Private Equity
Financial leaders who understand sponsor expectations, value creation, M&A, reporting discipline, leverage, transformation and exit readiness.
Retained Executive Search · Office of the CFO
The Office of the CFO.
That’s our business.
Modum Search partners with private equity firms, boards and CEOs to recruit financial leaders built for what comes next.
CFO · Chief Accounting Officer · Controller · FP&A · Corporate Development · Treasury
Where we add value
Financial leadership for consequential moments.
The right financial leader is defined by the road ahead.
Growth Companies
Leaders capable of building infrastructure, improving visibility, strengthening teams and creating the financial discipline required to scale.
Public Companies
Executives equipped for governance, complex reporting, capital markets, investor expectations and sophisticated operating environments.
Why Modum
Specialized where it matters most
The CFO role has changed.
Today’s financial leaders are expected to do far more than report the numbers. They shape strategy, allocate capital, lead transformation, build teams, manage risk, support M&A and help determine the trajectory of the business.
That is why Modum Search focuses exclusively on financial leadership. We understand the Office of the CFO because it is where we work every day.
Focus creates an advantage
Built around the Office of the CFO.
We understand the role.
CFO searches are not interchangeable. Ownership, strategy, company stage and the road ahead determine the executive the business actually needs.
Senior-led throughout.
The people defining the mandate remain involved in market mapping, outreach, assessment, interviews and the close. There is no handoff after the search is won.
Relevance over volume.
Our objective is not the longest slate. It is a concentrated group of executives whose experience, leadership and motivations align with the mandate.
Market intelligence included.
A search should reveal where the strongest talent sits, how the market views the opportunity, how compensation compares and when assumptions should evolve.
The Modum Method
There is a method
to the right hire.
The name Modum is derived from the Latin modus — manner, way, or method.
Executive search combines science and judgment. The science is understanding the business, culture and mandate well enough to identify the executives worth pursuing. The art is engaging those executives with discretion, access, agility and a candidate experience that reflects the quality of the client.
Our process is collaborative, high-touch and transparent from kickoff through a signed offer. Each mandate is customized, but the discipline behind the work remains consistent.
Define the Mandate
We begin with the business: its strategy, ownership, culture, leadership dynamics and the outcomes the new executive must deliver.
Map the Market
We build a targeted market map around the companies, sectors, ownership environments and executive profiles most relevant to the mandate.
Engage & Assess
We engage executives directly and evaluate experience, judgment, leadership style, motivation and fit against the mandate.
Select
We guide interviews, provide candidate intelligence and maintain continuous feedback so decisions stay informed and decisive.
Close
We manage references, compensation discussions, offer strategy and the path through acceptance.
A typical search cadence
From mandate to offer.
Searches move at the pace required by the mandate. This framework shows how a typical retained search progresses while keeping clients informed at every stage.
Week 1
Discovery
- Search kickoff
- Leadership & cultural interviews
- Position specification
- Research target list
- Go-to-market messaging
Weeks 2–5
Outreach & Recruitment
- Candidate outreach
- Comprehensive assessment
- Ongoing client review
- Shortlist development
- Full executive profiles
Weeks 6–8
Client Interviews
- Interview preparation
- Client interviews
- Comprehensive debriefs
- Initial referencing
- Candidate calibration
Weeks 9–10+
Negotiations & Closing
- Complete referencing
- Compensation alignment
- Offer strategy
- Negotiations
- Signed offer & transition
20+Years of executive search experience
200+Financial leadership searches
78 daysAverage from kickoff to close
North AmericaGeographic reach
Representative Search Experience
Different mandates.
One discipline.
Our work spans ownership structures, company stages and the broader Office of the CFO.
Backed byVärde
Chief Financial Officer
Trimont
Private Equity-Backed Commercial Real Estate Financial Services
The Mandate
Identify a CFO capable of leading through significant growth, acquisition integration and increasing organizational complexity.
Capital Markets · M&A · Integration · Transformation · Board Leadership
Backed byKKR
Chief Financial Officer
SupplyHouse
Founder-Led E-Commerce / Distribution
The Mandate
Recruit a CFO to strengthen the finance organization, support continued growth and prepare the business for potential future private equity investment.
PE Readiness · FP&A · Financial Infrastructure · Controls · Strategic Finance
Backed byAmerican Pacific Group
Chief Financial Officer
SoFlo Customs
Private Equity-Backed Automotive / Consumer
The Mandate
Recruit the company’s first CFO following private equity investment to institutionalize finance, strengthen reporting and build the infrastructure required for scale.
PE-Backed Growth · Finance Buildout · FP&A · Reporting · Strategic Finance
Backed byThompson Street Capital Partners
Chief Financial Officer
GovSpend
Private Equity-Backed Government Intelligence / Data
The Mandate
Recruit a CFO following private equity investment to strengthen the finance organization and help drive the company’s value-creation agenda.
Value Creation · Strategic Finance · Financial Operations · Reporting · PE Partnership
Backed bySpectrum Equity
Chief Financial Officer
Spreedly
Growth Equity-Backed Financial Technology / Payments
The Mandate
Recruit a CFO to optimize the finance organization, improve financial performance and position the business for exit readiness.
Financial Optimization · SaaS · Payments · Strategic Finance · Exit Readiness
Chief Financial Officer
R.S. Hughes
ESOP-Owned Industrial Distribution
The Mandate
Recruit a CFO capable of leading financial transformation, modernizing the finance organization and supporting the company’s next stage of growth.
Transformation · Systems · Financial Operations · Reporting · Strategic Finance
Senior Director, FP&A
Labster
Venture-Backed Education Technology
The Mandate
Recruit an FP&A leader capable of strengthening planning, forecasting and decision support as the business scaled.
FP&A · Forecasting · Strategic Planning · Business Partnership · Growth
Chief Accounting Officer
Hydrofarm
Publicly Traded Controlled Environment Agriculture
The Mandate
Recruit a senior accounting leader to strengthen technical accounting, reporting and controls in a complex public-company environment.
SEC Reporting · Technical Accounting · Controls · Governance · Accounting Leadership
About Modum
Senior attention is not a feature.
It’s the model.
Modum Search was built around a simple idea: the person trusted to understand the mandate should remain deeply involved throughout the search.
“The goal isn’t to produce the most candidates. It’s to understand the business well enough to know which executives are actually worth pursuing.”
Logan Dubois
Founder & Managing Partner
Logan leads retained executive search assignments focused on CFOs and the broader Office of the CFO. He partners with private equity firms, boards and CEOs on financial leadership mandates across a range of industries, ownership structures and stages of growth.
His work includes CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, FP&A, Treasury and Corporate Development searches, with particular experience supporting private equity-backed and transforming businesses.
Logan remains directly involved throughout each engagement — from defining the mandate and mapping the market through candidate assessment, client interviews and closing. That continuity gives clients a senior partner who understands both the business context and the candidate market from beginning to end.
Logan lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia, with his wife, Kimberleigh, and their twin boys. Outside of work, he enjoys golf, the outdoors and life on the coast — while the twins make sure “downtime” remains mostly theoretical.
20+Years of executive search experience
200+Financial leadership searches
Senior-LedFrom kickoff through close
Contact Us
Your next financial leader will influence far more than finance.
If you are considering a CFO or senior financial leadership search, we would welcome a confidential conversation.
Modum Search LLC
507 Ocean Blvd, Suite 201
St. Simons Island, GA 31522
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