Executive search and interim staffing for private capital firms and portfolio companies
Finatal recruits leadership and specialists for PE funds and their portfolio companies, focusing on finance, operations, and M&A roles. The hiring velocity is accelerating across 187 open roles—dominated by finance placements (158 roles) at senior and C-level seniority—signaling sustained demand for value-creation talent in portfolio turnarounds. The tech stack reveals a finance operations backbone (NetSuite, Planful, Sage Intacct, LucaNet) paired with recruitment infrastructure (Bullhorn, Salesforce, HubSpot), typical of high-touch placement firms managing deal pipelines and candidate pipelines in parallel.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Financial Officer, Treasury Director, Investment Director, IT Director, Head of M&A
Finatal is a London-based executive search and interim recruitment firm specializing in private capital markets. Founded in 2010, the firm places permanent and temporary leadership across PE funds, growth equity firms, and portfolio companies undergoing value creation—particularly in finance, treasury, M&A, and operational roles. The portfolio of active projects spans ERP implementations, post-acquisition integration, finance transformation, and exit preparation, reflecting the typical lifecycle of portfolio company turnarounds. Finatal operates across 11 countries including the UK, US, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, and others, serving mid-market and larger private capital investors.
Across 11 countries: UK, US, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Japan, Bulgaria, Peru, and Sweden.
Recruitment systems: Bullhorn, Salesforce, HubSpot. Finance operations: NetSuite, Planful, Sage Intacct, LucaNet. BI and reporting: Power BI, think-cell.
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