Accounting and Finance Hiring Resources

The Right Finance Hire
Changes Everything.
So Does the Wrong One.

Practical, research-backed resources for PE deal partners, CFOs, and CPA firm leaders. Written by someone who has been on your side of the table.

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A decade inside.
Not on the outside looking in.

I am a CPA with a decade of senior finance experience inside PE-backed companies. I have done this work from the inside. Most finance recruiters have not. That changes how I run a search and who I can find for you.

These guides are completely free, no obligation. If something in one of them resonates and you want to talk, reach out.

Royal Search Group places accounting and finance professionals at all levels above entry into PE-backed companies, mid-market businesses, and CPA firms nationwide. This includes CFOs, Controllers, FP&A Directors, VP Finance, Accounting Managers, Senior Accountants, Tax Managers, Audit Seniors, and more. Direct hire only.

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Each guide is written specifically for its audience.

For PE Deal Partners

The PE Finance Talent Guide

How to build the finance team that actually delivers your investment thesis. CFO archetypes, the roles below the CFO that most sponsors get wrong, hiring mistakes that cost multiples, and how to time talent decisions across the hold period.

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For CFOs

The CFO's Finance Hiring Guide

How to build the team behind your strategy. The Controller, FP&A, and Finance Manager briefs most CFOs get wrong, what you are actually looking for beyond the resume, and how to keep the people you work hard to find.

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For CPA Firm Partners

The CPA Firm Talent Guide

How to hire, retain, and build the partner pipeline in today's accounting talent market. The competition you are actually up against, what your people want that most firms fail to deliver, and how to build a succession plan before you need one.

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Royal Search Group

Recruiting built on operating experience.

I am a CPA and CVA who spent a decade in senior finance roles at PE-backed manufacturing companies before moving into executive search. I now recruit exclusively in accounting, finance, HR, administrative, and operations roles nationwide through Royal Search Group.

I built these guides because the conversations I have with PE sponsors, CFOs, and firm partners keep surfacing the same questions. This is the honest, research-backed version of those answers.

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Direct hire only. No temp or contract placements.