Recruitment Consultant - Qualified Accountant FS - London

Page Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Recruitment Consultant - Qualified Accountant in London. This role involves managing the full recruitment lifecycle for finance roles within the Financial Services sector. The ideal candidate will have 360 recruitment experience, excellent negotiation skills, and a history of building long-term client relationships. The position offers competitive salaries, career progression, and extensive training programs.

Benefits

Clear path to leadership

Industry-leading training

High-earning potential

Qualifications

• Proven track record in driving and winning new business opportunities.
• Successes and achievements in recruitment need to be illustrated.
• Ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for qualified finance roles.
• Build strategic client relationships for perm accounting positions.
• Develop and source top-tier finance candidates.

Skills

360 recruitment experience

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivation

Negotiation skills

Relationship building

Job description

Overview

Lead high-impact recruitment for the Qualified Finance Team, managing end-to-end processes, building client relationships, and collaborating with strong counterparts. Competitive salary with clear career progression opportunities in a global recruitment leader, offering hybrid work and advanced training programs.

Client Details

Are you an experienced Recruitment Consultant with a passion for working within financial services? At Michael Page, we're hiring for a Recruitment Consultant to look after our qualified accountant desk within the Financial Services space in our London office.

If you have experience working on qualified account roles, or with financial services recruitment, this is a great opportunity to build relationships, have impact and really make a difference.

Description

As a Recruitment Consultant - Qualified Accountant perm desk, you will:

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for qualified finance roles within the Financial Services sector in London, dealing with a mixture of organisations such as banks, fintechs, but mainly small family offices like Black Rock, PGIM, and more.
• Build and deepen strategic relationships with clients, providing expert recruitment advice to ensure the best candidate matches for Perm accounting positions.
• Source top-tier Finance candidates, including roles such as Financial Controller, Financial Accountant, Management Accountant.
• Leverage Michael Page's market-leading resources, networks, and industry insights to attract candidates and support clients effectively.
• Actively develop and build new relationships across the Financial Services space in London, gaining a deeper understanding of their hiring needs, ensuring strong, long-term partnerships.
• Collaborate within a highly successful team, with many opportunities to pass work and support each other in a warm desk environment.
• Proactively identify and act on business development opportunities within the national remit.

Qualifications

• Experience in 360 recruitment. Preferably within a commercial, professional services and/or finance setting in the Financial Services sector, with a proven track record of driving and winning new business opportunities, building long-term relationships and delivering exceptional results.
• You must be able to illustrate your billings, successes and achievements in recruitment - we want to know about your wins!
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders, including Fund Directors, Fund Managers, Heads of Finance.
• A proactive, consultative approach to client acquisition and account management.
• The ability to attract and engage top accounting candidates.
• Self-motivation, resilience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

Job Offer

• Clear Path to Leadership: We champion your growth with a transparent career progression framework and opportunities to advance into leadership roles.
• Industry-Leading Training: Benefit from tailored training programs designed for recruiters at all levels of their career.
• High-Earning Potential: Competitive base salary with a lucrative, performance-driven commission structure.
• A well-established Public Sector team: Benefit from a strong internal UK-wide financial services network, alongside a team of truly knowledgeable recruiters.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

As an inclusive employer, Michael Page is dedicated to improving diversity representation across our teams. We actively encourage applications from candidates who are ethnically diverse or have a disability.

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