How-to · CFO
How to find a CFO’s email address
Short answer
Search LinkedIn or Sales Navigator for the CFO titles below, filtered by Finance and CXO, then export the search with the Scrupp Chrome extension. Scrupp returns each person with the work email and phone number it finds, so one search becomes a list of CFOs you can contact.
Who you are looking for
Titles that mean “CFO”
At small companies the finance lead may be called Head of Finance or Finance Director rather than CFO; at large ones the CFO sits above VPs of Finance and Controllers, who often own the buying decision for finance tools.
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- VP Finance / Head of Finance
- Finance Director
- Financial Controller
A title search that catches most of them, pasted into the LinkedIn or Sales Navigator title field:
("CFO" OR "Chief Financial Officer" OR "VP Finance" OR "Head of Finance" OR "Finance Director") NOT (assistant OR intern OR fractional)
More on the syntax: LinkedIn boolean search.
Step by step
From a search to CFOs’ emails
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Step 1
Build the search
In Sales Navigator, set Function: Finance and Seniority level: CXO, add the title search above, then narrow by company headcount, industry and geography. On regular LinkedIn, use People search with the title keywords and location.
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Step 2
Check the first page
Read ten results. If people with the wrong job show up, add their title words to the search with NOT, then save the search so you can rerun it.
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Step 3
Export with Scrupp
With the Scrupp Chrome extension installed, click its button on the results. Sales Navigator stops a search at 2,500 results; Scrupp exports more than that from the same search.
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Step 4
Get emails and phones
Scrupp looks up a work email and a phone number for each person. Download the list as CSV or Excel, or send it to HubSpot or Pipedrive.
Before you write to them
What works with CFOs
- Below about 50 employees the founder or an outsourced accountant often makes finance decisions; check headcount before targeting CFOs.
- Lead with a number they own: cost, cash, close time or audit effort, not with product features.
- Check the list before you send: Scrupp marks addresses on catch-all domains as probable rather than verified, and you can run a bulk check with the email verifier.
Finding the right people first: how to find CFOs on LinkedIn.
FAQ
Questions about finding CFO emails
Should I write to the CFO or the Controller?
For tools used by the finance team every day, the Controller or VP Finance often runs the evaluation and the CFO signs. Export both and write to the evaluator first.
Will I get an email for every CFO?
No. Across Scrupp exports a work email is found for 36.3% of people, and the share depends on the companies in your list. You pay for an email only when one is found.
Do I need Sales Navigator?
No. A regular LinkedIn search with title keywords works. Sales Navigator adds the function and seniority filters, which make the list cleaner.
Related: Find a CEO’s email · Sales Navigator email finder · Sales Navigator boolean search
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Turn one search into a list of CFOs
Export it with work emails and phone numbers.
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