Principal Recruitment Consultant - Banking & Financial Services

Principal Recruitment Consultant - Banking & Financial Services

Basic c. £50-70k

OTE c. £150k+

Benefits:

• Very competitive benefits package which includes private healthcare.
• Extremely competitive commission scheme which at the top end pays 50% on revenue generated.
• Laptop, cloud-based technology (MS Teams, CRM/Database) and a fully paid for full LinkedIn Recruiter license.
• Flexible start and finish times.
• Hybrid – 3 days in office/2 days remote.

Based: London

The Role:

• Warm opportunity to identify and appoint Permanent and Interim professionals within the Banking & Financial Services space.
• Join a professional, knowledgeable and established team.
• Working with a mixed portfolio of clients and access to live roles.

The Person:

• You’ve now reached a stage in your recruitment career where you want to work amongst specialist peers, who share your passion for the Banking and Financial Services sector.
• Ideally, you are an established recruiter with a strong track record of working with clients and a network in any of the following – Banking, Wealth Management, Fintech, Payments.
• OR, you specialise in Senior Management and Board Level – CFO’s, COO’s, CEO’s, Chief Risk Officers, Head of Finance.
• Of equal interest are Banking and FS recruiters who specialise in Legal Counsel, Audit, HR or Senior Middle/Back office.
• A strong business developer, you have the ability and drive to build your own desk.
• Ideally, you bring a network of existing clients/contacts and candidates in the relevant space – that you can refer to after any restrictive covenants have passed.

The Company:

• A privately owned, £14m turnover business with a great deal of financial stability.
• A great brand with a history and track record that spans over 30+ years in business.
• Working across 6 key verticals, they operate the mid to senior level, offering clients Contingency, Retained, Full Executive Search and Interim.
• Their focus is mid to senior level, as typically contract rates are £500-£1500 per day and Permanent salaries of £80K-£150K (and beyond).
• Describing themselves as “10 foot wide and x1,000 feet deep”, each consultant either specialise in a sector, or niche vertical across a variety of sectors.
• They recognise and understand in today’s market the time it takes to build an executive/senior candidate desk and happy to give people the support and time they need to do so.
• Reflective of the senior level they operate within, you are provided with exceptionally competitive salaries and commission plans, a truly flexible work environment, first class tech-stack and excellent benefits.

The Role:

• Sitting within the Banking and Financial Services Practice, operating at senior management/executive level.
• The division is organised into x4 main verticals Commercial Banking (small to mid-size banks), Payments & Fintech, Wealth/Asset Management and Digital Assets (Crypto).
• Typical candidate salaries fall around £70k to £200k (not unheard of to reach £230k/£300k), with c30% retained and 70% contingency on an exclusive basis.
• All Consultants are 360 and have the flexibility to dual desk (Permanent and Contract/Interim).
• Join a mature, collaborative and experienced team placing Banking/Financial Services talent, working at the Senior level.
• Established billers are achieving £400k to £600k – and your Director innately understands it takes time to establish yourself, make that first placement, or pick up a retainer.
• To this end, all new individuals joining have an established consultant to collaborate with, share tactical guidance and get things moving from “day one”.

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