Front Office Recruiter

Robert Walters UK; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a skilled Direct Recruiter to enhance their RPO team. This role focuses on front office recruitment within financial services, offering significant career development opportunities alongside competitive remuneration and benefits. Join a high-performing team and shape the talent acquisition strategy for prestigious financial clients.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Training and development programme

Volunteer time off

Global incentive weekend qualification

Employee wellbeing programmes

Qualifications

• Expert in full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, and offer negotiation.
• Experience recruiting in front office functions like sales, trading, or investment banking.
• Proficiency in stakeholder management and working with hiring managers.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment processes in collaboration with hiring managers.
• Sourcing candidates through multiple channels and maintaining talent pipelines.
• Provide market data and insights to inform hiring strategies.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment expertise

Proven success recruiting for front office roles

Strong Boolean search skills

Experience with ATS tools

Ability to generate hiring reports

Tools

Workday

Avature

Job description

Direct Recruiter – Front OfficeWe are seeking an experienced Direct Recruiter to join our on-site recruitment team as part of a high-performing RPO solution for a leading client in the financial services sector. This role is ideal for a recruitment professional with a strong track record in front office hiring—such as sales, trading, or investment banking—and who thrives in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

As a Direct Recruiter, you will take ownership of the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, delivering high-quality hires across key front office business areas. Working in close partnership with hiring managers and other stakeholders, you will proactively source talent, manage candidate pipelines, and provide market insights to support strategic hiring decisions.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a global recruitment leader while working directly with a prestigious client and shaping their front office talent strategy.

What You'll Do

• To work with the Recruitment Partner in providing an end-to-end recruitment service to identified business areas
• To join the recruitment partner on calls with line managers to understand their hiring needs and provide a more efficient search
• Recruitment process management utilizing ATS such as Workday and Avature
• Proactively source candidates via multi-media advertising, referrals, internal and external networking, database, candidate portal to effectively contribute to the target for direct recruitment
• Build and maintain RW candidate database by building up talent pools using the CRM
• Continue to develop innovative methods to attract top talent
• Screen CVs in line with the line manager & business requirements and arrange interviews as appropriate
• Ensure thorough and complete tracking history of every applicant progress, contact and feedback
• Providing market data and reporting on market trends as and when requested
• Ensuring compliance with Service Level Agreement (SLA) targets
• Ensure compliance with all client policies (including approval systems, compensation policies, e-mail policies etc.)

What are we looking for in the right candidate?

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

• Full-cycle recruitment expertise (sourcing, screening, interviewing & offer negotiation)
• Proven success recruiting for front office roles (e.g., sales, trading, investment banking, relationship management)
• Strong Boolean search and LinkedIn Recruiter skills
• Experience with ATS tools (e.g., Workday, Avature)
• Able to generate and present hiring reports and analytics to clients or senior management

Stakeholder Management

• Ability to liaise effectively with hiring managers and business leaders
• Skilled in managing multiple stakeholders across business units
• Strong understanding of client requirements and translating them into actionable talent strategies
• Experienced in delivering against SLAs and KPIs in an outsourced recruitment model (RPO/MSP)

Market & Industry Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of front office functions within financial services, banking, and capital markets
• Understanding of industry trends, compensation benchmarking, and competitor mapping
• Familiar with regulatory and compliance aspects in financial hiring (e.g., SMCR in the UK)

Candidate Engagement

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage passive and active candidates
• Skilled in building and maintaining talent pipelines
• Ability to pitch employer brand and value proposition effectively
• Experience in providing a first-class candidate experience

Commercial Acumen & Delivery

• Ability to work in a target-driven environment with a strong focus on results
• Commercial mindset with the ability to align recruitment strategies to business goals
• Strong prioritization and time management skills in high-volume or fast-paced settings

What will you get in return?

A track record of high performance and an ability to deliver excellent results consistently is key. In return for your hard work, you'll be offered a competitive top salary and benefits package with bonuses/commission and fantastic incentives programme:

• Private medical insurance
• A fantastic training and development programme
• Volunteer time off
• The opportunity to partake / qualify for our Global incentive weekend
• Employee wellbeing through various programmes

You'll have plenty of opportunities to progress your career, both in your country and other locations around the world. That's the benefit of working for a large global organisation. One that is at the forefront of recruitment innovation, and a specialist in RPO and MSP.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.
Please click apply below to submit your application or if you would like further information. We look forward to hearing from you!

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