Businesses rarely need a job title in isolation. They need work completed, problems solved and finance capability that fits the way their organisation operates.
Finance professionals are equally poorly served by being reduced to a title and a handful of CV keywords.
Sieve is building a more useful marketplace between the two.
Finding the right finance professional takes an average of six weeks in the UK. For qualified accountants, it often takes longer. And if you go through a recruiter, expect to pay 20% to 30% of their annual salary on top.
That is the cost of a system built around job titles and CV keywords, not around the work that actually needs doing.
Finance professionals face the same problem in reverse. They are reduced to a title and a handful of keywords, invisible to the businesses that actually need what they can do.
Sieve is built to fix both sides of that problem.
Sources: time to hire — RBS Mentor, UK, 2025. Agency fees — QuickEmployment, UK, 2026.
Sieve understands finance roles, responsibilities, accounting systems, qualifications, sector experience and the different ways finance support can be delivered. We built for finance because generic platforms were never built for it.
Profiles and matches are designed to show why someone may fit, including what has been assessed and what is self-reported. You see the evidence, not just a score.
Businesses choose whom to invite. Finance professionals choose which opportunities to explore. Once connected, the relationship is direct. No middleman, no ongoing involvement from Sieve.
A job title tells you what someone has been called. It does not tell you what they can actually do. Sieve profiles are built around capability, responsibilities and real experience, so you find the right fit, not just the right label.
Sieve was founded by Tim Johnson and Michael Spyrou, two finance professionals who spent years placing and working with finance talent across growing businesses.
They saw the same problem repeatedly. Businesses struggling to find the right finance support. Professionals unable to get found for what they could actually do. Agencies taking fees. Job boards generating noise.
Sieve is their answer to that problem.
Find assessed finance professionals matched to the work you actually need done.
Build your finance briefGet found for what you can actually do, not just your job title.
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