Partner-led accountancy & finance Executive Search for growth-focused & investor-backed businesses.

Delivered by Partners, we are a selective search practice, relentlessly focused on finance leadership roles across SME’s and scale-ups.

Since 2010, we have partnered founders, boards, CEO’s and investors to appoint game-changing finance leaders who drive performance, discipline and long-term value creation.

With a community-first mindset, mature networks and a deep finance expertise, we deliver bespoke solutions with highly flexible terms of business, intended to disrupt over-priced and underserviced traditional search.

We have been delivering senior finance appointments since we launched in 2010, with an 100% success rate.

You will always work with a Partner, who has the finance expertise & sector specific networks to reach the most passive of candidates. It’s this credibility and experience that gives us our competitive advantage.

We have placed all of our retained work since we founded, our no-quibble pricing and guarantees should give you all the comfort you need.

We are straightforward to work with and will never fail to deliver a gamechanger for you.

Success Stories

How we partner with you

Deep dive into all aspects of the search, to future proof the hire and deliver on the short, medium & long-term plans. Summarised using our discovery visual aids and 3 layers of fit methodology

Discovery

Networks & market maps established to identify ‘best in class’ targets, with regular communication and insights shared as we gather feedback

Research, longlisting and insights

Assessment

In person or video meetings following our ‘3 layers methodology’. A 1st stage interview conducted on your behalf.

Shortlist presentation

Packaged reporting including CV, PFIT, competency assessment summaries and administration.

Nurturing the process, providing feedback and consulting throughout.
We can attend onsite interviews to support you.

Delivery

Administration

Offer management, reference documentation and general onboarding support.

Payment terms to suit your business

Scale-Up

For early-stage businesses, likely to be founder led and bootstrapped or VC-backed and/or fundraising.

Possibly your first senior finance appointment and new territory for you.

Reduced % fees & payments split across flexible stages

Free access to assessment methods to support the selection process

Establish
Enterprise

A more traditional structure for larger businesses with an existing infrastructure with change or growth on the agenda.

Reduced % fees vs traditional search

25% engagement fee & 75% in flexible stages

50% of the acceptance fee has a rebate period for up to 6 months after the start date

EaaS & Interim Solutions

Reduced % fees vs traditional search for interims (full time & fractional) & FTC hires

Option of fixed-rate retained service for ongoing ‘benched’ portfolio of candidates

Fully managed IR35 consultation, payroll, RTW compliance & onboarding

Your delivery team

Andy Lee

Gareth Cowan

Gemma Smith