Recruitment, Case Study
From CFO search and selection to value creation: a case study
A senior finance appointment is an investment in what the business needs next. For our client, that meant finding a CFO who could help bring together a complex, acquisitive business and prepare it for its next stage of growth and eventual exit.
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Your next senior finance hire is a business investment. Are you treating it like one?
A senior finance hire shapes decisions, team performance and the delivery of business growth. Treating the appointment as an investment means defining the required return before deciding who to recruit.
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To develop, retain or recruit? Closing the finance capability gap
Scarce finance capability cannot always be recruited quickly or affordably. Before entering the external market, businesses need a clearer view of the talent that already exists within the function.
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More applicants, harder decisions: Finance recruitment in 2026
Vacancy levels are falling and applications are increasing, but recruiting the right finance capability isn’t any easier. The challenge has shifted from attracting applicants to accurately identifying and securing the people capable of delivering what the business needs next.
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Closing the capability gap: How to recruit for what's coming next
If finance is expected to support growth, lead transformation and improve decision-making, recruitment must assess more than what candidates have done before. It must reveal how they think, learn, influence and lead.
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Transformation is as much a people challenge as a technology one
Finance transformation is not just a systems project. Growth-ready finance functions need the right structure, leadership depth, team behaviours and succession beneath the CFO or FD to succeed.
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From Steward to Strategist: Building a Finance Function for Sustainable Growth
Are you being asked to operate like a strategic command centre while still being resourced like a reporting department? You are not alone. Many businesses expect their finance function to perform a role it was not originally designed for.
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Seymour John places 10 temp-to-perm Customer Service Advisors in two weeks
Temporary-to-permanent (temp-to-perm) recruitment fills a role helps a business respond to an immediate staffing need while offering the flexibility to build a permanent team.
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Fast turnaround specialist recruitment support
Failure to fill business-critical roles places added pressure on internal teams. This was the case for our client who, after three unsuccessful attempts by a previously engaged agency, turned to Seymour John for help.
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