Remote Senior Financial Services Recruitment Specialist

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commission

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Recruitment Specialist to lead its Financial Services practice on a remote-first basis. You will manage end-to-end recruitment for senior roles across banking, asset management, and FinTech, while cultivating strategic client relationships and a robust talent pipeline.

You will excel in candidate engagement, screening and interviewing, and will drive market insights and compensation benchmarking to support client teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in recruitment consultancy with Financial Services focus.
• Proven track record placing senior/specialist roles in finance.
• Experience recruiting across banks, asset management, FinTech, insurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle recruitment for senior roles in FS.
• Develop and manage strategic client relationships in FS.
• Identify and engage top candidates across banking, asset mgmt, risk, compliance, FinTech.
• Build pipelines via networking, referrals and online platforms.
• Conduct behavioural/competency interviews and assessments.
• Provide market intelligence and talent acquisition strategy guidance.
• Uphold highest professional and ethical standards in recruitment.

Skills

Sourcing

Interviewing

Negotiation

Communication

Time management

Remote work

ATS

CRM

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance/Business/HR)

Tools

ATS

CRM software

LinkedIn & professional networks

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Recruitment Specialist to lead its Financial Services practice on a remote-first basis. You will manage end-to-end recruitment for senior roles across banking, asset management, and FinTech, while cultivating strategic client relationships and a robust talent pipeline.

You will excel in candidate engagement, screening and interviewing, and will drive market insights and compensation benchmarking to support client teams.