FINANCE
Finance recruitment for growth and investment-backed businesses
FINANCE ROLES WE RECRUIT
From first finance hires to institutional-ready CFOs
CFO Recruitment
The CFO can become one of the most important appointments a growing business makes. For some businesses, the requirement is a first CFO who can professionalise finance while remaining comfortable in a hands-on environment. Others need an experienced strategic finance leader capable of supporting fundraising, acquisitions, international expansion, investor relations or preparation for an exit or public markets.
We focus not simply on whether someone has previously held the CFO title, but on whether their experience is appropriate for the next stage of the business.
Fundraising and investor engagement
M&A and transactions
IPO and public markets
Board and governance
Building finance teams
Finance Director and Head of Finance Recruitment
Not every growing business needs a CFO. A Finance Director or Head of Finance can provide the financial leadership, control and commercial support a company needs while remaining close to day-to-day operations, particularly when a founder needs greater financial visibility but the business hasn't yet reached the stage at which a strategic CFO is required.
We recruit Finance Directors and Heads of Finance who strengthen reporting and controls, improve forecasting and develop finance teams. We also help businesses think through the distinction between CFO, Finance Director and Head of Finance when the right level of appointment isn't immediately obvious.
Reporting and controls
Forecasting
Commercial support
Finance team leadership
Financial Controller Recruitment
As organisations scale, financial control frequently needs to mature alongside them. An experienced Financial Controller brings greater rigour to reporting, budgeting, cash management, audit and financial processes while creating the infrastructure required for further growth — strengthening month-end, implementing systems, improving management information and building a finance team beneath them.
For rapidly growing companies, the best Financial Controllers often need something beyond technical competence: they need to be comfortable introducing structure into an environment that's still changing.
Audit and reporting
Cash management
Systems improvement
Management information
FP&A and Commercial Finance Recruitment
FP&A Directors and Heads of FP&A
Commercial Finance Directors
Senior FP&A Managers
Finance Business Partners
Strategic Finance professionals
WHO WE WORK WITH
Finance recruitment across different business environments
Finding finance leaders who aren't actively looking
The strongest finance candidates are often not applying for jobs. Senior finance professionals with strong track records are frequently well regarded by their existing employers, appropriately rewarded and selective about the opportunities they will consider. Advertising alone therefore reaches only part of the relevant market.
Direct headhunting has been central to how we recruit for more than sixteen years. We identify the people whose experience genuinely matches the requirement and approach them directly, allowing clients to consider candidates beyond those who happen to be actively searching at the time. That is particularly valuable when a finance appointment requires a relatively unusual combination of experience — for example, someone who has scaled a finance function, worked with institutional investors and operated through a transaction or public-market event.
Understanding the person behind the CV
Technical capability is only part of a successful finance appointment. A CFO joining a founder-led scale-up may need to influence without imposing corporate processes that aren't appropriate for the business. A Financial Controller may need to build structure from relatively immature systems. A Finance Director entering an AIM business may need to operate comfortably with boards, advisers and external stakeholders.
We therefore look beyond job titles and qualifications. Our searches consider leadership style, commercial judgement, communication, motivation, cultural environment and the circumstances in which candidates have previously been successful. The objective isn't simply to find someone who can do the job. It is to find someone likely to succeed in this particular business.
Executive search
Contingent recruitment
Latest Research & Insights
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When Does a Growth Business Outgrow Its Fractional CFO?
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Why Fram Professionals
Fram Professionals specialises in recruitment for VC-backed, AIM-listed, PISCES and founder-led growth businesses. Our sister company, Fram Search, has worked across UK financial services and investment markets for more than sixteen years, giving us access to an established network across investment, venture capital and finance, alongside our own work with growth businesses and senior professionals.
Our approach is deliberately headhunting-led. Rather than relying on whoever happens to apply for an advertised vacancy, we research the relevant market and engage people whose experience fits the particular circumstances of the business.
3×
100%
Retained search completion rate
16+
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