London, UK -- (SBWire) -- 03/20/2024 --Securing the right leadership is a fundamental necessity for business success. Leathwaite emerges as a paramount leader in finance executive recruitment, demonstrating a profound understanding of the sector's unique challenges and opportunities. This expertise is not just in identifying talent but in ensuring that the chosen leaders are perfectly aligned with their organisation's strategic goals and cultural ethos.

Leathwaite's extensive experience working with CEOs and Boards to source the best CFOs, finance, and audit leaders underscores its pivotal role in the financial sector. This deep engagement extends across vast industries, enabling Leathwaite to navigate the nuanced demands that financial officers and audit executives face. From global public companies to burgeoning, high-growth private equity-backed organisations, Leathwaite's reach and influence span the breadth of the financial landscape.

Financial officers are central to driving revenue growth, managing costs, and maintaining robust control environments. Leathwaite's intimate work with CFOs and CEOs has revealed the increasingly pivotal role of financial officers in spearheading technological innovations. These leaders are at the vanguard, revolutionising companies with digital offerings that enhance their operational efficiency and secure their competitive edge in the market.

Similarly, audit leaders are recognised for their critical contribution to governance, controls, and building strong, independent relationships across business and infrastructure functions. Leathwaite's partnership with organisations emphasises the importance of audit leadership in ensuring integrity and accountability within the financial framework.

The firm's success lies in its collaborative approach, merging the strengths of its executive search and executive interim Finance and Audit teams. By drawing upon a global network, Leathwaite is adept at introducing clients to the right talent at the crucial time, whether the need is for a permanent or an executive interim solution. This responsive and adaptable approach allows Leathwaite to tailor its services to meet clients' evolving needs, regardless of the stage of their journey.

Leathwaite's recruitment prowess encompasses a broad range of leadership roles within finance:

- CFO positions at the group, business unit, and regional level, ensuring these leaders can drive their businesses toward strategic objectives.

- Divisional leaders within finance, including Finance Directors, Heads of Financial Control, and Financial Planning and Analysis.

- Specialist roles in key functions such as Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations.

- Audit leadership, including Chief Auditors at the group level, divisional/business aligned audit executives, and roles such as audit COO or business lead, alongside partnering on Audit Committee Chair roles with their Board practice team.

Leathwaite's leadership in finance executive recruitment is not merely about filling positions but about banking on the success of their clients, ensuring they are equipped with leaders who can navigate the complexities of today's financial landscape while driving forward tomorrow's innovations.

About Leathwaite

Leathwaite has 25 years' experience partnering with leaders to support executive recruitment of the best, and most diverse, talent. The team has expertise across a broad spectrum of executive recruitment that includes executive search, executive interim and data and insights.

Leathwaite knows the corporate officer and corporate function landscape better than anyone. It has been placing senior functional leaders for more than 20 years working with CEO and Board, Finance, Technology, Human Resources, Legal, risk and compliance, Operations, Marketing and more.

There should be no limits when it comes to executing a top-flight search. That's why Leathwaite takes an industry agnostic approach. Leathwaite will find you the finest corporate officers, no matter the industry whether that's Consumer Markets, Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Industrial Markets, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Professional Services, Real Estate or Technology and Telecoms.

Successful executive recruitment requires an extensive network of global connections, something that the firm has been able to cultivate since it was first established in 1999 - locations today including Hong Kong, London, New York, Miami, Singapore, and Toronto.

To find out more information about executive recruitment visit https://www.Leathwaite.com

Leathwaite are specialists in executive search, executive interim, and data & insight services around the world. To find out more information about the different Leathwaite services visit https://www.leathwaite.com/services/

Ends

- For any media enquiries please contact Jasmin Curtiss at Leathwaite – +1 917 710 6304.
- For all other enquiries please contact Leathwaite at https://www.Leathwaite.com/contact

Notes to Editors:

For more information about Leathwaite services, please go to https://www.leathwaite.com.

- As the world's leading executive search firm for corporate functions, Leathwaite deliver an interconnected range of talent, business intelligence and advisory services from our strategically placed global offices.