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Principal Recruitment Consultant - Banking & Financial Services

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  • Location:

    London

  • Sector:

    Experienced Division

  • Job type:

    Permanant

  • Salary:

    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

  • Contact:

    Rachel Bradman

  • Contact email:

    [email protected]

  • Contact phone:

    07442187635

  • Job ref:

    RJW/ECL/0425

  • Published:

    5 days ago

  • Duration:

    Permanent

  • Expiry date:

    2025-01-16

  • Startdate:

    Immediate

  

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

 

  • 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”

 

Call us now to discuss this job in more detail and other similar Recruitment Consultancy roles.

 

We typically place people into the following positions: Graduate Recruiter, Trainee Recruiter, Resourcer, Researcher, Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Consultant, Graduate Recruitment Consultant, Junior Recruitment Consultant, Candidate Manager, Permanent Recruitment Consultant, Temps Recruitment Consultant, Principal Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Internal Recruiters, Onsite Recruiters, Team Leaders and Managers / Directors.

 

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