finance recruitment agency and headhunters for digital
your scale-up CFO, hired by headhunters who know recurring revenue.
We hand your role to the headhunter with the most finance hires at scale-ups, SaaS editors and IT service providers: recurring revenue, churn, investor reporting.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire their finance profiles with muzzo
how do you hire a CFO for a digital company with a recruitment agency?
CFO at a scale-up or revenue accounting manager: these profiles are judged on recurring revenue tracking and investor reporting. Muzzo gives your role to the headhunters with the most hires in digital, 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 company, your business model. 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 in digital, from SaaS financial controller to scale-up 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 SaaS financial controller and a scale-up CFO steering a funding round 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 revenue model or the pace of growth 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 digital finance headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days. You only pay when you hire.
the reality
a scale-up CFO tracks recurring revenue, not a classic turnover figure
revenue reads in MRR, not invoices
Monthly recurring revenue, churn, expansion rate: a SaaS editor doesn't steer finance like a company billing per order. The headhunter checks for this culture, not just the job title.
investors expect precise reporting
After a funding round, the CFO must produce monthly reporting expected by the board and the fund shareholders, with standardised metrics not every finance professional masters.
strong growth can quickly hide tight cash
A fast-hiring scale-up can burn through cash faster than its revenue grows. At Muzzo, each role goes to the headhunter who knows this digital job.
the roles
the finance profiles our headhunters go after for a digital company
From a SaaS financial controller to a scale-up CFO, each role goes to a headhunter who knows digital finance.
scale-up CFO
They steer successive funding rounds, investor reporting and cash for a fast-growing company.
SaaS revenue accounting manager
They account for recurring revenue under subscription-specific standards, an exercise distinct from classic invoicing.
FP&A manager
They build the financial forecasts and growth models presented to the investors of an editor or a scale-up.
SaaS financial controller
They track customer acquisition cost, recurring revenue and per-product profitability at a software editor.
CFO of an IT service provider
They steer time-and-materials or fixed-price billing at an IT service provider, a business model different from subscriptions.
the method
a headhunter who knows digital finance
A SaaS scale-up CFO and an IT service provider CFO don't track the same revenue or the same reporting. The method starts from the company's business model.
the brief starts from the business model
Subscription, licence, time-and-materials billing: this model matters more than the job title.
a headhunter who specialises in digital finance
Among more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those with the most hires in this field at digital companies.
investor reporting checked before the interview
The headhunter checks reporting or a funding round genuinely steered, not just the name of the previous company.
the figures
finance hiring in digital in figures
€53k
median gross annual pay for managerial financial control roles in IT activities (1st decile €41k, 9th decile €73k)1
€85k
median gross annual pay for managerial finance and administration roles in IT activities (1st decile €70k, 9th decile €115k)1
€29.1bn
revenue of software and platform editors in France in 2025, up 8.2%2
hiring a CFO for a digital company
A CFO at a scale-up or a SaaS editor doesn't steer finance like a classic company: they track recurring revenue, a churn rate, and produce monthly reporting expected by investors after every funding round.
A finance recruitment agency specialising in digital knows these benchmarks: it knows what well-run investor reporting is worth, and approaches profiles already in post at a competing scale-up or editor.
According to Numeum, the leading trade body for digital companies in France, software and platform editors saw their revenue grow 8.2% in 2025, to €29.1bn, driven in particular by investment in generative artificial intelligence.
This sustained growth contrasts with a more mixed digital market overall: it is driving demand for finance profiles able to track fast-growing recurring revenue.
The scale-up CFO steers funding rounds, cash and board reporting. The revenue accounting manager accounts for recurring revenue under subscription-specific standards, an exercise few generalist accountants master.
The FP&A manager builds the forecasts and growth models presented to investors. These three profiles are neither found in the same networks nor judged on the same criteria, and a scale-up mid-funding round doesn't have time to learn on the job.
your questions about finance recruitment in digital
According to Apec, managerial financial control staff employed in IT activities earn a median €53k gross a year, and 80% between €41k and €73k (2025 edition), a level close to the all-sector average.
A little more. According to Apec, managerial finance and administration staff employed in IT activities earn a median €85k gross a year, and 80% between €70k and €115k (2025 edition), a narrower range than in other sectors.
Yes, and rather well. According to Numeum, software and platform editors saw their revenue grow 8.2% in 2025, to €29.1bn, driven by generative artificial intelligence: a growth engine that also drives finance hiring.
Our CFO page covers the role for every company, from the CFO of an SME to the finance director of an industrial group, with the term CFO already treated as a synonym. This page is for finance profiles at a digital company, who track recurring revenue and investor reporting specific to the sector.
Our digital page covers every job at an editor, an IT service provider or an integrator: development, sales, marketing. This page is for finance profiles only: CFOs, revenue accounting, FP&A, SaaS financial control.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
