Addison Lee, backed by The Carlyle Group, needed Finatal to find an Interim Deputy CFO. 

The Need:

We were approached by Caryle to work on a project role working with the CFO, CEO and the PE house. The role was to develop the commercial reporting but also work heavily on the refinancing of the business. They wanted someone with high level of PE and bank refinancing experience who could operate at board level but also get involved in developing the finance functions processes and reporting. 

The Strategy:

We assembled a range of candidates by understanding the given brief and key criteria. This was instrumented in the defined timeframe set by the client. 

The Solution:

After searching our highly extensive candidate database, we were able to propose our most suited candidate to the client through pre-assessment and vigorous interview process. The client trusted our expertise and we successfully placed a candidate for the interim role. 

With the success of placing an Interim Deputy CFO for Addison Lee, we have continued to place candidates for them; We placed an Interim Head of Finance using the same approach we have for all our clients; we listen to the needs, use our unique search strategy and find the best candidate for that specific role. 
 

Smallsteps approached with a need for a CFO role based in Europe.

Personalised service:

Having a deep understanding of and working with private equity-backed businesses like Smallsteps meant that we were able to deliver a personalised service that worked for them. We assessed personality, experience and suitability which we believed to be imperative for Smallsteps. This led us to shortlist 4 strong candidates with a wealth of positive and appropriate attributes. 

Repeat business:

Due to the success of placing such a strong candidate here, we have since had repeat business from the private equity firm behind Smallsteps, which has led to cementing our reputation within this evolving industry. 

Fresha approached Finatal with a need to build out their data function. 

The Need:

In the last two years, Finatal have placed eleven data professionals and scaled the data function at Fresha, a private equity backed beauty and wellness software platform, and are now their preferred recruitment supplier across data & analytics.

The Strategy:

Fresha needed to grow their existing data function over a two year period across Engineering, Analytics and Data Science. Finatal has been able to recommend candidates who would strengthen the existing team but also push the analytics function to ensure timely value creation. Finatal subsequently placed Head of Data Engineering, Head of Analytics, 1 Lead Data Analyst, 2 Senior Data Analyst, Product Analysts x2, Lead BI Analysts x2, Analytics Engineer, Data Engineer.

The Solution:

“I’ve worked with 8 different recruitment agencies during my tenure with Fresha, but once I started working with Finatal's Data & Analytics team, I stopped working with anybody else. Finatal is an admirable leader in the data & tech recruitment; they really understand client requirements at a level other recruiters only pretend to, they demonstrate exceptional salesmanship and candidate relationship management, and will always hold themselves to their word. Finatal were a pivotal force in enabling Fresha to triple its analytics team in less than a year. I'm glad that I could meet Finatal and I see them as an indispensable partner in growing Fresha's analytics practice to where it is now.”