What One Controller Search Revealed About Hiring Before the Job Description Exists
Executive Summary A lot of hiring managers think a search starts once the job description is finished. In reality, that is usually not how it works. More often, the need shows up first. The business is moving. The team is stretched. A role becomes important enough to hire for, but the people closest to it…
Read MoreHiring for AI-Ready Data Governance Talent: A Private Equity Search Case Study
A lot of companies are talking about AI right now. That makes sense. But when we speak with finance, accounting, investment operations, and private markets leaders, the real hiring need is usually more practical than “we need someone who knows AI.” More often, the real problem sounds like this: “Our reporting is too manual.”“Our data…
Read MoreWhat One Search Revealed About AI and Finance Transformation Hiring
Executive Summary A lot of people talk about AI as if it is going to replace whole categories of consulting, finance, and transformation work. This search suggested something more useful and more human. The role was not an “AI job.” It was an AI-adjacent finance transformation leadership search inside a national consulting firm. The professional…
Read MoreRecruiting an AI-Ready Finance Data Analytics Manager for a Global Alternative Asset Firm | A Search Case Study
Executive Summary Origin Staffing partnered with a global alternative asset firm to hire an AI-ready Finance Data Analytics Manager for a newly created role at the intersection of finance, data, automation, and process modernization. The client needed someone who could sit between finance and technology. The finance team had data, reporting needs, and manual processes…
Read MorePrivate Credit Has Changed the Talent Model at PE Firms
Private credit has moved to the center of the platform at many of the world’s largest alternative asset managers. This Origin Staffing infographic compares private equity and private credit AUM across leading firms, showing how the balance of the industry has shifted.
Read MoreBeyond Title Matching: Inside a Property Accounting Search Case Study
Executive Summary This anonymized search case study shows how Origin Staffing placed a manager-level candidate into a commercial real estate property accounting leadership role that was more complex than the title first suggested. At a glance, the search looked familiar. The client needed a technically strong accounting leader with management capability, real estate exposure, and…
Read MoreRecruiting an Internal Audit Senior for a Global Private Equity Firm | A Search Case Study
Executive Summary Origin Staffing partnered with a leading global private equity firm to fill an Internal Audit Senior position supporting the firm’s growing internal audit program. The hire was driven by rapid organizational growth and the need to expand internal audit coverage across an increasingly complex investment platform. The client initially prioritized candidates with direct…
Read MoreAnthropic job predictions – The First Rung Gets Thin
Artificial intelligence can raise output and remove repetitive work, but it also thins the training ground and makes judgment, ownership, and hiring quality more important.
Read MoreA+ Finance Hiring Beyond Titles
The best finance hires often look unqualified on paper because the resume hides the real signal. The art is using a proven process to reveal high agency, judgment, and adaptive smarts. Its good if they haven’t done 50%+ of the job!
Read MoreRecruiting a Managing Director for a National Advisory Firm | A Search Agency Case Study
Executive Summary Role Context and Why This Hire Mattered This was not a backfill search. There was no open requisition. Origin Staffing introduced a Managing Director profile to a national consulting/advisory firm based on platform fit and market opportunity. The client had a strong Risk Advisory practice heavily concentrated in SOX and SOX implementations, but…
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