Retained

Director of FP&A, PE Firm SaaS/EdTech

Client

A US-Based Middle Market PE fund was looking for their first finance hire to lead the build-out of the firm's financial capabilities and allow for scaling opportunities.

Scope

Our client retained Eastward Partners with the desire to locate an Executive Finance individual that would support the CFO. The desired individual would actively contribute to the value creation and growth initiatives of the portfolio company.

Solution

Eastward leveraged ECHO, our proprietary research tool to quantify the FP&A market in the USA, analyzed the market liquidity, as well as the recruitability of each PE-backed FP&A candidate. All shortlisted candidates brought forward were tested against our client’s strong cultural values and core competencies.

Result

Candidates shortlisted

Placed candidate

Weeks to conclude the project

Eastward Partners successfully appointed 1 Director of FP&A role for our client in a 5-month period.

The project ran for 20 weeks, and the outcome was an absolute success.

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