Industrial Executive Search

Finance and M&A leadership for industrial companies.

CFOs, Chief Accounting Officers, Controllers, and corporate development leaders for industrial companies.

Hazeltine Executive Search places finance, accounting, corporate development, and M&A leaders for industrial companies. We run retained searches through The Hazeltine Process and place interim finance executives when a seat opens without warning.

Roles we place

Finance & Accounting leadership

CFO · Chief Accounting Officer · VP of Finance · Controller. The leaders who run the numbers and the team behind them.

Corporate Development & M&A

VP of Corporate Development · VP of M&A. The leaders who find, close, and integrate acquisitions. Corporate development search →

What we screen for

  • Cost accounting and inventory. Standard costing, variances, counts that tie.
  • Multi-site close. Many locations, one clean consolidated close.
  • ERP. Candidates who have lived through an implementation.
  • Working capital under pressure.
  • Acquisition integration. Folding add-ons into one close and one set of reports.

Situations we see often

  • The close takes 30 days and the owners are tired of stale numbers.
  • Acquisitions are coming faster than finance can integrate them.
  • A sale is on the horizon and the EBITDA adjustments need support.
  • Cash is tight and the lender wants a weekly forecast it can trust.

Questions

Which industrial roles do you place?

CFOs, Chief Accounting Officers, VPs of Finance, Controllers, VPs of Corporate Development, and VPs of M&A.

Do you place M&A and corporate development leaders?

Yes. VP of Corporate Development and VP of M&A searches run through the same process as our finance searches.

Do you place interim Controllers?

Yes. See Interim CFO and Accounting Executives.

How we reach candidates

We pick up the phone.

A lot of recruiting is LinkedIn InMails and emails sent out in bulk, hoping something sticks. We build a targeted list for every search, and our first outreach is a phone call. The best finance leaders aren't scrolling job boards or talking to five recruiters. They get plenty of messages and very few calls. Across hundreds of searches, the phone call has found our best candidates, the ones who weren't looking. Then the Position Package lets them see the hiring manager and the role on video before the first interview.

Why we pick up the phone →

Hiring leadership for an industrial company?

Call our office at (832) 371-6235.

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