Executive search
Your talent partner for senior leadership positions or multi-vacancy team builds. Where discretion is paramount or when the need is complex, our track record is unrivalled when it comes to finding your next team, FD or CFO.
Why search?
Our Experienced Consultants & Research Team have been trusted by the Boards of some of the finest organisations in the UK since 2010. We have never failed to deliver a search brief.
Typically retained when a role is either confidential, has complex requirements or when more than one hire is needed. Our expert knowledge of the candidate and marketplace will always enable us to reach talent that others cannot.
Along with the delivery we can provide talent & market insights, advice on salary benchmarking, team structures and job descriptions. Our rigorous approach to assessment, competence, and cultural add, means we always strive to build the highest performing teams for our clients.
Why choose Trace?
We have built a senior team with 100+ years’ experience in the London & South East Accountancy & Finance market. We are experts, with unrivalled personal networks and a deep understanding of our industries and profession meaning the reach, assessment, and service we can provide you is best in class.
For retained search our geographical reach is across the UK and Europe. We are discretely different, confidentiality and integrity underpins everything we do.
Typical mandates
CFO/COO
Finance Director
Commercial Finance Director
Head of Finance / FP&A
Group Financial Controller
HOF – Tax, Audit, Treasury, Regulatory
Sectors we cover
We partner a wide range of industries, from financial services to arts and not-for-profit.
Financial services
Asset Finance / Lending
Asset Management
Banking
Broking
FinTech
Infrastructure / Renewable Investors
Insurance
Private Equity / Venture Capital
Property Investment
Wealth Management
Not-for-profit
The Arts
Charities & NGOs
Education
Environment & Conservation
Government
Housing
Research Institutions
Commerce
Consumer
Energy
Healthcare
Leisure & Hospitality
Manufacturing
Marketing Services
Media
Professional Services
Property & Construction
Technology & Telecoms
Our approach
Why pay a proportion of the fee in advance?
Exploration
In person meet to scope out the business & plans, the team, role, skills, qualifications, competencies and cultural add
Search
Our CRM, passive networks, advertising and headhunting
Assessment
In person or video interviews in line with our ‘3 layers methodology’
Shortlist presentation
Packaged reporting including CV, PFIT, competency assessment summaries & administration
Process management
Nurturing the process, providing feedback & consulting throughout
Offer, referencing and onboarding
Offer communication and close, references documented and support on paperwork exchange
Terms of business
Financial commitment at the sign off and the completion fee at offer acceptance and exchange of paperwork
Flexible rebate and payment terms
A partnership throughout enabling the smoothest process possible