finance recruitment agency and headhunters for manufacturing
your finance profiles for an industrial site or group, hired by headhunters who know the factory floor.
We hand your role to the headhunter with the most finance hires at production sites, industrial groups and equipment manufacturers: cost price, margin per line, closes on the factory's own calendar.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire their finance profiles with muzzo
how do you hire a finance profile for an industrial site with a recruitment agency?
Industrial financial controller or site CFO: these profiles are judged on cost-price calculation and dialogue with the shop floor. Muzzo gives your role to the headhunters with the most hires at industrial sites, and they check that experience. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: we restart the search free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your site, your industry. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already hired for this role at an industrial site, from shop floor financial controller to group CFO.
03
you meet the profiles
Approached and screened by the headhunter. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
You set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire. No deposit, no fixed fees. A shop floor financial controller and a group CFO consolidating several sites do not call for the same search effort: the fee follows that difference.
You get a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, for example because the cost calculations or the site's scope were not what was planned, we restart the search at no cost. If no replacement is found within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
our industrial finance headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
an industrial financial controller calculates a cost price, not just a budget
margin plays out line by line
Materials, labour, machine depreciation: the cost price needs recalculating with every swing in raw material prices. The headhunter checks for this practice, not just the job title.
the close follows the factory's own calendar
Production stoppages, physical stocktakes, work in progress: closing the books at an industrial site doesn't look like closing them at head office. A good profile knows to plan for it.
talking to the shop floor isn't talking to management
An industrial financial controller explains a margin gap to a shop floor manager before presenting it to the finance department. At Muzzo, each role goes to the headhunter who knows this job.
the roles
the finance profiles our headhunters go after for an industrial site or group
From a shop floor financial controller to a group CFO, each role goes to a headhunter who knows industrial finance.
industrial financial controller
They calculate cost prices and track production variances and stock valuation at a site.
site or plant financial controller
They steer the budget for a single site and talk to shop floor managers every week.
CFO of an industrial site
They run the accounts, cash and reporting for a site that sometimes has its own profit and loss statement.
CFO of an industrial group
They consolidate several sites, arbitrate production investment decisions and prepare reporting for senior management.
industrial accounting manager
They value stock, work in progress and fixed assets for an industrial operation, a technical job specific to the factory floor.
the method
a headhunter who knows the finance of an industrial site
A plant financial controller and a head-office CFO don't share the same calculations or the same calendar. The method starts from the type of site and the calculation expected.
the brief starts from the calculation expected
Cost price, stock valuation, multi-site consolidation: this calculation matters more than the job title.
a headhunter who specialises in industrial finance
Among more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those with the most hires in this field at industrial sites.
hands-on practice checked before the interview
The headhunter checks dialogue with the shop floor and cost prices already calculated, not just the name of the previous company.
the figures
finance hiring in manufacturing in figures
€56k
median gross annual pay for managerial financial control roles in manufacturing (1st decile €45k, 9th decile €80k)1
€95k
median gross annual pay for managerial finance and administration roles in manufacturing (1st decile €59k, 9th decile €159k)1
2,773,305
private-sector employees in manufacturing at the end of Q2 2026, up 3% since the end of 2020 (2,702,262)2
hiring a finance profile for an industrial site or group
A financial controller or CFO at an industrial site doesn't work like their counterpart at a services head office: they calculate cost prices, value work in progress and talk to a shop floor manager every week.
A finance recruitment agency specialising in manufacturing knows this pace: it knows what a cost-price calculation run on the production floor is worth, and approaches profiles already in post at a competing site.
is manufacturing still hiring finance profiles in 2026?
According to Urssaf, manufacturing had 2,773,305 private-sector employees at the end of Q2 2026, up 3% since the end of 2020 (2,702,262).
This slow growth reflects sites that are modernising more than growing: a financial controller able to track an automation or reshoring project matters more than a simple budget manager.
The industrial financial controller tracks margin by production line and explains cost-price gaps to shop floor managers. The site CFO, meanwhile, runs the accounts and cash for a plant that sometimes has its own profit and loss statement.
In a multi-site group, the group CFO consolidates several plants and arbitrates production investment decisions. These three profiles are neither found in the same networks nor judged on the same criteria.
your questions about finance recruitment in manufacturing
According to Apec, managerial financial control staff employed in manufacturing earn a median €56k gross a year, and 80% between €45k and €80k (2025 edition). That's a sector-specific benchmark, to compare against the exact profile of the role before setting an offer.
Yes, noticeably. According to Apec, managerial finance and administration staff employed in manufacturing earn a median €95k gross a year, and 80% between €59k and €159k (2025 edition), a level driven up by large industrial groups.
Yes. According to Urssaf, manufacturing had 2,773,305 private-sector employees at the end of Q2 2026, up 3% since the end of 2020 (2,702,262). Headcount is growing slowly but steadily.
Our finance page covers CFOs and treasurers at every company, with no sector distinction. This page is for finance profiles at an industrial site or group, who calculate cost prices and talk to production, an exercise specific to the factory floor.
Our manufacturing page covers every job at a production site: engineering, maintenance, sales, supply chain. This page is for finance profiles only: industrial financial controllers, site or group CFOs, accounting managers.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
