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Full-Time CFO and FD Recruitment

The wrong hire costs
six figures.

Full-time executive search for qualified financial leadership. We place permanent Finance Directors and CFOs who are already employed and performing well.

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Reliable and fast Finance Director and CFO full-time hiring

Full-time Finance Director and CFO appointments shape your business for years. The right hire strengthens financial control and drives strategy. The wrong hire costs six figures in salary and severance.

We recruit permanent Finance Directors and CFOs using executive search. Our candidates are ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA-qualified accountants who are currently employed and performing well.

Part of our Finance Director and CFO recruitment practice.

We've helped businesses like these with their hiring challenges.

How can we help you?

Our streamlined recruitment process

01

Search strategy

Detailed briefing covering your business context, financial challenges, technical requirements and cultural fit. We map target organisations and potential candidates.

02

Market mapping

Direct confidential approach to identified passive candidates. Only genuinely interested, qualified FDs and CFOs progress.

03

Technical assessment

In-depth interviews with our qualified consultant team covering accounting capability, sector experience and leadership approach. Reference validation on performance.

04

Offer management

Negotiation support on salary, benefits and start date. We manage notice periods and onboarding.

The Finance Directors & CFOs we recruit

Practice-trained accountants with 10-15 years post-qualification experience

Typical profile: qualified at a Big 4 or Top 50 firm, moved to an industry Finance Manager role, then progressed to a Finance Director or CFO position. Currently managing teams with full P&L responsibility.

Relevant sector experience and technical capability across financial planning, statutory reporting, cash flow management and board-level communication.

94% of our placed candidates accept offers and start.

Our specialist sectors

Accountancy Practices

Finance Directors and CFOs for independent firms, regional practices and Top 50 businesses.

Legal Firms

Chief Financial Officers for law firms and legal partnerships.

Corporate Finance

Finance Directors for M&A advisories and transaction services.

Technology & SaaS

CFOs understanding unit economics and venture capital reporting.

Professional Services

Finance leadership for consulting and advisory practices.

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What you can expect from working with Coreus

Attract great talent. Avoid bad hiring.

We’re a specialist talent acquisition consultancy based in Brighton and London. For 6+ years, we’ve helped SMEs recruit skilled professionals in competitive markets.

Results

Rigorous briefing processes to ensure a match and long term success.

Quality

Hire with confidence and avoid delays, repeat interviews, and re-advertising

Experience

We handle the heavy lifting of hiring and ensure experience is of the highest standard.

Other ways to hire finance leadership

Interim FD and CFO

Immediate cover for urgent situations. Experienced finance leaders available within 5-10 working days.

Fractional FD and CFO

Part-time strategic finance leadership. Senior FDs and CFOs working 2-3 days per week at a fraction of permanent salary cost.

Trusted by the businesses we recruit for

I thought all recruiters were a pain until I met David Dand of Coreus… the recruit was starting within three weeks. Highly recommended.
FounderCambridge Manufacturing and Engineering Business
David’s attention to detail ensures alignment of technical capability and values. His honest feedback enables smooth and effective hiring.
Finance DirectorEuropean Investment Group
Coreus successfully supported our recruitment for several critical and highly specialised roles. Their proactive and persistent approach in a tough talent market resulted in exceptional hires. A dependable partner for securing scarce or business‑critical talent.
Marina KooijmansChief People Officer, HLB International
We successfully hired an exceptional and well-suited candidate within a few weeks and at a fraction of the cost that traditional recruitment consultants would have charged us.
Johan AurenManaging Partner, Accountum
A perfect understanding of our culture and needs, introducing only candidates who perfectly fit our team and values.
Chief Marketing OfficerTop8 Accountancy Network
The advertising campaign was effective, and the interview process structure enabled us to adopt a much more consistent approach to better evaluate candidates.
David PasseAudit Partner, Landau Morley LLP
I have worked with the team on both sides, as a candidate and as a hiring manager, and highly recommend them. Attention to detail and due diligence that results in a great and longstanding matchup.
Steven FletcherFinancial Controller
Supreme case of multi-hire talent acquisition by David and his team at Coreus. The Build a Team service exceeded our expectations with how many brilliant engineers we were able to hire in such a short space of time. Highly recommend for any business looking to hire at speed without compromise.
Owner and Managing DirectorUK Engineering Firm
David Dand - Founder & Managing Director of Coreus

David Dand

Founder & Managing Director, Coreus

David built his career inside the recruitment and HR teams of EY, AXA, Roche and Laureate. Book a call to talk through the role you need to fill.

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Trust Coreus to hire the right FD or CFO candidate for your business

Tell us about your business and the permanent Finance Director or CFO you need. We will come back to you promptly with the first steps of the search.

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