Having the right CFO on your executive team is essential to the growth and success of your business. Yet most owner-managers don’t have a strategy to ensure that they’ll hire the best person for the job. If you’re ready to hire the top finance person for your organization, let veteran recruiter Lance Osborne guide you through the perils and pitfalls of the search process.
LANCE OSBORNE has been recruiting top financial executives for over twenty-five years and has gained unique insight into how to successfully hire a CFO. The Owner-Manager’s Guide to Hiring a CFO offers practical advice on how to identify and hire the right CFO for your organization.
DISCOVER:
- The principles and best practices you’ll need to employ when recruiting for a CFO.
- How to differentiate and choose between Controller, Director of Finance and Vice President of Finance roles
- How to tie compensation to objective performance metrics
- How to avoid making a bad hire
When it comes to hiring your CFO, you not only want to get it right—you want to get it right the first time.
”If you think hiring a professional is expensive, try hiring an amateur.” - Red Adair
Table of Content
CONTENTSIntroduction
1 Why You Should Avoid the Path of Least Resistance
2 How Much Horsepower Do You Need?
3 What to Look For/What to Look Out For
4 Compensation Considerations
5 DIY Recruiting
6 Working with Recruiters
7 The Interview Process
8 Steering Around the Potholes on the Road to Success
Appendix A Job Descriptions
Appendix B A Look Behind the Numbers
Appendix C How to Hold Your Recruiter Accountable
Appendix D A Better Model for Recruiting CFOs – Osborne Financial Search
Appendix E Search Profile Worksheet
About the author
LANCE OSBORNE is founder and past Chairman of the Lannick Group of Companies. Lance is currently President of Osborne Financial Search, an executive search practice specializing in finding CFOs for small and medium sized enterprises.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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