Energy is where Hazeltine started in 2015 and remains our most experienced practice. We began placing Accounting and Finance leaders in PE-backed upstream oil and gas companies. Midstream, energy transition, and CleanTech followed, all by referral. We place finance, technical, geoscience, and land roles, and we work nationwide, across every U.S. basin.
Energy → Industrial →We understand sponsor timelines, board expectations, and value creation plans. Fund-level finance hires, portfolio CFO and finance team buildouts, and interim CFOs for transitions, transactions, and exits. When the hold period is the clock, speed and certainty win.
Private Equity →Discreet placements for complex, long-term capital structures. CFOs, Controllers, investment operations leadership. Your standards and confidentiality stay protected. Ask about the family office that spent 12 months and 68 candidates elsewhere before we closed their CFO search in a few short months.
Family Offices →A focus and a growing practice. Fund CFOs, fund controllers, and chief accounting officers at hedge funds, private credit, real estate and infrastructure managers, and multi-strategy platforms.
Alternative Asset Managers →From entrepreneurial to institutional without losing what made it work. First CFO, first Controller, professionalization of the finance function, and interim leaders who've done the buildout before.
Reporting rigor, investor scrutiny, board dynamics. CFO, CAO, Controller, VP Finance, VP Investor Relations, plus interim technical leaders when the reporting calendar won't wait.
Public Company CFO Search →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.