C-Suite & Senior Leadership

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.

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

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

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.