Search/CFO in Bengaluru

CFO search firm in Bengaluru.

Retained Chief Financial Officer search in Bengaluru and across Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Chennai. The CFO role has changed faster than any other in the last decade. We run CFO searches as much for capital-markets fluency, treasury sophistication and IR credibility as for accounting depth.

01 / What we evaluate

How we read a CFO.

Every CFO candidate we shortlist for a Bengaluru mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of CFO placements across India and the GCC:

  • 01Capital-markets experience — IPO, QIP, debt issuance
  • 02Treasury and FX management at scale
  • 03Investor-relations track record with analysts and institutional investors
  • 04Audit-committee and regulator relationships
  • 05FP&A and business-partnering depth
Compensation

₹3.5–9 Cr fixed + variable + ESOP / LTI

Typical CFO band for Bengaluru-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.

Timeline

10–16 weeks

Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.

Engagement

Retained

Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.

02 / Why us in Bengaluru

From the ground.

Our CFO franchise spans listed financials, technology, manufacturing and consumer — over 200 CFO placements since the firm began.

Bengaluru is where our technology, product and AI leadership practice is centred. From this office we run CTO, Chief Product Officer, VP Engineering, Chief AI Officer and CISO mandates for unicorns, listed product companies, GCCs and growth-stage startups.

  • CFO mandates in Software & SaaS
  • CFO mandates in AI & Data Platforms
  • CFO mandates in GCCs & Capability Centres
  • CFO mandates in Cybersecurity
  • CFO mandates in Biotech & Healthtech
  • CFO mandates in E-commerce & Quick Commerce

Brief us on a CFO search in Bengaluru.

A consultant from our Bengaluru office will be in touch within one business day.

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