REC4 Recruitment

Compliance Recruitment Consultant

My client, established in 1982 to provide a quality recruitment service to the financial services industry quickly became widely acknowledged as a reliable and trusted name in the industry. Over the last twenty-five years the company has consistently combined local knowledge with global access, via offices in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and alliances with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, to provide an award wining service that never fails to exceed both candidate and client expectations.

They continue to demonstrate an unparalleled expertise in the provision of quality personnel, from junior to senior management positions, into temporary, contract and permanent roles in Accounting & Finance, Banking Operations, Compliance, Human Resources, Insurance, Investment Management, Hedge Funds Financial Services, Employee Benefits, Marketing, Risk Management, Sales & Trading, Corporate Banking, Corporate Finance and Secretarial.

Their highly regarded Compliance division was established in 1997 and specialises in the placement of compliance professionals from entry level to senior management across the UK.

Working in a relatively established but expanding market, this role will require a combination of account management and business development skills in order to capitalise on existing relationships and break into new clients. Responsibilities will include:

• Development of new relationships within the Investment Banking and Financial Service markets

• Generation of candidates at all levels through proactive and innovative acquisition methods.

• Client and Candidate networking and relationship building to ensure further market penetration

• Writing and placing adverts on a variety of specialist and generic websites

• Managing candidates of all levels through the recruitment lifecycle

• Interviewing all candidates at registration stage.

• Efficiently running a recruitment desk and providing management reporting on a regular basis

• Consistent delivery against target

• Effective maintenance of records on in-house recruitment database

This role is ideally suited to an experienced recruiter who relishes the challenge of working in a niche recruitment discipline. A successful consultant will be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Proven experience of recruiting within compliance or a related specialist discipline

• A proactive approach to recruitment, client and candidate management

• Self motivation and a desire to carve a niche for themselves in a competitive marketplace

• Networking skills within both the client and candidate arenas

• An ability to provide innovative recruitment solutions to a demanding client base

• A preference for a target driven environment where expectations of performance are consistently high

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.