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Finance hiring,run by someonewho’s run finance.

Three promises, from a founder who's sat in your seat.

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Hello to a complete candidate profile on a live portal. Goodbye, boring PDFs.
02
Hello to a finance leader in your corner, running first stage interviews as if it was my own team. Goodbye, pulling your hair out.
03
Hello to a flat 10%. Goodbye, budget-breaking fees.
Start a search How I work
10+ yrs as a finance leader I interview every candidate Goodbye to vague PDFs 10% flat fee, no games

Orso exists because I lived the problem.

As a finance leader, I lost hours to first-stage interviews with people who were never right for the role, time I didn’t have while running the day-to-day the business depended on.

I’d have valued something like Orso back then: someone who had already done the hard judgement, so I knew exactly who I was meeting.

The flat 10% fee is just the icing on the cake.

Ranbir Ghuman
Founder, Orso
On your side of the table

This is what recruitment should always have been.

Every rejection below happened in a first-stage interview I ran personally, questions only someone who's done the job knows to ask.

Candidate 14
"Senior FP&A · 9 yrs"
Walk me through your 13-week cash flow, who owned the receipts line?
Talked pipeline. Couldn't bridge it to cash.
PASS
Candidate 22
"Finance Director · listed co"
Which board pack page was yours, start to finish?
The board experience was someone else's.
PASS
Candidate 31
"Head of Finance · scale-up"
Anaplan's on your CV, what broke in your dimension design?
Anaplan on the CV. A sandbox in reality.
PASS
Candidate 38
"Group FC · multi-entity"
Day one, one spreadsheet, board in March, what's week one?
Started with the board pack. Wrong order.
PASS
Candidate 43
"FP&A Lead · FS"
Revenue lands 8% behind plan at Q1, what goes to the board?
Held the target. Couldn't say why.
PASS
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MS
Mara S.
Exceptional
IQ
Isobel Q.
Strong
TM
Theo M.
Strong
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reviewed
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interviewed
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I interview like it's my own team and show you the results. That's the point.
How it works

Five steps.

From your brief to a confirmed hire, here's exactly how a search runs, and where you stay in control.

1

The brief

You tell me the role, the team, and what great looks like.

2

I interview the market

I personally run the first-stage interview against your brief, the part no one else does.

3

A scored shortlist

Only the people I'd hire reach you, each scored to your brief.

4

You decide

In your private portal: review, compare, choose who to meet.

5

Placed

You hire, access closes, no clutter and no lingering data in your portal.

The difference

Watch the difference.

20%
recruiter fee
Recruitment spend
cut in half
CVs forwarded on
Ten-minute screens
The judgement left to you
Your own client portal, everything in one place
Runs the search in depth, not screening calls
An ex-finance leader as your true business partner
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More than a CV

Everyone else forwards a CV. I show you the talent before you even shake hands.

A CV is one page of facts. Every profile I put forward layers in everything that actually tells you who someone is, we're saying goodbye to boring PDFs and paragraphs in emails.

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Curriculum Vitae

Mara Solberg  ·  London  ·  mara.solberg@email.com  ·  +44 7•• ••• •••

Profile

A results-driven finance professional with excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering value in fast-paced environments…

Experience

FP&A Director, Lumora (2021, Present)

  • Responsible for budgeting and forecasting
  • Managed a team and worked with stakeholders
  • Involved in various strategic projects and initiatives

Senior FP&A Manager, Northbridge AM (2017 to 2021)

  • Prepared management reports and analysis
  • Supported the annual planning process

Finance Analyst, Deloitte (2013 to 2017)

  • Audit and advisory across financial services clients
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orso.ae · your private engagementLive
MS
Mara Solberg
FP&A Director · Lumora
Exceptional
✓ £125k, in band ✓ 1 month notice ✓ 12 yrs, on brief ✓ ACA qualified ✓ References verified
60-sec intro
How she works
Analytical Blue · precise, logical, thorough
First stage interview notes
"You inherit one spreadsheet and a March board meeting. Your first 90 days?"Strong
Actuals and the close first, then a 13-week cash view, then the driver model. Named the trap most miss: modelling before the numbers are trusted.
"Revenue is 8% behind plan at Q1, what goes to the board?"Strong
Clear articulation of partnering with marketing/operations, scenarios built and stress tested, with one clear recommendation and mitigations.
Proudest achievement, rebuilt month-end from day 12 to day 5, the board’s first trusted forecast in two years
Career
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FP&A Director
Lumora · 2021, Present
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Senior FP&A Mgr
Northbridge AM · 2017 to 2021
D.
Finance Analyst
Deloitte · 2013 to 2017
My verdict: "She's built FP&A from zero inside an FS business, I'd hire her onto my own team tomorrow. One watch-point: she wants real ownership."
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Pricing

The future, for less than the past.

