Case Study: Executive & C-Suite

Finance Executive Search Completed in Days Amidst Covid-19 & 2020 Holiday Season


An executive search that would normally take 3-4 months to fill, which began in December 2020, concluded with the new VP of Accounting starting onsite – in New Mexico – on January 24, 2021.


  • Position: VP of Accounting
  • Client: Cutting edge manufacturer of semiconductors using silicon photonics, servicing the Aerospace & Defense and Telecommunications industries
  • Issue: Our Client had recently acquired a competitor based in Austin, TX, that was underwater financially – despite producing quality products.

  • Assessment: Career Transitions was tasked with finding a VP of Accounting to work directly under the CFO, with the challenge of onboarding the newly acquired company. Managing an expanding business in Albuquerque, NM, the current CFO was stretched thin, and needed someone ASAP with experience navigating acquisitions in a highly regulated environment.

    Solution: After combing through nearly 100 VP/C- Level accounting candidates, Career Transitions identified a candidate holding extensive experience at global companies in highly regulated industries such as Biotech, and Aerospace & Defense. This individual also had a strong M&A background.

    Setting up in-person interviews was difficult, but Career Transitions coordinated a meeting between the CFO, while he was home in Massachusetts for the holidays, and the candidate, who lived in Boston. These coordinated efforts eventually led to an offer.

    Conducting the search through the 2020 holidays and Covid-19 restrictions wouldn’t prove to be too great of a challenge!

    An executive search that would normally take 3-4 months to fill, which began in December 2020, concluded with the new VP of Accounting starting onsite – in New Mexico – on January 24, 2021.


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