Finatal helped Perennial Services Group refine its hiring brief and appoint a VP Corporate Controller with experience across more than 60 acquisitions.
60+ acquisitionsAppointed leader’s career experience
VP ControllerSenior accounting leadership
RemoteJoined July 2026
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The challenge
Perennial Services Group, a multi-site outdoor home services platform, needed a VP Corporate Controller to support a substantial acquisition-led growth strategy.
The business required someone who had worked in a scalable finance function and understood the demands of integrating multiple services businesses. The appointment needed to bring both immediate accounting leadership and the experience to develop processes for a much larger organization.
The search
Finatal targeted candidates from services businesses that had followed a comparable growth trajectory, prioritizing experience in acquisition integration and building finance functions at scale.
The initial brief focused on a regional candidate pool and a lower compensation range. Our market work showed the value of widening the search. We introduced candidates available to work remotely at a higher compensation level, giving the client a clearer view of the experience those changes could attract.
The business revised the location and compensation parameters, expanding access to candidates with the required background.
The result
Perennial appointed a VP Corporate Controller who had worked in a private equity-backed business and led work across more than 60 acquisitions during his career.
His experience in a substantially larger business brought a relevant understanding of the processes and controls required as an organization grows. He joined in July 2026, adding senior accounting leadership to support Perennial’s continued expansion.
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