Recognition tied to the experience Scion works to provide employers throughout the hiring process.
Director of Finance Staffing Agency
Find the Finance Leader Your Organization Needs. Without Starting From Zero.
Temporary and interim Director of Finance staffing for employers who need the right industry, financial, systems, and leadership experience now.
When a Director of Finance position opens, the work does not wait. Your CFO may be stretched. Forecasts still need to be accurate. Cash still needs visibility. The board still expects answers. Your finance team still needs leadership. And hiring someone who has never worked in your type of organization can create an entirely new problem.
Scion helps you skip the cold start. Our recruiters connect employers with experienced temporary and interim Directors of Finance across the United States, including professionals whose industry, systems, leadership, reporting, planning, and operational backgrounds align with the work your organization actually needs done.
Finance leadership matched to your industry, organization, team, and immediate priorities.
16M+
Professional Network Reach
Extensive recruiting reach helps us pursue talent beyond professionals applying to your job posting.
Nationwide
U.S. Search Capability
Search support across U.S. markets for on-site, hybrid, remote, and multi-location needs.
Since 2006
Recruiting Experience
Long-standing experience across professional staffing, recruiting, interim talent, and search.
98%+
Specialized Search Benchmark
Scion specialized search practices report exceptional long-term placement success.
*98%+ reflects a reported Scion specialized-search placement success benchmark and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of an individual temporary or interim assignment.
Award-Winning Recruiting Partnership
A high-priority finance search deserves a recruiting partner employers and candidates trust.
The strongest finance professionals can be selective. Your recruiting partner represents your opportunity in the market, engages potential candidates, communicates your story, and helps shape their first impression of your organization.
Scion Staffing has earned Best of Staffing recognition for both client and talent satisfaction, including multi-year recognition. Strong relationships on both sides of the hiring process help us build better searches for employers.
Candidate relationships matter when your next finance leader may not be actively applying online.
Continued recognition supporting Scion's commitment to professional recruiting relationships.
Why Employers Call Scion
Usually, something changed. And finance cannot simply wait.
You do not need to have the perfect job description before contacting us. Tell us what changed, what work is falling on other leaders, what deadlines are approaching, and what experience has been difficult to find. We can help translate that into the search.
“Our Director of Finance just resigned.”
We can begin targeting interim leaders capable of maintaining forecasting, reporting, team leadership, cash visibility, accounting oversight, and executive support while your organization determines the long-term plan.
“Our CFO is doing two jobs.”
We can search for finance leaders who can absorb operating responsibility and give the CFO room to return to strategic work, board responsibilities, capital, growth, and executive decision-making.
“We have applicants, but none know our industry.”
We can expand the search nationally and pursue candidates whose backgrounds align with your industry, revenue model, systems, financial complexity, reporting environment, and stakeholders.
“We cannot leave this role open for months.”
Interim finance leadership can protect continuity while your organization conducts the permanent search thoughtfully instead of making a rushed long-term hire.
“We are heading into an audit, budget cycle, or ERP project.”
We can prioritize candidates with the specific finance experience connected to the event driving the need, including audit, budgeting, systems implementation, transformation, or financial reporting.
“Our finance organization has outgrown its current structure.”
We can pursue leaders experienced in building processes, teams, reporting, financial systems, controls, dashboards, and more scalable finance operations.
Active Candidates
Passive Professionals
Existing Network
Direct Outreach
Referrals + Relationships
National Sourcing
Expanded Finance Talent Market
Access Beyond the Job Board
Your next Director of Finance may not be looking for a job.
Some of the strongest finance professionals are already working, selective about their next move, or open only when the right opportunity reaches them.
Posting another job may generate more applicants. It does not necessarily generate the right candidate.
Scion recruiters actively search, source, engage, and build relationships with professionals across U.S. markets, giving employers another path to talent beyond inbound applications.
01
National Search Reach
Broaden the talent market beyond the immediate local applicant pool when the experience you need is specialized.
02
Direct Candidate Engagement
Reach professionals who may not be responding to job advertisements but could be interested in the right opportunity.
03
Industry-Focused Targeting
Search for leaders whose experience reflects the economics, systems, reporting, regulations, funding, or stakeholders in your sector.
Industry-Aligned Finance Leadership
Would you rather interview ten Finance Directors, or three who already understand your environment?
