Director - Financial and Business Services

Fireclay Partners

2d•Remote

About The Position

Fireclay Partners is a veteran-owned middle-market M&A and buy-side advisory firm based in Kansas City. They serve private equity sponsors and family-owned businesses on platform sourcing, bolt-on acquisitions, and select sell-side mandates. Their model combines investment banking execution with senior operating expertise and industry advisors with deep domain experience to support deal sourcing, due diligence, and sponsor engagement. This is a per-engagement consulting role, not full-time employment. The role involves partnering with the Fireclay team on specific deals where the consultant's domain expertise creates value. Engagements typically run three to twelve months on a deal-specific basis. Fireclay is actively building bench depth across several subsectors within financial and business services, including specialty insurance and wholesale brokerage, wealth management and RIA roll-ups, specialty finance and non-bank lending, accounting, legal, and consulting roll-ups, marketing and creative agency consolidation, and staffing and workforce solutions.

Requirements

President, COO, or CEO at a PE-backed financial or business services platform, ideally at a consolidator with direct integration experience.
Fifteen years or more in your subsector with senior operating responsibility.
Working knowledge of the regulatory and economic dynamics in your subsector and direct experience executing or integrating bolt-on acquisitions.
Existing network of relationships with founders, family owners, senior executives, and PE professionals across your subsector.
Comfort representing Fireclay professionally to PE sponsors and target company management.
Discretion when handling non-public information and competitive intelligence.
Willingness to work on a flexible per-engagement basis without fixed hours or commitments.

Responsibilities

Provide market intelligence on bolt-on targets, competitive landscape, and valuation context within your subsector.
Make introductions to founders, family owners, and senior executives in your existing network.
Review confidential information memoranda and management presentations for sector-specific operating fit and risk.
Participate in PE sponsor pitches when your subsector and operating background are relevant.
Provide operational due diligence input on target companies.
Advise the Fireclay team on positioning and messaging for sponsor outreach and sourcing campaigns.