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C-Suite & Senior Leadership

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Expertise in senior leadership recruitment for Legal and Professional Services firms

A strong senior business services leadership team can have a transformative impact on the growth, reputation, strategic direction and operational excellence of a professional services firm.

With over a decade of experience in recruiting for senior leadership and board level positions, Ambition excel at sourcing and placing outstanding Business Services leaders for legal and professional services firms. We act as trusted advisors and true business partners to many of our CMO, CFO, COO, Managing Partner, HR Director and Talent Acquisition clients, following the delivery of multiple successful hires.

Extensive network of senior leadership talent

​We have built long-standing relationships with many of the Magic Circle and top 100 UK and US law firms, Top 100 Practices to Big 4 Accountancy firms, independent and specialist boutique Accountancy firms. We also work with top-tier Management Consultancies of all sizes.

We regularly host exclusive roundtable events for our senior network such as CMO and CFO lunches, HR Director and Head of TA roundtables and senior BD & Marketing leaders workshops.

We adopt a flexible and robust methodology to formulate a customised strategy and deliver tailored solutions that meet each firm's specific objectives.

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C-Suite & Senior Leadership roles in Legal:

BD, Marketing & Communications

  • ​Chief Marketing Officer

  • Director of Marketing / BD

  • Head of Marketing / BD / Communications / Client Relationships​

​Strategy & Operations

  • COO

  • Chief Strategy Officer

  • Chief Commercial Officer

  • Business Director

  • Director of Operations

Finance & Accounting

  • Chief Financial Officer

  • Head of Finance / Finance Director / Financial Controller

  • Head of Commercial Finance

  • Finance Business Partner

  • Head of FP&A

  • Head of Pricing

  • Head of Finance Systems (including developers)

  • Head of Tax (UK & International)

  • Head of Partnership Accounts

  • Head of Finance Operations/ Revenue

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C-Suite & Senior Leadership roles in Practice:

Insolvency & Restructuring

  • Partner

  • Licensed Insolvency Practitioner 

  • Managing / Senior Director

  • Director

Corporate Finance

  • Partner

  • Managing Director

  • Director

  • Head of Valuation

  • Head of Debt Advisory

  • Head of Financial Due Diligence

  • Head of M&A ​

Tax

  • Managing Partner

  • Tax Partner

  • Tax Director  

Audit

  • Managing Partner

  • Audit Partner

  • Audit Director

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Tailored search strategies

We adopt a personalised and collaborative approach to hiring C-Suite and Senior Leadership talent.

For employers, every step in our search process is tailored to your requirements. From our initial consultation to creating a search plan, sourcing candidates, validating experience, interviewing and checking references, our diligent process ensures only the most qualified executives, suited for the company’s culture, are presented for consideration. The partnership approach, combined with our passions and dedication has led to consistently outstanding results for our clients. 

For experienced senior leaders looking for their next appointment, we are able to offer unrivalled career coaching, interview preparation and in-depth market knowledge to ensure you are put forward only for the roles which best match your career ambitions.

International senior leadership appointments

Through our global networks and international locations in the UK, US, Asia and Australia, we have access to the best executive talent across Europe, US, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

If you are looking for your next C-Suite or senior leadership hire, contact us today for a confidential discussion.

Meet the C-Suite & Senior Leadership Team