The Potomac Partners Approach

Competing for talent is one of the most important challenges facing companies today. The ability to identify and attract talent has become increasingly competitive given the economic environment and the higher demand for specialized skills. Potomac Partners is committed to ensuring companies hire the right candidates by understanding our clients’ industries and cultures.

Whether our client is a small company, a pre-IPO company or a Fortune 500 global company, Potomac Partners provides solution-oriented services to deliver the most qualified candidates in a timely manner. Our in-depth industry knowledge and subject matter expertise across many functional areas guarantees our success. Our guarantee is that we will understand your company’s business, culture, and long-term goals to recruit the best quality candidates.

The portfolio of services we offer includes local and national contingency searches, retained executive searches and interim/consulting solutions. Whatever solution is needed for a company’s success, we have experience providing it. If your company needs a permanent solution, we are experts in performing national specialized searches. If you company needs a qualified candidate for an interim period of time, we can provide the individual with the necessary skills for whatever length of time is necessary.

Industry Specialization

We have conducted searches across industries. Our industry specialization includes real estate, hospitality, financial services, software, manufacturing, energy, government contracting, telecommunications, media, professional services and non-profit.

Functional Specialization

The majority of our searches have been focused in the recruitment of accounting and financial professionals at the management and executive level. We have successfully completed searches in such areas as finance, corporate accounting, financial reporting, accounting policy, treasury, tax, financial systems, corporate development, audit, and SOX.

Recently filled positions include:

  • Assistant Controller –publicly held international real estate company
  • VP of Accounting Policy–multi-billion international hospitality company
  • Director of SOX–Fortune 500 financial services company
  • SVP–SEC Reporting and Accounting Policy-pre IPO multi-billion international technology company
  • VP of Financial Systems–multi-billion global financial services company
  • VP of Tax–pre IPO international software developer
  • Director of Finance–international publicly held high technology company