Brian Harkavy recruits finance leadership for private equity firms, investment managers, and real estate investment platforms — Senior Controllers and Heads of Reporting at multi-billion-dollar funds, fund accounting managers, tax leadership inside PE funds, and the assistant controllers who hold partnership accounting and LP reporting together. He has recruited in Los Angeles since 2009 and knows how fund structures, allocation mechanics, and sponsor reporting change what a finance hire actually has to do. Brian also trains Pacific Executive Search’s recruiters. He teaches a research-first method: build the market map before outreach begins, and judge candidates against the mandate rather than the resume.