Finance leadership is not one-size-fits-all. Revenue models, funding structures, cost drivers, accounting requirements, financial systems, metrics, board expectations, and operational priorities vary dramatically by industry. We can build the search around experience that shortens the learning curve.
Technology & SaaS
Recruit finance leaders who understand recurring revenue, growth economics, cash runway, board expectations, and scalable financial planning.
ARR
SaaS Metrics
Cash Runway
FP&A
Board Reporting
Nonprofits & Foundations
Target leaders familiar with mission-driven finance, restricted funding, stewardship, grants, board finance, and audit requirements.
Grants
Restricted Funds
Boards
Reserves
Audits
Associations & Professional Societies
Recruit around the financial complexity of membership revenue, events, sponsorships, reserves, boards, and association operations.
Membership
Events
Sponsorship
Committees
Board Finance
Manufacturing & Distribution
Search for finance leadership with experience connecting financial performance to plant, inventory, margin, labor, capital, and operational drivers.
Inventory
Standard Cost
Margins
Working Capital
Plant Finance
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Pursue leaders familiar with regulated, reimbursement-driven, research, grant, or service-line environments.
Reimbursement
Research
Capital
Compliance
Forecasting
Consulting & Client Services
Search for leaders experienced with utilization, project economics, pricing, staffing models, client profitability, and service-based forecasting.
Utilization
Pricing
Project Margin
Pipeline
Forecasting
Financial Services
Prioritize finance leaders familiar with controls, risk, regulatory environments, liquidity, reporting, and executive visibility.
Controls
Liquidity
Risk
Reporting
Capital
Retail & Consumer Products
Search around product economics, channel performance, inventory, promotions, working capital, location performance, and planning.
Inventory
Margins
Channels
Pricing
Working Capital
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Pursue leaders comfortable with investor expectations, EBITDA, cash, integration, KPIs, board reporting, and accelerated improvement.
EBITDA
Board Reporting
KPIs
Integration
Value Creation
Real Estate & Property
Search for leaders familiar with portfolio reporting, entities, capital, cash, property economics, budgeting, and lender or investor needs.
Portfolio
Capital
Entities
Cash
Investors
Education
Recruit finance leaders familiar with grants, tuition, programs, restricted funding, reserves, audits, and board reporting.
Tuition
Grants
Programs
Reserves
Audits
Media, Creative & Entertainment
Search around project economics, production costs, royalties, revenue, cash, client profitability, and forecast-driven planning.
Projects
Production
Royalties
Cash
Forecasting
Your Search Starts With What Success Looks Like
We build the Director of Finance search around your organization, not a generic title.
Tell us what the incoming leader must know, own, improve, communicate, and deliver. Those details become part of the recruiting strategy.
Industry Experience
FP&A
Accounting Oversight
Board Reporting
ERP Experience
Cash Management
Team Leadership
Private Equity
Nonprofit Finance
SaaS Metrics
Manufacturing Finance
Audit Leadership
Multi-Entity Reporting
M&A / Integration
Example Director of Finance Search Profile
Illustrative
Industry
SaaS / Technology
Immediate Need
Interim leadership during permanent search
Priority
Forecasting, board reporting, cash visibility, finance team leadership
Systems
NetSuite, Excel, FP&A tools, reporting dashboards
Team
Finance and accounting group reporting into the CFO
Environment
High growth, executive-facing, board visibility, evolving processes
Work Model
Hybrid
Search Goal
Identify a leader who can step in, gain credibility quickly, maintain continuity, and strengthen financial visibility.
How We Take the Search to Market
Every step should reduce uncertainty, not simply move a resume forward.
Our process is designed to understand what matters, translate it into a meaningful candidate profile, expand the talent market, evaluate alignment, and help you make the hiring decision with greater confidence.
01
Understand What Cannot Go Wrong
We identify the responsibilities, deadlines, team dynamics, systems, reporting, stakeholders, and financial work the incoming leader must protect.
02
Define the Experience That Will Translate
We determine which industry, functional, systems, leadership, company-stage, and organizational experiences matter most.
03
Take the Search to the Market
We activate network relationships, direct outreach, referrals, national sourcing, and recruiting channels to expand the potential talent pool.
04
Separate Experience From Resume Language
We look at what candidates actually owned, who they supported, what environments they operated in, and how their background compares with your needs.
