Finance hiring,
decided on depth.
Not résumés.
FunnelHQ is India's AI-native recruitment firm for accounting, taxation, and management consulting. Every shortlist arrives with a Talent Analysis Graph — a skill-level map of the candidate, scored by finance practitioners, not keyword engines.
Don't take our word for it. Open a real TAG.
This isn't a screenshot. It is the exact artifact a CFO receives with every shortlist — for Candidate 07, a Senior Manager in Direct Tax & M&A. Click any node to surface interview evidence, scoring rationale, probe questions, and role-fit context. Zoom, pan, filter by strength or gap. Judge the depth yourself.
- 11 skills across 4 clusters
- 47-min AI interview · transcript-backed evidence
- Practitioner QA, 18 Apr 2026
- Click to inspect · scroll to zoom · drag to pan
The cost of a wrong hire is rarely the salary.
In specialised finance roles, a mis-hire at senior level costs 2–3× annual compensation. Yet most firms still hire from keyword-matched shortlists and 30-minute interviews. The system is structurally unfit for the roles that matter most.
45–60 day hiring cycles break your quarter.
The India average time-to-hire for a specialised finance role is 45–60 days. The cost is not the delay. It is the mandate that sat on your P&L unfilled while the market moved.
Keyword engines can't read a Big 4 CV.
The difference between an M&A tax specialist and a compliance accountant doesn't live in their job title. It lives in how they structured the last three transactions. Legacy screens can't tell.
You receive CVs. You need conviction.
Traditional agencies deliver a stack of résumés and a consultant's opinion. No data, no evidence, no reasoning. You run the full interview loop again — because you have to.
Horizontal AI tools don't know finance.
Platforms built to screen engineers don't understand Ind-AS, transfer pricing, or the difference between statutory audit and internal audit. They are fast and wrong — the worst combination.
A CV tells you a story. A TAG tells you the truth.
Every FunnelHQ candidate comes with a TAG: a structured, visual map of every skill they demonstrated in their interview — scored against a rubric built by finance practitioners, not generalists. You see strengths, gaps, and — uniquely — transferable depth a keyword engine will always miss.
Mandate to placement, in under 15 days.
Our operating stack is AI-first, human-gated. AI does the sourcing, interviewing, and graph generation. Our domain expert — a senior finance practitioner — reviews every TAG before it reaches you.
Mandate intake
You brief us on the role. We calibrate our rubric to the hiring manager's definition of "good" — not a generic JD.
AI sourcing
Passive + active candidate discovery across LinkedIn, ICAI alumni networks, Naukri, and our proprietary pipeline.
AI interview
Domain-calibrated video interview. 40–60 minutes. Candidates are onboarded with a Loom intro, role brief, and prep guide.
TAG generated
LLM pipeline extracts and scores every skill. Transferable skills reasoned. Graph built. QA'd by our Domain Expert.
Shortlist delivered
You receive 3–5 TAGs with side-by-side comparison and our placement recommendation. You decide — in hours, not weeks.
Three ways to hire for finance. Only one sees the full candidate.
Traditional agencies
- 21 years of brand. Zero data layer.
- Relationship-led — strong when they have the network, silent when they don't.
- 15–30% contingency fee on a CV stack.
- 45–60 day average time-to-hire.
- Sources: 90% repeat clients, 10% referrals. Your new NBFC isn't on their list.
Horizontal AI tools
- Built to screen engineers, repurposed for finance.
- Generic scoring — can't tell M&A tax from GST compliance.
- SaaS subscription — you still do the hiring work.
- US pricing, US roadmap, US sources. Weak in India.
- Sell software. You're on your own with the outcome.
FunnelHQ
- AI-native operating stack from day one — not bolted on.
- Rubric built by Big-4 practitioners. TAGs QA'd by a finance expert.
- 8–12% placement fee. You pay on outcome, not access.
- Sub-15 day target time-to-hire. Transparent timelines.
- Every shortlist includes a TAG. Insight is the product.
Three domains. No others — ever.
We do not take tech, sales, or operations mandates. Domain depth is only a moat if you refuse to dilute it. These are the roles our rubric, our team, and our TAG models are purpose-built for.
Accounting & Controllership
Close, consolidation, reporting, and statutory compliance roles for CFOs and Financial Controllers at scaled teams.
- Financial Controller
- Head of Finance / FP&A
- Statutory Reporting Lead
- Internal Audit Lead
- Group Consolidation Manager
Taxation
Direct tax, indirect tax, and international taxation — where the difference between specialist and generalist costs you the matter.
- Head of Tax · VP Tax
- Transfer Pricing Lead
- GST / Indirect Tax Manager
- M&A Tax Specialist
- International Tax Advisor
Management Consulting
Risk advisory, transaction support, forensic, and management consulting — the advisory roles growing 25%+ while entry-level compliance shrinks.
- Risk Advisory · Manager / Senior Manager
- Transaction Services
- Forensic & Investigations
- Restructuring & Turnaround
- Big-4 lateral moves
F&A hiring demand
(up from 9% in one year)
(industry average: 45–60)
(incumbents charge 15–30%)
We should be embarrassed to send a CV without a TAG. That's the standard we're building for — depth over pedigree, evidence over opinion, outcomes over access.
Hiring this quarter? We'll be your shortlist.
Book a 20-minute hiring consult.
Walk us through the mandate. You'll leave the call with a defined scoring rubric, a target shortlist date, and — if we're the right fit — a signed engagement within 48 hours.
- Direct call with our Founder + Domain Expert
- No obligation. No deck. 20 minutes, on the clock.
- Outcome-based pricing explained upfront.
Claim a free TAG on a candidate you're already considering.
Send us one candidate you're about to interview. We'll run a full TAG — at no cost — so you can see the output before you commit to a mandate.
- Live sample: open our interactive TAG →
- One free TAG per company · 72-hour turnaround
- Delivered as an interactive graph + PDF