REC4 Recruitment

Researcher - Accountancy, Finance & Risk

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 winning 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.

The Accountancy, Finance & Risk team was established to provide specialist recruitment services to their core clients within their middle office functions. Now with specialist teams working on Part Qualified, Newly Qualified, Senior Finance & Risk Management positions, this is a major growth area.

Supporting the recruitment consultants from a candidate acquisition perspective, this role is critical to the ongoing success and further development of this team. Key responsibilities will include:

 Proactively approaching, attracting and sourcing candidates for the specialist desks within the Accountancy, Finance & Risk Team.

 Promoting the company brand in the relevant candidate markets

 Working closely with team members to ensure an up-to-date understanding of their priority roles and requirements.

 Achieving performance targets relating to candidate acquisition and success.

 Ad hoc administrative duties

This role is ideally suited to someone who is interested in a career in recruitment and who is looking for an entry-level position from which to build their skills and knowledge. To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate the following characteristics:

 Motivation and an enthusiasm to succeed and develop candidate relationships for the team

 Good organizational and time management skills and an ability to prioritize workload

 Confidence in dealing with people at all levels

 Influencing skills and an ability to sell opportunities to candidates and effect a positive response

 Quick learner

 Flexibility in work undertaken and hours

 Pro-active and keen to work on own initiative

 Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills