Noah Berkowicz

Demand for experienced CFOs is rising as talent pools contract, increasing succession risk for consumer organizations. In 2025, consumer organizations faced prolonged uncertainty, with pressure from shifting consumer behavior, AI-led transformation, supply chain disruption, and changing trade policy. Publicly listed consumer organizations responded by prioritizing proven CFO capability. According to Russell Reynolds Associates Global CFO Turnover Index, more than 60% of incoming consumer CFOs had prior CFO experience, nearly double the 33% recorded in 2024 and above the 43% cross-industry average. #chieffinancialofficer #successionplanning #consumer #CFO

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I met a real stunner today, lemme tell ya! This finance leader has a background that centers on acquisition support, audit remediation, and process transformation. Bonus - they are down to earth, approachable and kind! A former college athlete who landed in Big4 straight out of college, facing significant (personal) adversity at a key time in their career and never let it slow them down or break their spirit. This candidate's experience positions them best for: 🔷 Mid-market and large companies in manufacturing, food, CPG, industrial, and other tangible-goods sectors 🔷 Private equity-backed or M&A focused businesses attempting to integrate and harmonization processes 🔷 Organizations working through prior audit findings, close-process issues, or system conversion challenges 🔷 Organizations navigating growth, restructuring, or integration and looking for steady, experienced execution Reach out if you'd like to learn more about this💎 #FinanceLeadership #PrivateEquity #ProcessImprovement #Manufacturing #CFS

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​​Specialist operating partner roles aren’t new, but rising expectations around value creation have pushed private equity further toward functional depth. One profile rising to the top is the finance and FP&A-focused operating partner. These leaders sit at the center of diligence, execution, and exit readiness across a portfolio. Scroll for our breakdown of the role and how it's used across leading funds. #AI #ExecutiveSearch #NU #NUAdvisoryPartners #Leadership #PrivateEquity #ValueCreation #OperatingPartners

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Finance leadership is no longer just about the numbers, and the best organizations already know it. Excited to share that Amanda Henkel will be participating in a panel at the Hunt Scanlon Media CFO Recruiting Summit: Building the CFO Bench: Developing Finance Leaders for the Next Cycle. Alongside Heather Rickard (Cushman & Wakefield), Meenal Sethna (Option Care Health), and Max Woolger, Amanda will share insights on how succession planning, capability-building, and leadership readiness are becoming core pillars of CFO strategy. As the CFO seat increasingly serves as a pipeline to the CEO role, the stakes for getting this right have never been higher. https://lnkd.in/eAEX5Vmg #CFOLeadership #FinanceLeadership #TalentDevelopment

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PE ownership changes the CFO job fast decisions, constant sponsor visibility, and a totally different definition of "value creation." A great new article (see in comments) breaks down exactly what separates CFOs who thrive in PE-backed seats from those who struggle. If you're a finance leader eyeing your next move (or currently in one), it's worth the read. At GVentures, LLC, this is the world we live in every day, reach out if you want to talk about what's next!! Link in the comments. #PrivateEquity #GVenturesLLC #CFO #FinanceLeadership

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Front Row Seats: Highbury Executive's Weekly Insight The CFO resigned five weeks before year-end. The sponsor’s first instinct was to run a full permanent search and hold the fort internally. Eight weeks later, the finance team was stretched, the audit timetable was slipping and the board pack was being assembled by whoever was left. An interim CFO isn’t a plan B. In a PE-backed business with a deal clock running, it’s often the plan that protects the permanent hire. It keeps reporting on time, but more importantly it keeps the team intact. And it gives the incoming CFO a stable function to inherit instead of a rescue job. The sponsors who get this right brief the interim and the permanent search at the same time. #CFOSearch #FrontRowSeats #HighburyExecutive

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CFO Network: For those who have transitioned from large, multi-billion dollar organizations into PE-backed middle market CFO roles, I’d value your perspective. What was the hardest part of the transition? What surprised you most about working with a PE sponsor (good or bad)? Did you miss the infrastructure and support that comes with larger, more mature organizations? How did reporting expectations shift? Where did you find the quickest wins? And looking back, what expectation did you get completely wrong going in? Would you/have you done it again? Curious to hear what you have experienced! #executivesearch #privateequity #growth #transformation #cfo

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For almost 20 years, I’ve watched CFOs leave great jobs to join private equity-backed companies after being recruited by executive search firms. The equity story is often the headline. The reality is only known years later. I’ve often wondered what the results would look like if every CFO answered just one question after the dust settled: Knowing how it ended… * Would you make the exact same career decision again? * Would you still choose private equity, but a different sponsor or portfolio company? * Would you have stayed where you were? * Do you wish someone had challenged your equity assumptions before you accepted the offer? I don’t have a scientific study. I do have nearly 20 years of watching these stories play out. The answers aren’t what most people would expect. The lesson isn’t that private equity is good or bad. It’s that the equity story deserves far more diligence than most candidates give it. #HBFadvisors

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$100M+ revenue, serious brand momentum, and heading towards a significant transaction. CFO/COO hire to run point on the transaction and lead global expansion.

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