Financial Technology
Segment Expertise
Bespoke Partners is the leading executive search firm recruiting value-creating leaders for software and SaaS companies that are breaking new ground in fintech.
End Markets Include:
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Commercial Banks
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Investment Banks
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Consumer Banks
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Corporations
Sub-Sectors Include:
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Payments
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Payroll
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Asset Management
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Digital Banking
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Crypto
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Capital Markets
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Lending
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Core Banking
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Accounting
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Fintech Sector Trends
Bespoke partners software sector coverage report
Talent Trends, Market Moves and More
Insights Include:
- Fintech sector overview & trends
- Hiring and market trends
- Subsectors and key players
- Market moves
- Track record
Bespoke Track Record in Fintech Searches
90+
Fintech Placements
$120M
Average PorTCo Scale
12
Number of Assisted Exits
9.6
Client Satisfaction
$19.6B
Enterprise Value Created
Functions placed – CEO, CRO, CPO, CMO, COO, GM, CTO, and CAO
Fintech Sector Experts
Ben Kabakow
Research Associate
Fintech Sector Expert
Ben is a Research Associate on the Go-To-Market team. Based in New York City, he joins Bespoke after two years as a recruiter, focused on bringing in new business and placing top talent with public and private companies.
Daniel Zhang
Research Associate
Fintech Sector Expert
Daniel was born in Toronto and raised in Seattle where he spent 22 years of his life. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Business Administration and moved to San Diego shortly thereafter to pursue a Master's degree at the University of San Diego.
Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate the onboarding of fintech leaders.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties your search for fintech leaders back to your investment thesis, resulting in enhanced value for private equity backed software or SaaS companies.
Find out why Bespoke is the search firm of choice for financial technology, and why our candidates excel at driving technology adoption, scaling fintech companies, and leading successful technology transformations within finance.
Looking for high-impact fintech leaders?
Why Bespoke for recruiting
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Exclusive
Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies: martech and adtech leaders who drive disruptive innovation and transform operations
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Efficient
Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate
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Unique
Unique network & data-driven process find transformative martech and adtech leaders in half the average time
Winning results
Examples of our fintech leader placements
High Achieving
Billing Platform
CMO, CRO and CFO lead billing platform to internationally recognized partnerships, earning top scores on corporate equality index and launching new analytics interface to AR platform.
Taking Payee Solutions
to the Next Level
GM spearheads major initiatives for Payee solutions firm, resulting in being names a best-in-class provider by Aite-Novartica, launches new product to market and grew employee count by 25%.
Lending Operations
Value Creators
Bespoke placed 5 executives for a lending operations software company. Under their leadership the firm went on to expand their Salesforce partnership, complete 3 successful acquisitions, increased revenue by 74% and employee count by 48%.
Bespoke-placed Leaders drive innovation
We place fintech leaders with proven track records in:
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Vast subsector knowledge to fully capitalize on unique end markets.
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Deploying new technologies to optimize operations and personalize the customer experience for banking, asset management, lending and more.
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Designing and launching disruptive innovations that realign existing fintech markets and create new ones.
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Embracing mission driven work to see beyond profits and seek softer skills such as communication and creativity to stay ahead of the competition in an industry with accelerating velocity.
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Creating a strong vision that ties to the value creation plan, and powerfully communicating that vision.
Search 2.0™
Data-Driven Executive Recruiting Mapped to Value Creations Plan, Cutting Human Capital Risk.
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Data-driven
Search based on management science finding leaders who create value, typically in half industry average time
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Advanced Scorecarding
Comprehensive view of the candidate fit with the role
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Deep Validation
Typically 10+ backchannel references per candidate
Your full-spectrum human capital partner
Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.