Financial Services Senior Consultant, Asset Management Role – London

Hanson Search; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is looking for a Senior Consultant based in London. This role involves managing client relationships, developing strategic communication plans, and mentoring junior consultants. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial communications and strong leadership abilities. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working structure, and generous benefits package.

Benefits

Health cover

Life insurance

Pension

25+ days’ annual leave

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Multiple years of experience in a corporate or financial communications agency-side.
• Proven expertise advising clients in asset management, private equity, real estate investment or broader financial services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong media instincts.

Responsibilities

• Leading client relationships in financial and real asset sectors, providing strategic oversight.
• Developing integrated communications and reputation management strategies.
• Overseeing and mentoring junior consultants to ensure best delivery.

Skills

Strategic communication

Media relations

Team management

Project management

Creative thinking

Job description

About the Financial Services Senior Consultant Role

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll take a hands-on leadership role across several key accounts. You’ll act as the day-to-day strategic advisor to clients, driving creative, high-quality communications programmes that protect and enhance reputation, support capital-raising or M&A activity, and engage key stakeholders across media, investors and policymakers.

Key responsibilities

• Leading client relationships in financial and real asset sectors, providing senior counsel and strategic oversight.
• Developing and executing integrated communications and reputation management strategies.
• Managing complex, multi-stakeholder briefs across corporate, financial and digital channels.
• Overseeing and mentoring junior consultants, ensuring best-in-class delivery.
• Producing and quality-checking high-level content, including press materials, thought leadership and investor communications.
• Maintaining strong relationships with national, business, and trade media.
• Contributing to new business efforts, identifying growth opportunities and supporting pitches.

Senior Consultant Candidate Profile

We’re looking for a confident, strategic communicator with a deep understanding of the financial landscape. The ideal candidate will have:

• Multiple years of experience in a corporate or financial communications agency-side.
• Proven expertise advising clients in asset management, private equity, real estate investment or broader financial services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong media instincts.
• A strategic mindset—able to connect commercial, financial, and reputational priorities.
• Experience managing teams and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Entrepreneurial energy, curiosity, and a proactive, collaborative approach.

What the Senior Consultant Role Offers

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Hybrid working structure (typically 3 days in the London office).
• Generous benefits package that includes health cover, life insurance, and pension.
• 25+ days’ annual leave plus volunteering and well-being days.
• Structured professional development and a continuous learning culture.
• A social, inclusive, and ambitious team environment that values autonomy and creativity.

If you have the relevant experience and this opportunity sounds interesting to you, please get in touch with our team, including a copy of your CV as soon as possible via the form below.