EXECUTIVE SEARCH

A leading global FMCG organisation needed a Budget & Planning Manager to take ownership of its budgeting, forecasting and financial planning functions. The client required a qualified Chartered Accountant with experience within a comparable global FMCG competitor, rather than general FMCG experience.

The appointment also called for strong commercial understanding and the ability to work closely with commercial and operational teams within a multinational business.

Through our Executive Search service, Ntice mapped comparable global FMCG competitors and approached professionals working in relevant finance roles. We engaged candidates about the opportunity and assessed their interest and suitability against the client’s qualification, industry, technical and business partnering requirements.

The client engaged Ntice exclusively, with no upfront retainer. The initial retainer payment became due only once we presented candidates the client wanted to interview, allowing them to assess the quality of our work before making a payment.

This targeted approach produced a shortlist of six candidates, three of whom progressed to interviews.

The client offered the Budget & Planning Manager position to one of the shortlisted candidates, who accepted and joined the business. The successful candidate brought the Chartered Accountant qualification, global FMCG experience and financial expertise required.

The client secured the appointment through a dedicated, exclusive search, with the reassurance that their first payment was linked to candidates they wanted to interview. This removed the uncertainty of paying an upfront retainer before seeing the quality of candidates delivered.