CFO & Finance Leadership Search.
For businesses that are hard to run.
Retained search for CFOs, Finance Directors and Heads of Finance in FinTech, technology, financial services and iGaming. Companies with a licence, a product, a group structure or a growth curve that makes the finance seat a leadership job, not an accounting one.
Brief a search Interim CFO coverThe finance seat is defined by the business it sits in
A CFO in a CySEC broker lives with client money and capital adequacy. A CFO in a venture-backed AI or robotics company lives with burn, R&D capitalisation, grant funding and the next round. A CFO in an iGaming group lives with licence-by-licence P&L and player funds. A CFO in an international holding group lives with consolidation across entities that don't share a currency, a regulator or a year end.
We find the finance leaders who have already run the numbers inside a business like yours.
Finance leadership, and senior finance roles
We take exclusive mandates for the senior finance seats. Qualified accountants, controllers and analysts are recruited through our specialist recruitment practice.
FX/CFD, payments and crypto
Client money, safeguarding, capital adequacy, liquidity and PSP settlement, multi-entity group structures across CySEC, FCA, DFSA, VARA, MiCA and FSC licences.
Technology, AI and deep tech
Venture and grant funding, burn and runway, R&D and IP accounting, hardware and inventory, cross-border teams, and the reporting an investor board expects.
Investment firms, funds and holding groups
Consolidation across jurisdictions, fund and investor reporting, audit committee and board relationships, transaction and exit readiness.
iGaming
Multi-jurisdiction gaming tax, player funds, PSP reconciliation, licence-by-licence P&L, and the Cyprus operating entity inside a Malta or Curaçao licensed group.
What we test before you meet anyone
Every shortlist is assessed on employment history and delivered work, not CV keywords. For finance leadership that means five questions, answered with evidence.
Have they done this business?
Regulated or venture-backed, product or platform, single entity or group. The specific complexity of your business, owned before, as the accountable person.
Have they run a group?
Multi-entity, multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction consolidation, transfer pricing and intercompany, with real auditors and real deadlines.
Have they built the function?
Systems, controls, month-end, treasury and FP&A built or rebuilt, and a team hired and retained through growth or restructure.
Can they sit with the board?
Investor and shareholder reporting, audit committee, fundraising, M&A or exit. Judgement, not just accuracy.
Will they stay?
Motivation, cultural fit, package expectations against the market, relocation reality, and the conversations that confirm their fit and interest.
Finance leaders we have placed
Group CFO, international holding group
Retained search for a multi-sector group with fintech, payments and IT services entities. Market map of 40+ finance leaders, shortlist of four, appointed within twelve weeks.
CFO, technology scale-up
First CFO for a founder-led business ahead of its next funding round. Search across Cyprus and the wider EU.
CFO, regulated fintech, Limassol
Confidential replacement of a CFO. Search run without the company name entering the market until final stage.
Interim CFO, EMI
Six-month cover through licence renewal and audit, then supported the permanent appointment.
Retained, exclusive, research-led
Brief and scope
The role as it actually exists: ownership, funding, structure, board, what broke or what's next. We agree the target profile, package range and the talent pool, market map.
Market map
Every relevant finance leader in Cyprus and the target markets, in seat or movable, drawn from 25 years of relationships, talent pool and direct research. You see the map.
Approach and assess
Direct, discreet approaches. Structured interviews, presentation of long and short lists.
Shortlist and close
Three to eight people you would hire, with our assessment on each. Offer, package and relocation handled through to start date, with a replacement guarantee behind every appointment.
Tell us about the seat
Confidential from the first conversation. Share what you can and we'll come back within one working day to arrange a call or meeting.
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