05
Help You Hire With Confidence
You meet candidates aligned to the assignment while Scion helps coordinate the search, selection, communication, and hiring process.
How We Think About Candidate Alignment
We do not just ask, “Have you been a Director of Finance?”
Titles can hide enormous differences in responsibility. A useful search goes deeper into what the candidate actually owned, influenced, led, improved, and communicated.
This is where specialized recruiting creates value: understanding whether experience really translates to the environment in front of you.
Financial Ownership
What did they actually own?
Budget size, revenue, forecasting, accounting, cash, reporting, audit, planning, controls, treasury, and financial decision support.
Leadership Scope
Who did they lead?
Team size, management layers, accounting versus FP&A scope, cross-functional leadership, performance management, coaching, and organizational change.
Industry Context
Do they understand your financial model?
SaaS, grants, manufacturing, membership, reimbursement, professional services, inventory, portfolio finance, private equity, or other industry-specific complexities.
Executive Communication
Can they explain the numbers to decision-makers?
Board exposure, executive presentations, financial storytelling, forecast explanations, business cases, recommendations, and communication with non-finance leaders.
Systems
Have they worked in your technology environment?
ERP, accounting, FP&A, reporting, CRM, BI, consolidation, treasury, planning, or industry-specific systems.
Situation Fit
Have they operated through a similar moment?
Vacancy, rapid growth, restructuring, ERP implementation, acquisition, audit, turnaround, finance transformation, permanent search, or leadership transition.
Put Experience Against the Problem
The goal is not simply to fill the seat. It is to protect what depends on it.
An experienced interim Director of Finance can provide coverage while also helping maintain financial visibility, leadership, deadlines, controls, decision support, and confidence during a transition.
Forecasting + Reporting
Maintain or strengthen forecasts, management reporting, variance analysis, operating visibility, KPIs, and financial communication.
Budget Leadership
Guide annual budgets, reforecasts, scenario planning, headcount, departmental planning, and budget-to-actual performance.
Cash + Working Capital
Improve cash visibility, cash forecasting, treasury coordination, liquidity planning, and working-capital analysis.
Finance Leadership
Restore priorities, review, accountability, coaching, decision-making, and leadership for the accounting and finance team.
Audit + Controls
Support audit readiness, schedules, documentation, control environments, auditor communication, and accounting coordination.
Systems + Process Improvement
Lead ERP work, finance transformation, reporting improvements, automation, process redesign, and documentation.
Board + Leadership Support
Prepare executive reporting, board materials, financial narratives, metrics, recommendations, and decision support.
Permanent Search Coverage
Keep finance leadership in place while your organization takes the time required to select the right long-term hire.
Growth + Special Situations
Add leadership capacity during acquisitions, restructuring, expansion, fundraising, integration, new entities, or other complex periods.
Not Sure Which Finance Leader You Need?
Tell us what needs to be owned. We can help you define the level.
Titles vary dramatically. One organization's Director of Finance may look like another organization's Controller, Head of FP&A, VP of Finance, or hands-on CFO. You do not have to solve the title question alone before talking with us.
Director of Finance
Often a fit when the organization needs broad financial leadership across planning, reporting, cash, team management, strategy, and executive support.
- Budgeting + forecasting
- FP&A
- Finance team leadership
- Executive reporting
- Cash + planning
Controller
Often a fit when the priority centers more heavily on accounting, close, financial reporting, audit, controls, and accounting team leadership.
- General ledger
- Close + reporting
- Controls
- Audit
- Accounting leadership
CFO / Senior Finance Executive
May be appropriate when the need extends into capital, board strategy, financing, enterprise-level decisions, investors, risk, and overall finance leadership.
- Capital strategy
- Board leadership
- Investor relations
- Enterprise strategy
- Executive partnership
You Do Not Need the Perfect Job Description
Start with the problem. We can help shape the search.
Tell us what is happening in the finance department, what work is falling on the CFO, what deadlines are coming, what type of industry experience matters, what systems are involved, and what you need the incoming leader to own. Scion can use that information to help define the candidate profile and begin pursuing talent.
Finance leadership for associations from operational support through executive-level responsibility.
