Interim Solutions
When continuity can’t wait.
We find and assess interim leaders and senior professionals who can stabilize operations, lead critical initiatives or bridge a strategic gap. The professional you appoint then works on a direct contract with you, at their own rate.
When to use Interim Solutions
For continuity, change and urgent capability gaps.
Every interim search follows the same structured method, built for speed without giving ground on quality or compliance.
Continuity cover
When a leadership or specialist gap creates operational risk.
Immediate capacity, matched to the role and the moment, so critical decisions do not stall while a permanent solution is worked out.
Transformation capacity
When a change program or carve-out needs experienced delivery.
Interim leaders and senior professionals who have run integrations, carve-outs, ERP programs and critical initiatives at pace.
Specialist mandates
When expertise matters more than span of control.
Senior specialists in finance, legal, tax, treasury, compliance, HR, supply chain and program management, for a defined assignment.
Bridge to a permanent hire
When the permanent decision should not be rushed.
An interim or fixed-term appointment that closes the gap and keeps the permanent decision open.
Selected work
Recent interim appointments, anonymized.
Real assignments, anonymized by sector and ownership. Each shows the situation, how we searched and what changed for the client.
PE-owned industrial distribution group
Interim finance capacity after a change of ownership.
- Context
- After a change of ownership, the group upgraded its reporting, including a move from Dutch GAAP to IFRS, and its finance team needed experienced capacity quickly.
- Approach
- We recruited interim finance managers, including a lead for the IFRS conversion, each contracted directly by the group. For one role we competed with four agencies and presented a shortlist within three working days.
- Outcome
- Our candidate was appointed in the head-to-head, and no markup applied to any hour, extensions included.
International organization, regulated sector
Closing a CSRD reporting gap with a right-sized interim hire.
- Context
- The organization needed CSRD and greenhouse-gas reporting expertise quickly, on a temporary basis at first, without committing too early to a permanent role.
- Approach
- We designed the role end to end and searched both freelance professionals and candidates open to a fixed-term contract, for an assignment covering Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and audit readiness.
- Outcome
- A fixed-term appointment on the organization’s own payroll that met the CSRD timeline, with no placement fee and the permanent decision kept open.
What you receive
Fast, and documented at every step.
An interim search moves quickly, but the documents are the same as for a permanent search, so each decision can be traced and defended.
- 01
Assignment brief
The role, the mandate, the expected duration and the success criteria, agreed in the first days.
- 02
Qualified shortlist
Available interim managers with their rate, availability and relevant track record, checked against the brief.
- 03
Candidate reports
An interview profile and a candidate report for each shortlisted interim manager, with strengths and risks side by side.
- 04
Contract and compliance
A contract template for engaging the interim manager directly and a Wet DBA check at the start and at every extension.
Structured screening
Availability, scope and fit qualified up front, with structured references before the appointment.
Wet DBA compliance
Each engagement assessed against the Wet DBA, at the start and at every extension.
Real-time client portal
Live updates in the client portal, with visibility of every decision point and next step.
How we work
Four stages, about two weeks.
An accepted offer takes about two weeks on average. Every stage is documented, and the compliance check is repeated at every extension.
Start
Brief
Context, stakeholder alignment and a clear view of the mandate before we go to market.
Week 1
Search
Targeted outreach in the interim market and our own network, leading to a qualified shortlist.
Week 1–2
Assess
Structured interviews, references and a Wet DBA check, then the shortlist advice.
From week 2
Contract
The interim manager contracts directly with you. We check in during the assignment and repeat the compliance check at every extension.
Commercial terms
No markup on any hour, extensions included.
The interim manager contracts directly with you, at their own rate, so no markup applies to any hour, extensions included. Our search runs on a statement of work with a pre-agreed budget ceiling, without a placement fee.
Agency markups on interim hours commonly run from 20% to 30%. Contracting interim managers directly calls for a clear view of the Wet DBA: read our 2026 note.
Worked example
Six months
- Interim business controller, 26 weeks
- 1,040 hours
- At a contractor rate of €100
- €104,000
- Agency markup at 30%
- €31,200
- Our search, illustrative
- €6,000
- Difference over six months
- €25,200
At a 20% markup the difference is €14,800. Each further month at 30% adds about €5,200. Illustrative: rates, hours and markups vary by role and market. How we measure
