Case Study
CASE STUDY
BUILDING THE FINANCE & ACCOUNTING TEAM BEHIND A GLOBAL MANUFACTURER’S TRANSFORMATION
Following several acquisitions, a leading manufacturing enterprise turned to Atrium for specialized Direct Hire Finance & Accounting talent to support growing complexity across its operations, systems, and processes. We took a quality-first approach to critical searches, identifying highly relevant candidates while building pipelines to address current and emerging hiring needs.
HOW ATRIUM SUPPORTS GROWTH, INTEGRATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE WITH SPECIALIZED DIRECT HIRE TALENT.
When a global manufacturing enterprise entered a period of significant growth and transformation following several acquisitions, the company faced new complexities across its global footprint and a rising need for specialized Finance & Accounting talent.
The deal brought together teams, systems, and processes across the United States and international markets spanning several continents. To support the larger business, the organization is centralizing key Finance & Accounting functions through a Center of Excellence (CoE) model spanning Corporate Accounting, Shared Services, and Global Inventory Management. The Shared Services model brings Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll together to create greater consistency across Financial Operations.
At the same time, the company is working to standardize processes, reinforce reporting structures and controls, roll out SAP S/4HANA, and build the financial infrastructure needed to support its next stage of growth.
With several critical leadership positions already open and new hiring needs emerging from its Atlanta-area operations, the business turned to Atrium for Direct Hire support. Our team works closely with organizational leadership to understand how these priorities shape each search and identify candidates with the specialized experience required to support a larger, more complex enterprise.
CREATING THE RIGHT TEAM FOR A CHANGING BUSINESS
Our client’s transformation created demand for Finance & Accounting professionals capable of operating beyond the scope of a single function or location. The company needed leaders and contributors with enterprise-scale experience who could navigate organizational change and help establish greater consistency across functions, locations, and reporting structures.
Many searches require specialized expertise across Global Inventory Management, Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, Shared Services, Payroll, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), and Technical Accounting. As the business integrates newly acquired operations, these roles are helping strengthen inventory governance, global controls, SOX readiness, and reporting structures across a complex global environment.
The organization is also working towards a longer-term IPO readiness roadmap, creating demand for specialized talent who can help prepare for a future S-1 filing.
To support these needs, Atrium:
Develops targeted searches based on the requirements of each position and our client’s broader business goals.
Identifies Finance & Accounting talent with experience supporting transformation, systems integration, controls, and complex global environments.
Builds pipelines of thoroughly vetted local and relocation-ready candidates who may fit multiple opportunities as new roles emerge.
Delivers weekly reports on talent availability, market dynamics, and recruiting activity that go beyond individual searches.
Our expert recruiters prioritize a select group of candidates whose backgrounds closely align with each search, instead of general resume volume. This quality-first approach lets the company focus on relevant talent while our team builds a strong pipeline to support additional hiring needs as the business evolves.
SUCCESS THROUGH QUALITY TALENT
Since the partnership began, Atrium has helped the organization secure talent across several areas of its Finance & Accounting transformation.
This includes the Global Director of Inventory and Cost Accounting, a leadership role supporting the centralization of these functions across the company’s global manufacturing footprint. We have also helped the business identify its AP leader for the Shared Services transformation, along with Senior Accountants and a Manager of Inventory Controls responsible for developing policies and controls that support SOX readiness.
Together, these hires strengthen several areas of our client’s evolving Finance & Accounting organization. They support priorities ranging from Inventory Governance and SOX readiness to the centralization of Shared Services across AP, AR, and Payroll.
Each search requires more than matching candidates to a job description. The business needs talent with the right technical expertise and experience working within large, complex organizations. By considering immediate hiring requirements alongside broader transformation goals, our team identifies professionals equipped to contribute to both the position and priorities behind it.
The caliber of candidates presented has also created value across additional searches. Candidates who are not ultimately selected for one position can remain strong prospects for other openings because of their relevant backgrounds.
As the partnership grows, each search gives our recruiters a deeper understanding of the business and the specialized Finance & Accounting talent required to support what comes next.
50%+
of Searches Entrusted Exclusively to Atrium
2
Months to Primary Partner Status
Quality-First Candidate Approach
A TRUSTED PARTNER FOR GLOBAL GROWTH
Prior to this period of transformation, the organization had relatively limited hiring needs and few established agency relationships. As hiring accelerated, the company expanded its external recruiting support, engaging more than ten agencies before narrowing the group to three primary partners within two months. Atrium has since become our client’s top external recruiting partner and holds exclusivity for more than half of the searches entrusted to our team, reflecting the strength of the relationship built as the organization’s needs evolved.
What began with several critical leadership searches has since developed into a broader Direct Hire partnership. Our recruiters now support opportunities across Senior Leadership, Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Financial Operations, Payroll, and other interconnected functions.
As the company continues to integrate its global operations, centralize key functions, and scale its financial infrastructure, our team stays closely aligned with company leadership to understand emerging hiring priorities and identify highly relevant candidates for each search.
Throughout this transformation, Atrium remains a trusted partner in building the Finance & Accounting team behind it.
Case Study: Building the Finance & Accounting Team Behind a Global Manufacturer’s Transformation
Company Size: 3,000+ FTEs
Industry: Manufacturing
Footprint: Global Operations Across 19 Countries
Partner Since: 2026
Services Offered: Direct Hire Finance & Accounting Talent Solutions
AT A GLANCE
– Multiple Finance & Accounting placements across leadership and key corporate functions
– Recruiting support across Global Inventory Management, Shared Services, and Corporate Accounting
– Specialized talent identified to support SOX readiness, global controls, and Technical Accounting priorities
– Weekly market analytics designed to provide deeper insight into candidate availability and hiring trends
– Relocation-ready candidates identified when highly specialized experience is not readily available in the local market
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