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NEW — Strategic Career Advisory

You've worked hard
to get here.
Make sure the market
sees it.

Most senior finance professionals are far better than they appear on paper — or in a room. This is about closing that gap.

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The Problem

Search firms will call you when a role comes up. They'll prep you briefly for that specific interview. And that's where it ends.

Nobody is looking at how you're positioning yourself in the market. Nobody is reviewing your CV narrative, your LinkedIn, the way you're coming across at board level. Nobody is telling you what CFOs, CEOs, and chairs are actually looking for when they make senior finance appointments.

Until now.

What This Is

Strategic Career Advisory is a private, one-to-one service for senior finance professionals who want to get this right.

Not generic career coaching.

Not CV polishing.

Not interview tips from someone who's never sat in a hiring room.

This is built from the other side of the table — thirty years of placing finance leaders into industry, PE-backed, and high-growth businesses.

One focused 90-minute session with Catherine Turner. A written document to take away. A follow-up call to make sure it's landing. And the clarity to move forward with confidence.

The Session

90 minutes, one to one with Catherine Turner

The Document

A written summary sent within 48 hours — to keep, return to, and share with no one else.

The Follow-Up

30 minutes, 3 to 4 weeks later. Because advice without accountability rarely sticks.

Who This Is For

Designed for qualified finance professionals
at FC, FD, CFO, or equivalent level.

Targeting a step up

FC to FD, FD to CFO, or moving into a significantly larger or more complex business. You need to position yourself for a level you haven't held yet — which requires a different approach.

Preparing for a specific opportunity

You've seen the role. You want to make sure you're ready for it — not just technically, but in how you present, communicate, and land in the room.

Navigating redundancy

You've been made redundant and want expert, independent support to re-enter the market properly — not generic outplacement that wasn't designed for someone at your level. In many cases this session can be funded by your employer.

Not getting the traction you expected

You're active in the market but it isn't moving the way it should. Processes aren't progressing. Something isn't landing. You want an honest, experienced view on why — and what to do about it.

Making a significant transition

A move into a PE-backed environment, a board-level appointment, an international relocation, or a shift from practice into industry. Each requires a specific approach that generic advice won't cover.

If any of these resonate, this session was built for you.

What's Included

Strategic Career Session

£1,200

A complete, structured engagement — not a one-off conversation.

The Session

90 minutes, one to one with Catherine Turner

Your positioning — how you're presenting yourself and whether it matches where you want to go

Your CV — narrative, structure, commercial impact, and what's missing

Your LinkedIn — how decision-makers actually read it and what it's saying about you right now

What CFOs, CEOs, and boards are really looking for at senior level — and how to speak directly to that

Interview approach — structure, the questions that trip senior candidates up, and how to handle them

Salary and package positioning — how to navigate that conversation without underselling or overplaying

The gaps — an honest assessment of what's working, what isn't, and exactly what to do next

The Document

Sent within 48 hours

A written summary covering positioning, CV and LinkedIn recommendations, interview guidance tailored to your situation, and a clear action list. Something to keep, return to, and share with no one else.

The Follow-Up

30 minutes, 3 to 4 weeks later

A focused call to review progress and make sure the actions are actually landing. Because advice without accountability rarely sticks.

A note for those navigating redundancy

This session may be fundable by your employer. Standard outplacement packages are rarely designed for senior finance professionals. This service can be proposed as a specialist alternative, and in most cases employers will agree. We are happy to provide documentation or an invoice addressed to your employer if required.

Why Catherine

The insider view.
Thirty years in the making.

years placing senior
finance professionals

Every session is led personally by Catherine Turner, Founder of SearcHive.

Catherine has spent three decades placing senior finance professionals — from FCs and FDs to CFOs and board-level appointments — across industry, PE-backed businesses, FTSE-listed companies, and founder-led organisations.

She has sat in the room when hiring decisions are made. She knows what a strong candidate looks like from the other side of the table, what gets said after the interview ends, and what separates the people who get the offer from those who don't.

That perspective is not something you can learn from a coaching course. It comes from three decades of being on the other side.

Independence

Completely confidential. Completely independent.

Strategic Career Advisory operates entirely separately from SearcHive's search and placement practice.

Everything discussed in your session is confidential. Candidates who use this service receive no preferential treatment in any SearcHive recruitment process — and we would never compromise the integrity of either.

This is about you. Your next move. On your terms.