Same engagement model, a placement fee on success. You've paid the first invoice before. The second is the one I send.

The invoice you know
Paid. Again.
INVOICEYour last finance hire
Brief screening calls and an agency formatted CV4 days
Six PDFs forwarded to your inbox4 off-brief
Brief summary notes over emailzero help
Real questions that screen finance candidatesnot included
Your time wasted meeting the wrong candidatecharged to you
TOTAL15 to 25% of first-year salary
Paid. Gladly.
The Orso invoice
ORSO SEARCH
Your next finance hire
First-stage interviews, run by a finance leaderI handle
Your own private portal that brings candidates to life, on every metricincluded
Each candidate’s proudest achievement, in their wordsincluded
Candidate intro videos / colour energy profileincluded
Your valuable time in finance savedpriceless
TOTAL10% of first-year salary
About the Founder

Not a recruiter. A finance leader who’s hired.

ACA-qualified
Seasoned finance
leader
Built finance teams
from zero
Hired across
the UK, UAE, KSA & internationally
RGRanbir Ghuman, founder of Orso Search
Ranbir Ghuman, ACAFounder · now in your corner
ACA-qualified
Seasoned finance leader
Built finance teams from zero
Hired across the UK, UAE, KSA & internationally
Finance leadership roles at
Papa Johns Papa Johns · UAE, KSA & Jordan Starbucks Starbucks · UK

"With Orso you're not just getting a recruiter. You're getting a finance leader as your hiring advisor, for a lower fee, and a far better experience."

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Orso Academy · 1:1 mentorship

From practice to powerhouse.

One-to-one mentorship for newly-qualified accountants making the leap from Big Four or practice into industry, guided by someone who made that exact move, then spent over ten years building the finance teams you want to join.

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1:1 with a former finance leader 4 weeks, one session a week £495 · ≈ AED 2,300 Direct access all month
What we cover

The industry playbook, in four weeks.

Everything practice never taught you, the 101 you need to walk into an industry finance role and perform from day one.

Week 1

How industry actually runs

The general ledger, month-end close and management accounts, what really happens once you leave practice.

Week 2

FP&A & forecasting

Budgets, rolling forecasts, variance analysis and driver-based models, the engine of every finance team.

Week 3

Partnering & reporting

Telling the story behind the numbers, influencing stakeholders, and board-grade reporting.

Week 4

Commercial & valuation

DCF, investment appraisal and the commercial mindset that gets you noticed and promoted.

Plus CV, LinkedIn and interview coaching from the person who actually hires for these roles, so you don't just learn the job, you land it.
Who it's for

Built for your first move.

🎓

Newly qualified

ACA, ACCA or CIMA, fresh out of exams and ready to make the jump count.

🏛️

Big Four & practice

Audit or advisory professionals moving into an industry finance team for the first time.

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Ambitious early-career

You don't just want a role, you want to hit the ground running and get promoted fast.

The mentorship

One month. One-to-one. All about you.

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15-minute call
A relaxed 15 minutes with me to talk through where you are and whether the mentorship is right for you, before you commit to anything.
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1:1 mentorship · one month
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≈ AED 2,300
four weekly one-to-one sessions · direct access to me throughout the month · workbook, templates & models you keep · personal CV, LinkedIn & interview coaching
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Just over £100 a session for private time with someone who's hired for these roles, and the relationship doesn't end when the session does.
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Each candidate is interviewed by Ranbir and ranked against your brief. Every fact is checked against what you asked for, and green means on brief. Open a name for the full profile, working style and proudest achievement.
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How each person is wired to work, mapped on the four-colour model HR teams know well. A conversation aid to help you build a balanced team, never a score and never a reason to rule anyone out. Every style is a strength in a finance function.
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Judged on the answer, not the CV, the school or the logo.
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AI assists the scoring, Ranbir signs off every outcome.
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Reasonable adjustments available to any candidate who needs them.
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