Navigating the Talent Crunch
Skyrocketing CFO Demand
Across industries and asset classes, but especially in private equity, the scarcity of uniquely-qualified CFOs has become one of the most urgent challenges organizations face today. As financial leadership evolves and demands of the role become increasingly nuanced, the pool of candidates equipped to meet these expectations begins to shrink.
The result?
A highly competitive market where securing the right CFO requires a deep understanding of the financial officer talent pool and the critical competencies that set high-performing leaders apart.
The CFO's Evolving Role
The CFO role is not what it used to be. No longer just financial stewards, they are strategic and operational leaders who drive value creation across the organization. This shift has rendered leadership challenges far more complex, requiring CFOs to lead through influence and alignment, all while doing the same with critical external constituents.
Successfully navigating these dynamics, modern CFOs must combine financial expertise, strategic and operational insight, technological fluency, and cross-functional leadership. They must drive transformation, leverage data to guide decision-making, and align teams around a shared language and what matters most: driving the business forward.
Top CFO Leadership Competencies
The “strategic business partner” has a more complex definition today. Drawing on years of experience and input from our clients, we’ve defined these key “differentiating” leadership competencies.
- Performance Catalyst: Has a bias for action and sets the operational cadence, creates clarity around business drivers and performance - drives execution leveraging metrics and KPIs.
- Data & Insights Driver: Ensures data-driven decision making preserves or enhances the company’s model for value creation by creating financial and operational literacy through BI, FP&A and data excellence and insight.
- Stakeholder Navigator: Establishes alignment around strategic and operational objectives. Proactively informs and communicates with external constituents with the ability to explain business performance from all perspectives.
- Cross-Functional Coach: Establishes credibility and raises the financial acumen of the organization. Uses mastery of the investment thesis, business fundamentals and cross-functional knowledge to engage and empower the frontline to execute.
- Change Agent: Marshals resources towards the highest value creation initiatives. Challenges leadership to continually reshape and redirect the energy of the organization to the most important areas of impact.
💡 It is harder than ever to find a CFO who possesses all of these competencies.
You need a partner that makes the elusive CFO attainable.
Our Financial Officer Practice
Hunt Club’s Financial Officer Practice helps companies of all sizes, stages, industries, and ownership structures align business objectives, challenges, and culture to attract and recruit CFOs who can deliver real impact. Combined with our traditional executive search methodologies, we leverage our proprietary AI-enabled search platform with our own Expert Network to identify, assess, and hire your next finance executive.
CRAIG SIGOVICH Financial Officer Practice Leader
Executive search professional with a 25+ year focus on recruiting CFOs and finance leaders for leading public and private equity-backed companies. Extensive experience includes serving as Partner, Managing Partner, and Practice Leader for Financial Officers at global search firms, culminating in over 400 successful CFO and Financial Officer searches.
EDGARDO MONTOYA Partner, Financial Officer Practice
With 20+ years of experience specializing in financial officer recruitment, his executive placements have led to value creation outcomes exceeding $50 billion in shareholder value. Partnering with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100 firms, his strong network and commitment to aligning leadership with business goals have made him a trusted advisor to CFOs and investor communities.
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