Hospitality & Leisure Finance Recruitment

Harper May is a London finance recruitment agency specialising in hospitality and leisure finance recruitment, working with hotels, restaurants, leisure operators and entertainment venues to hire high-calibre finance leaders. We support organisations operating in customer-driven and fast-paced environments, helping them secure finance professionals who can operate in high-volume and margin-sensitive sectors.

We work closely with hospitality and leisure businesses to identify finance leaders who can strengthen financial control, improve reporting and support commercial performance.

In hospitality and leisure businesses, finance leadership plays a central role in managing costs, improving margins and ensuring accurate financial reporting. From revenue analysis and budgeting to forecasting and operational efficiency, the right finance leader can directly influence profitability and performance.

We support hospitality and leisure finance recruitment across the full business lifecycle, from growth and expansion through to operational scale and optimisation. Our network includes finance professionals with experience in hospitality, leisure and service-led sectors.

Our hospitality and leisure finance recruitment services include:

• CFO recruitment for hospitality and leisure businesses
• Finance Director recruitment within service-led organisations
• Financial Controller recruitment to strengthen reporting and controls
• Head of Finance recruitment for growing hospitality businesses
• FP&A recruitment to improve forecasting and financial visibility
• Finance Manager recruitment to support operational finance

Harper May also supports businesses hiring across the wider finance function, including:

• CFO Recruitment
• Finance Director Recruitment
• Financial Controller Recruitment
• Head of Finance Recruitment
• Finance Manager Recruitment
• FP&A Recruitment
• Interim Finance Director Recruitment
• Fractional CFO Recruitment
• Finance Executive Search

Hospitality and leisure businesses require finance professionals who combine strong technical capability with commercial awareness and experience in fast-paced environments. Hiring the right finance leader is critical to managing costs, improving margins and supporting business growth.

Our consultants work closely with clients to understand their operational structure, revenue model and growth plans. This allows us to identify finance professionals who can improve reporting, strengthen financial control and support decision-making.

This includes hiring finance professionals who can operate at board level, support stakeholders and drive financial performance across hospitality and leisure organisations.

We have a strong network of finance professionals with experience in hospitality and leisure sectors. We understand the financial and operational challenges involved in managing high-volume businesses and protecting margins.

Whether you are hiring a CFO to lead financial strategy, a Finance Director to support performance, or a Financial Controller to strengthen reporting and controls, Harper May can help you secure the right finance talent.

We recruit across the finance function for hospitality and leisure businesses, helping clients hire finance leaders and commercially strong finance professionals at key stages of growth and development.

You can also view our wider Finance Recruitment services to explore the full range of roles and sectors we support.

If your business is looking to hire finance professionals within the hospitality or leisure sector in London or across the UK, Harper May’s specialist team can support your search.