
What Canadian Owner-Managers Need to Know About Recruiting a CFO
Any finance executive who’s had experience with large corporations and who’s also worked for an owner-managed company will tell you that they are two
Any finance executive who’s had experience with large corporations and who’s also worked for an owner-managed company will tell you that they are two
Understanding the Role of a CFO Hiring your first Chief Financial Officer is a pivotal moment for your business, especially if you’re an owner-manager
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There’s a very common arc to the story of how most owner-managers come to decide to hire their first CFO. Accounting 101 Pretty much
My practice specializes in recruiting for the top financial position for Canadian, mid-market, primarily owner-managed companies. I work with companies as small as $5MM
The career path to owner-manager typically follows one of three arcs. They have a background in sales, they have a background in operations/engineering, or
Let’s imagine that you’re the CFO of a largish, successful, auto parts manufacturer located somewhere in Markham. You’ve recently done a bit of reorganization
Every now and again I’ll have a finance executive ring me up and ask me to find them a new position when they’ve only
Job Description: Solve My Problem Take a look at the various CFO job descriptions you see on LinkedIn. There may be a couple that
If you’re an owner-manager who needs to recruit a CFO, it will most likely be for one of these three reasons: You already have
I have a very specialized practice recruiting CFOs for small and mid-sized Canadian companies. The majority of my clients are owner-managed, and the revenue
If you are fortunate enough to own a company with revenues of $250 million, you may have issues with your CFO but you’re not
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Your Director of Finance quit a few weeks ago and you’ve done the usual referral/job posting dance and have come up short. So you
Owner-managers who are thinking of either upgrading their head of finance or hiring a qualified professional to head up the accounting function for the
When you started the CFO recruitment process, you put a lot of thought into what you wanted to accomplish by hiring for this position.
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Companies based in small towns located far from major population centres face unique difficulties in recruiting qualified people in general, and find it especially
A few months ago, I got a call from the CEO of a mid-sized manufacturing concern who needed to recruit a VP Finance. The