A constantly changing business world with new financial regulations and reporting systems makes huge demands on finance leaders. Transaction trends over recent years with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures have increased the weight on the shoulders of the CFO.

We recommend that finance leaders should be extremely business oriented and have excellent communicative and analytical skills.

The CFO must have complete overview and be able to take a strategic and commercial stance focusing strongly on risk management. The ability to adapt to changing cultures is also a necessary success factor in the global business world with many different demands and legislations.

The CFOs we recommend to our clients typically have broad experience in finance, accounting, auditing, controlling, tax, treasury, M&A and IT.

Experience from specific industries and production models injects added value into the organization, thus matching the financial issues experienced by the company in its daily business.

Friis International has many years of experience in placing highly skilled candidates in industrial companies. This means that we have wide access to talented executives and senior managers with the right financial skills and value set for our clients.

We ensure that recommended candidates always have the necessary professional qualifications, and that they possess the necessary personal characteristics such as visible leadership, power and robustness to manage the pressure that is invariably part of an executive’s daily work.

Our competences in the field of CFO search is based partly on our ability in assessing leaders, our highly refined research capability and our extensive database which comprises leadership candidates with outstanding track records, and who possess the professional and personal potential to handle responsible positions and ensure success.

Friis International is thus the reliable and successful choice as your search partner in connection with a CFO appointment.

We also assist our clients in recruiting leaders who report to the CFO, typically in the areas of:

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Controlling
• Investor Relations
• IT
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Risk management
• Tax
• Treasury

To discuss your leadership needs, please contact us.