About Matter

20+ years placing exceptional finance talent with businesses that value experience

Finance Recruitment, Done Differently

We're not your typical recruitment agency. Run by experienced finance professionals, we understand what makes a great hire because we've been there ourselves.

Since 2005, we've helped over 2,000 businesses find senior finance talent - from Bookkeepers to CFOs. Our 95% retention rate after year one speaks to our commitment to getting it right first time.

30,000+ Finance candidates
2,000+ Clients served
95% Retention rate
Partnership

Our Story

Two decades of connecting businesses with exceptional finance talent

MATTER Talent was originally founded as MatureAccountants.com in 2005 with a simple idea: UK SMEs deserved access to experienced finance professionals who could genuinely make a difference to their businesses.

From the beginning the firm was built differently to most recruitment agencies. It was run by individuals with finance and consulting backgrounds who understood the roles they were recruiting for and the challenges faced by growing businesses.

Over the past two decades we have supported more than 2,000 organisations across the UK, helping founders, CEOs and boards hire finance leaders ranging from Financial Controllers through to CFOs.

During that time we have built one of the UK's most established networks of senior finance professionals, with relationships across more than 30,000 finance leaders.

Today, under the MATTER brand, we continue to support ambitious businesses with permanent, interim and fractional finance leadership hires.

What We Do

Specialist finance recruitment across every level and engagement type

Permanent Hiring

Full-time and part-time finance professionals, from Bookkeeper to CFO level

  • Thorough cultural fit assessment
  • Technical skills verification
  • 95% year-one retention

Interim & Contract

Experienced professionals for maternity cover, projects, and turnarounds

  • Rapid deployment capability
  • Tried and tested candidates
  • Flexible arrangements

Fractional Finance

Part-time FD/CFO expertise for growing businesses

  • Strategic guidance on demand
  • Cost-effective leadership
  • Scalable engagement

Typical roles we recruit:

Bookkeeper Credit Controller Management Accountant Finance Manager Financial Controller Head of Finance Finance Director CFO

How We Do It

A straightforward, no-nonsense approach that delivers results

1

Understand Your Needs

We take time to learn your business, culture, and exactly what success looks like in the role.

2

Search & Screen

We tap into our 30,000+ network and actively headhunt, thoroughly vetting every candidate.

3

Present & Support

A curated shortlist with full support through interviews, offer negotiation, and onboarding.

4

Follow Through

We stay in touch to ensure long-term success - it's why our retention rate is so high.

Flexible search models - contingent and retained
30,000+ registered Finance Leaders - built over 20 years
Rapid response - fast turnaround when it matters

Meet the Team

Experienced finance professionals who understand your world

Nils Lloyd-Penny

Nils Lloyd-Penny

Managing Director

Former management consultant at Accenture and BCS Consulting. Specialises in placing Bookkeeper to FD/CFO roles across the UK.

Andrea Groom-Shorter

Andrea Groom-Shorter

Senior Consultant

30 years in accountancy across practice, financial analysis, and running her own bookkeeping firm.

Our Partners

We work alongside trusted partners to deliver exceptional finance solutions

EFM Partnership

MATTER Talent and EFM have worked together for many years, ensuring their network of outsourced Finance Directors, Financial Controllers and Growth Partners have access to quality interim, part-time and full-time resources when they or their clients need them.

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Refreshing Finance

Refreshing is a specialist finance recruitment and consultancy firm based in London. We partner with Refreshing to extend our reach into the London market and provide our clients with access to their network of talented finance professionals across the capital and surrounding areas.

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