LOCATION: Cleveland, OH (Hybrid) 

RETAINED SEARCH PARTNER: Falcon Partners 

SEARCH MANDATE: Our private equity client is seeking a CFO who can partner with management and sponsor to lead growth initiatives, institutionalize processes to enable scaling, and unlock embedded earnings to drive equity value points. The business is a client-centric, leading value-added provider of professional services. 

COMPENSATION: A competitive salary, annual bonus, and wealth-building equity grant make for a compelling economic opportunity. 

THE COMPANY: 

• Business Model: Professional Services 
• End Markets: Corporate, education, industry, and non-for-profit. 
• Deal Structure: Growth equity. 
• Add-ons: Multiple planned during hold. 

INVESTMENT THESIS: Transform the business and drive scale. 

• Integrate and rebrand the first acquisitions made under this holding company 
• Transform this entrepreneurially led company into a powerful platform business. 
• Acquire add-ons that will add scale, product, cross-sell, and multiple arbitrage. 

THE SPONSOR: This Chicago-based private equity firm has a solid history of scaling businesses. Its sector specialties include business, financial, industrial, and technology-enabled services, along with transportation & logistics, healthcare, and distribution industries. 

CANDIDATE PROFILE: We seek a passionate, committed leader with a contagious will to win who can honor this company's past while also leading it into the future. Our ideal candidate's background most likely includes: 

• Business Model: Professional Services 
• Functional: Current CFO of $250-450mm revenue services company or number two/divisional financial leader within a $700mm revenue or larger enterprise. 
• Asset Class: PE experience is a plus but is not required. 
• M&A: Preferred. 
• Tenure: 20-35+ years of progressive professional experience including a minimum of 5-7 years of hands-on finance and/or FP&A experience and 3+ years of recent experience leading teams. Early career accounting experience is a plus, but not required. 

FALCON and its clients are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or any other protected status. FALCON encourages qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply.