Fintech & Financial Services
Finance and Fintech Leadership for Greater Phoenix
CFOs, finance directors, risk, compliance and fintech operators for companies scaling in or relocating to Scottsdale, AZ and Phoenix, AZ.
Retained search with a shortlist that fits your stage.
Retained
Full commitment on both sides
3–4
Finalists, not a long list
Limited
Few mandates open at any one time
Fintech and financial services talent in Scottsdale, AZ and Phoenix, AZ
Greater Phoenix has become a genuine option for financial services and fintech employers: lower cost base than California, a deepening technology workforce, and a quality of life that makes relocation conversations easier. What has not caught up is the depth of local senior finance talent, which is exactly the gap we work in.
We recruit CFOs, finance directors, VPs of risk and compliance, fintech operations leaders, and board-level advisors for companies scaling in or relocating to Scottsdale, Phoenix, and the surrounding Valley. These are small, high-consequence searches. The people you want are employed, guarded, and reachable only through a credible introduction from someone who can speak their language.
We take a limited number of these mandates at a time, and only where our network genuinely reaches your market. If we are not the right partner, we will tell you at the first conversation rather than weeks into the search.
Engagement model
Retained executive engagements with milestone-based fees, agreed before the search opens, scoped to the seniority and complexity of the mandate, and backed by a replacement guarantee on the placed executive.
Request a consultationWhy a finance leadership mistake is a capital problem
A finance leadership mistake is not a staffing problem; it is a capital problem. A CFO who cannot get audit-ready financials out on time, or a compliance leader who misses a regulatory shift, can stall a funding round and cost you board confidence that takes years to rebuild.
The people who prevent that are not applying. They are in conversations with investors, board members, and search partners they already trust. A generic outreach message is screened out in seconds; a credible, well-briefed approach gets a reply.
If you are expanding into Arizona, your first senior finance hire sets the tone for everything that follows. Get it right and the expansion accelerates. Get it wrong and you spend the next year questioning the decision to move at all.
How we run fintech and finance searches
Step 1
Business review: We start with your stage, capital strategy, regulatory profile, systems, and the specific problem this leader solves in year one. That becomes a written mandate and a scorecard.
Step 2
Targeted outreach: We identify the ten to fifteen people who fit and approach them through credible channels. In a small pool, a scattergun approach damages your brand.
Step 3
Deep assessment: Structured behavioural interviews, references beyond the named list, and direct examination of capital strategy, audit readiness, regulatory exposure, and team scaling.
Finance and fintech roles we place
Chief Financial Officer
Finance leaders who can own reporting discipline, capital strategy, board communication, and regulatory readiness for growth-stage companies.
Finance Director
Hands-on finance leaders who can build the team, systems, and processes that scale from Series B through public-market readiness.
VP Risk & Compliance
Compliance and risk officers who can build defensible programs without slowing the business, especially in lending, payments, and wealth tech.
Fintech Operations
Operations, product, and revenue leaders who understand financial services regulation and can translate it into product and go-to-market strategy.
Open roles in this practice
No open roles are listed right now
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