When you need a leader to drive performance, inspire others and bring wisdom to committees
Talent I.D. Executive de-risks recruitment, giving you assurance of such critical hires
You will find it meticulous, exhaustive and high touch giving the information, confidence and insight you need
Use Talent I.D. Executive For your Financial Leadership
In brief: The voice of financial wisdom and reason for the board
- Gravitas and broad commercial knowledge to influence executive strategy, capital planning, M&A, business planning, investor relations and tax
- Key leader to and inspire and agitate senior management for better performance
- Hold the board accountable, be the CEO’s trusted adviser
- Deliver rich but digestible commercial finance insights
- Build a best-in-class finance function and direct large-scale operational change
- Guarantee integrity of results whilst establishing optimal risk
- Face off to increasingly demanding external regulators
Ranking: 1st in command
Board: Full Time
In brief: Drives the financial efficiency of the business
- A strategic role, updating the CFO and CEO on ground level
- Working closely with the departmental heads, advising on next moves and tactical actions
- High-level, forward looking, and strategic
- Assessing the whole business, rather than just how the finance function
- Interpret figures into opinion and insights presentable to all levels of the business
- Looking for things that departmental heads have missed, ‘horizon-scanning’ looking at gaps, what’s coming up, what’s changing in relation to legislation and resulting impacts
Ranking: 1st or 2nd in command
Board: Some exposure to smaller entity boards
In brief: The leader of all things middle office accounting
- Conduit between front office and back office senior management, developing the team, overall strategy, policy & procedures
- Transactions – fund or tax structuring, regulations and vals
- Go to for CFO and Senior Fund Accountants and ensure front office have adequate support on all matters
- Portfolio/Fund reporting, both management and financial
- Management LPs, GPs and adherence of LPA, investor relations and investor due diligence
- Spearhead middle office compliance with company procedures and standard
Ranking: Joint 2nd or 3rd in Command
Board: Some involvement in presentations, regular front office board contact
In brief: Pioneer finances impact on commercial decisions
- Oversee production of cost, profitability and commercial MI for key management
- Drive impact of commercial business partnering such as decision support, M&A, business cases and pricing
- Innovate MI through new technology, robotics and uniform best in class processes
- Improve forecasting, planning, financial analysis and finance systems
- Build robust strategic relationships with executive committee and business unit heads
- Critique business cases, capital impact and strategic initiatives i.e. will they be financially viable
- Create AUM and flows analysis based on several key indicators (by fund, manager, business division, location, asset class)
Typical Ranking: Joint 2nd or 3rd in Command
Board: Regular contact and sits on board meetings
In brief: Guardian of finance, keeping the firm safe, the CFO sane
- Lead the critical tasks of Group Finance and Regulatory Finance
- Face off to and be capable of building relationships with the FCA, Auditors and any external body specific to a sub-sector
- Ensure robust financial controls frameworks are adequate
- Oversee improvements of reporting processes
- A technical lead, digesting changes Accounting legislation and industry regulation and implementing required change
- Lead audit committee and full audit process
- Oversee the accuracy of financial reporting and financial statements
Typical Ranking: Joint 2nd or 3rd in Command
Board: Some contact, particularly with regulatory change or issues
Executive Search need not be onerous but
Successful results are born out of detailed fundamentals in a process!
More About
Talent I.D.
Identifying and attracting exceptional Accounting and Finance talent is challenging. Let alone from a fragmented talent pool comprised of micro-niches.
Firstly, the Investment Industries are vast in size, scale and complexity. Comprised of sub-sectors, asset classes, investment strategies with 1000s of firms ranging from start-ups, to large Corporates.
Layer the variable Accountants have similarities, but many differences such as industry background, functional experience, seniority, ambitions and personality. Each firm its own culture, systems and processes engendering nuances in experience and skills.
Resulting recruitment complaints?
- Applications containing barely relevant candidates
- Waiting on comparisons to a single credible candidate in process, then losing them to a competitor
- Blaming the recruiter for not listening, the marketing campaign not resonating or the process too slow
Talent I.D. minimises complexity, neatly calibrating talent across key factors. Enabling targeted headhunt campaigns, improving the quality of shortlists.
3 Innovative Pillars
That Underpin Talent I.D.
Focusing on factors out of their control, negatively impacting prospects, such as;
- Poor performance of funds resulting in out-flows
- Takeover or mergers, even anticipation of
- Current role duration 3-5 years with manager staying in situ
- Company paying below market rate or no bonus
- Flight ratio higher than the 12% average*
- Near-shoring & offshoring functions away from London / UK
- Lack of investment in systems, processes, and infrastructure
- Profit warnings
- Accounting function not closely aligned with Front Office
- Poor work-life balance accompanied by a lack of recognition
Tracking these situations helps identify talent that is more likely to be open to discussion
We support D&I and neural diversity. Hallmark vetting transcends across identities, focusing on;
- Academia – 2.1 from internationally regarded institution
- Professional Qualifications – ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CA
- Evidence of career planning – Logical steps made to defined career goal
- Achievements – evidence of going beyond to norm
- Industry passion & knowledge
- High quality of companies worked at
- Regular progression of duty and responsibility
- Committed durations, but not coasting – 2-3 years in junior roles, 3-6 in senior
- Talent is dispersed, it requires rigour and systematic research making sure the entire market is considered.
- We utilise professional networking groups, websites, industry updates, social media and engaging directly with the community.
- Cutting edge technology & subscriptions support the integrity of data. Automation of research give up to date insights, immediately.
- Deciding on who and what to track requires industry specialist understanding.