Welcome to Story Recruitment.
Specialist finance recruitment for Australian tech, fintech, and deep tech businesses hiring their first finance leader or first CFO.
We help founders and CEOs make the finance hire that shapes the next stage of growth.
Our work is built around market access, sharp positioning, and a search process that tells the real story behind the opportunity.
Our Story
Story Recruitment was built on a simple belief.
The best finance hires are not made from job descriptions alone. They come from understanding the story behind a business, where it has been, where it is going, and the finance leader it needs next.
We work with Australian tech, fintech, and deep tech businesses at the point where finance becomes too important to treat as admin.
For some founders, that means hiring their first dedicated finance leader. For others, it means appointing their first CFO.
In both cases, the hire matters.
It affects cash, reporting, investor confidence, governance, decision-making, and the way the business scales.
Story Recruitment exists to help founders get that hire right.
Meet the Founder of Story Recruitment
About Tom
Tom is a specialist Accounting & Finance recruiter with a strong track record of partnering with high-growth and founder-led businesses.
With deep experience recruiting senior and executive finance professionals, Tom works closely with founders and leadership teams to understand not just the role but the context, culture and future direction of the business.
His approach is personal, direct and relationship-led, focusing on providing free market insights and advice to create long-term relationships rather than transactional placements.
About Tom
Tom is a specialist Accounting & Finance recruiter with a decade of partnering with high-growth and founder-led businesses
His approach is personal, direct and relationship-led. Focusing on providing free market insights and advice to create long-term relationships rather than transactional placements
Tom combine's a relationship led search process with deep access to the market through a 28,000+ finance network and 2 million + annual LinkedIn reach
There is no other Accounting & Finance recruiter in Australia with that level of reach
About Tom
Tom is a specialist Accounting & Finance recruiter with a strong track record of partnering with high-growth and founder-led businesses.
With deep experience recruiting senior and executive finance professionals, Tom works closely with founders and leadership teams to understand not just the role but the context, culture and future direction of the business.
His approach is personal, direct and relationship-led, focusing on providing free market insights and advice to create long-term relationships rather than transactional placements.
Services
Permanent Recruitment
For senior finance hires in Australian tech, fintech, and deep tech businesses.
We support founders and leadership teams hiring Financial Controllers, Finance Leads, Heads of Finance, VP Finance, and CFOs.
Executive Search
For first CFO hires and senior finance leadership appointments where market access, discretion, and positioning matter.
We work closely with founders and CEOs to define the role, shape the brief, approach the right people, and manage the process from first conversation to signed offer.
Talent Advisory & Talent Mapping
For founders who know finance needs to improve but are not yet sure what role to hire.
We help clarify whether the business needs a Financial Controller, Head of Finance, VP Finance, or CFO, based on stage, complexity, funding, reporting needs, and commercial priorities.
Candidate Services & Career Support
For senior finance professionals exploring their next move in tech, fintech, and deep tech.
We provide honest advice, role context, interview preparation, and clear insight into the business before you enter a process.
Industries
We work with founder-led and high-growth businesses in recruiting senior and executive Accounting & Finance positions across a range of industries, including:
Tech
FinTech
Deep Tech
Testimonials from people we have worked with
Jeremy
Tom is the best in the biz. He is a pleasure to work with, has an extensive network of professional and ready to go candidates to introduce. Tom organised 5 interviews within a week of briefing and we found our star and hired him within the next week. He's also just a great down to earth guy with all the knowledge you need to make the right decision. An absolutely seamless process from start to finish. Look no further than Tom.
Tia
Tom has been great to work with. He's calm, approachable, and genuinely supportive, which made the whole process much less stressful. He shares useful resources, gives advice right when you need it, and provides honest, constructive feedback. His guidance really made a difference, and I'd happily recommend him to anyone looking for a recruiter who actually cares.
Ray
I can highly recommend Tom and the team, whether you are a candidate or an employer. From the initial contact in my job search process, Tom was professional and supportive throughout the entire recruitment process, which culminated in me successfully securing a role. Thanks again Tom!
Abby
Really incredible support throughout and super quick response time too. It is clear that Tom truly cares about his clients and does an all round great job. Thanks Tom!
Fahra
Tom went above and beyond to ensure the process from the beginning to the end was smooth as possible. The communication throughout was excellent and Im thankful for Tom for all his wonderful help! Tom is the best recruiter Ive come across :) The award is very well deserved Thanks, Tom!
Mohammed
Tom is very good what he does, an experienced recruiter. He kept me well informed about every steps in the process. Highly recommend Tom for both prospective candidates and hiring manager.
Tarrant
Immediately from our first conversation,Tom's professionalism, capability and experience were apparent. He is a fantastic communicator, very swift to provide updates to keep you in the loop and what expectations are. From my dealings with others in Sydney, I would highly recommend Tom Hunter as a clear leader in the recruitment space here.
Amy
Tom is the most attentive and reliable recruiter you could wish for. He is focused on fitting the candidate for the right role and he communicates in a really good manner. The documents he sent to me and the preparation call before the interview were effective to ensure the best outcome. After the interview he provided feedback very quickly. I would highly recommend Tom as a recruiter to find the right company and the right job
