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INSURANCE / FINANCE LEADERSHIP

A tactical CFO for a PE-backed insurance platform

A finance-leadership search requiring sponsor-backed experience, accounting and FP&A range, and the willingness to remain close to the work.

CFOcompleted placement

CLIENT CONTEXT

The platform needed a CFO who could operate credibly with the sponsor, board, and lenders while leading finance in a lean environment.

THE MANDATE

Find a finance leader with firsthand reporting ownership, strong accounting and planning range, and evidence of being tactical when the team required it.

HOW URRLY APPROACHED IT

Build the market around the evidence the mandate requires.

01

Mapped finance leaders from sponsor-backed insurance and adjacent regulated financial businesses.

02

Tested for firsthand ownership of board and lender reporting rather than exposure from a supporting role.

03

Weighted willingness to operate tactically alongside strategic finance capability.

THE RECORDED OUTCOME

Urrly completed the CFO placement against a scorecard that required sponsor context, financial range, and lean-team operating evidence.

Chief Financial Officer

EVIDENCE AND PRIVACY

Specific enough to be useful. Anonymized by design.

Placement and mandate details are supported by Urrly recruiting records and owner-approved anonymized case notes.

Client and candidate names are withheld. Metrics describe recruiting activity and do not imply business performance beyond the recorded outcome.

Published by Urrly · Reviewed by Kyle James · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

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