
FP&A Director / FP&A Manager
Owns the forecast, budget cycle, variance analysis, and business partnering. The analytical hub connecting operations to executive decision-making.
Finance Manager
Manages day-to-day finance operations — reporting, analysis, process improvement. Often the key bridge between accounting and strategic finance.
Senior Financial Analyst
Builds financial models, performs ad-hoc analysis, supports M&A and capital allocation decisions. The analytical backbone of the finance team.
Treasury Director / Treasury Manager
Manages cash, liquidity, debt, and banking relationships. Critical in capital-intensive or PE-backed environments.
Business Intelligence / Data Analysts
Finance-adjacent roles that build dashboards, automate reporting, and enable data-driven decisions across the organization.
Why Headhunting Outperforms Traditional Finance Recruiting
Finance leaders — especially FP&A Directors and VPs of Finance — are rarely on the market. They're embedded in budget cycles, board prep, and strategic initiatives. Job postings attract applicants, but not the specific candidates your business needs.
Our headhunting approach changes the equation. We identify the finance professionals who match your industry, ownership structure, and systems environment — then reach them directly through confidential, senior-to-senior conversations.
Job Postings
- • Attract active seekers only
- • High volume, low relevance
- • No proactive outreach
- • Best candidates never see it
Retained Firms
- • Large upfront fee
- • Generalist researchers
- • Slow, bureaucratic process
- • Over-promised, under-delivered
Pacific Executive Search
- • Proactive headhunting
- • Finance-only specialists
- • Senior-led, start to finish
- • Shortlist in ~14 days
Industries Where We Place Finance Leaders
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Frequently Asked Questions — Finance Executive Search
- What finance roles does this service cover?FP&A Directors, VPs of Finance, Finance Managers, Senior Financial Analysts, Treasury Directors, and Business Intelligence leaders. These are the analytical and strategic finance roles that sit between the Controller function and the C-suite.
- Why is headhunting more effective than job postings for finance executives?Finance leaders — especially FP&A Directors and VPs of Finance — are rarely on the market. They're embedded in budget cycles, board prep, and strategic initiatives. Job postings attract applicants; headhunting reaches the candidates your business actually needs.
- What industries do you place finance executives in?PE portfolio companies, SaaS/technology, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, energy, consumer products, and financial services. Our 100% focus on Accounting & Finance means we assess candidates against real operational benchmarks, not keywords.
- How do you assess strategic fit for finance leadership roles?Beyond technical skills, we evaluate decision-making style, leadership maturity, comfort with ambiguity, and alignment with your company's ownership structure and growth trajectory. Senior headhunters conduct all interviews — no junior screeners.
- What markets do you cover for finance executive searches?