Scion can recruit interim Directors of Finance for associations, trade organizations, professional societies, chambers, and membership organizations. Search criteria can include membership revenue, conferences, sponsorships, restricted funding, grants, reserves, budgets, board reporting, committees, audits, nonprofit accounting, and finance team leadership. We also recruit Controllers, Accounting Managers, Finance Managers, Accountants, Analysts, Accounting Specialists, and other professionals who support the broader finance function.
Employer Questions
What employers want to know before starting a Director of Finance search.
These answers focus on the practical hiring questions that matter when finance leadership is missing, stretched, or needs specialized support.
How quickly can Scion begin a Director of Finance search?
Scion can begin building the search
once we understand
the reason for the opening,
work that must be covered,
assignment structure,
industry,
systems,
leadership responsibilities,
work model,
location,
availability needs,
and timeline.
Candidate availability and hiring timing vary,
but our national reach and professional network
allow us to begin pursuing talent
beyond a single local applicant pool.
Can Scion find Director of Finance candidates with experience in our industry?
Yes.
Industry alignment can be built
directly into the search.
Scion can pursue finance professionals
with backgrounds in technology,
SaaS,
nonprofits,
foundations,
associations,
manufacturing,
distribution,
healthcare,
life sciences,
professional services,
financial services,
real estate,
consumer businesses,
private equity,
education,
media,
and other sectors.
Can Scion recruit Finance Directors who are not actively applying for jobs?
Scion's recruiting approach
is not limited to inbound job applicants.
Our team can use
direct outreach,
candidate relationships,
referrals,
professional networks,
sourcing,
and national search capabilities
to pursue finance professionals
who may not be actively applying online.
Can Scion search nationally for an interim Director of Finance?
Yes.
Scion supports recruiting across U.S. markets
and can structure searches
around on-site,
hybrid,
remote,
travel,
or multi-location requirements.
National reach can be particularly useful
when the role requires
a specialized combination
of industry,
systems,
leadership,
finance,
or transformation experience.
Can Scion provide interim leadership while we conduct a permanent Director of Finance search?
Yes.
Interim leadership can help maintain
finance-team direction,
reporting,
forecasting,
cash visibility,
budgeting,
accounting oversight,
executive support,
and financial continuity
while the organization conducts
its long-term search.
Can Scion target specific ERP or financial systems experience?
Yes.
Search criteria can include
ERP,
accounting,
FP&A,
reporting,
business intelligence,
treasury,
consolidation,
CRM,
planning,
and other systems
relevant to the assignment.
Employers can also prioritize
ERP implementation,
migration,
integration,
automation,
or finance-transformation experience.
How does Scion evaluate Director of Finance candidates?
Candidate alignment can include
financial ownership,
team scope,
industry context,
company stage,
reporting responsibilities,
forecasting,
cash,
accounting oversight,
systems,
audit,
controls,
board exposure,
executive communication,
transformation,
and experience with situations
similar to the one driving the employer's need.
What should we tell Scion before starting the search?
Helpful information includes
why the position is open,
what must be accomplished,
responsibilities that cannot be delayed,
reporting relationship,
team structure,
industry,
systems,
financial complexity,
executive and board interaction,
location,
work model,
assignment duration,
compensation or bill-rate parameters,
and desired timing.
What if we are not sure whether we need a Director of Finance, Controller, or CFO?
You do not need to determine the title
before contacting Scion.
Titles vary widely between organizations.
Tell us which responsibilities need ownership,
what level of leadership is missing,
what decisions the person needs to support,
and what technical or industry experience matters.
That information can help shape
a more appropriate candidate profile.
Can Scion recruit the rest of our accounting and finance team?
Yes.
Scion supports hiring
across accounting and finance,
including Controllers,
Directors of Accounting,
Finance Managers,
Accounting Managers,
Senior Financial Analysts,
Budget Analysts,
Business Analysts,
Senior Accountants,
Tax Accountants,
Cost Accountants,
Accountants,
Accounting Specialists,
Accounting Clerks,
Bookkeepers,
Auditors,
and additional accounting and finance positions.
Finance Leadership When You Need It
Your finance team has work to do today. You do not have to solve the hiring problem alone.
Tell us what changed, what work needs ownership, which deadlines matter, what industry experience you need, and what success should look like. Scion can activate our national recruiting reach and build the Director of Finance search around your organization, financial environment, team, systems, culture, and immediate priorities.