The CFO is no longer just the guardian of the accounts: they carry the company's financial trajectory.
The role of finance director has evolved profoundly: beyond accounting rigour, today's CFO is a strategic partner to the CEO, involved in financing operations, external growth and sometimes transformation. Turgot Executive Search assesses CFO candidates on this dual dimension — technical and strategic — with particular attention to their experience of situations comparable to our client's.
We qualify both the technical rigour — accounting, management control, treasury — and the candidate's strategic capacity.
We identify profiles with genuine experience of fundraising, LBOs or comparable external-growth operations.
The CFO-CEO pairing is decisive: we assess the real complementarity between the candidate and the sitting executive.
Recruiting a CFO starts with a precise analysis of the company's financial challenges — growth, fundraising, transformation, restructuring — to target a profile whose experience genuinely matches these challenges. Augmented sourcing widens the candidate pool, before qualification that assesses fit with general management and the board.
Demonstrated experience of financial structuring in a scale-up context, ideally including one or more successfully completed fundraising rounds.
Yes, this is a central qualification criterion, particularly for companies fundraising or listed.
Yes, our mandates cover the entire senior finance line, beyond the CFO role alone.
Today's CFO is not simply a controller of accounts. They carry the organisation's financial trajectory — financing strategy, M&A, investor relations, finance digital transformation, regulatory compliance. In finance and real estate sectors, the role includes additional specific challenges: fund treasury management, regulatory reporting (AIFM, SCPI, OPCI), and investment vehicle structuring.
Turgot Executive Search assesses CFO candidates across three dimensions: technical mastery (accounting, tax, management control), financial leadership (ability to champion strategy with the board and investors), and cultural alignment with the organisation. Our CFO mandates cover asset management companies, investment funds, real estate groups, and transforming SMEs. Median delivery: 6–8 weeks, shortlist of 4 qualified profiles.
A consultant will personally respond within 24 business hours, to understand your needs and introduce you to the specialist best suited to your sector.
Contact us