Senior Recruitment Consultant - Accounting and Finance
Overview
Join a specialist Accountancy & Finance practice focused on placing talented professionals into permanent and interim roles across practice, industry and corporate finance teams. You will partner with established clients across financial services, professional services, fintech and industry to deliver high quality hires. This opportunity is suited to an experienced recruitment consultant who is commercially driven, client focussed and motivated to grow a book of business within a reputable brand.
Responsibilities
Manage full lifecycle recruitment for accounting and finance roles: intake and role briefing, targeted sourcing, candidate assessment, interview preparation, offer negotiation and onboarding.
Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, finance leaders, HR partners and senior stakeholders to become a trusted recruitment adviser.
Generate new business through proactive market engagement, outbound prospecting and relationship development to expand your client portfolio.
Deliver an excellent candidate experience while managing multiple vacancies to agreed SLAs and commercial targets.
Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies including market mapping, targeted headhunting, database searches, social recruiting and network referrals.
Provide market insight, competitor intelligence and salary benchmarking to clients; advise on hiring strategy, role design and talent availability.
Achieve and exceed individual billings and KPI targets, contributing to team revenue and broader business objectives.
Coach and mentor junior consultants, share best practice and support a collaborative, high performance team culture.
Skills
What we’re looking for:
Proven recruitment experience, ideally placing accounting and finance professionals into permanent and interim roles across practice, industry or financial services.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence hiring decisions at all levels and build long‑term client partnerships.
Commercially driven with a consistent track record of meeting or exceeding billing targets and developing new business.
Confident business developer who is comfortable with proactive outreach, consultative selling and presenting market insight.
Organised, resilient and able to prioritise effectively in a fast‑paced environment while managing multiple assignments.
Experience using ATS/CRM systems, digital sourcing tools and competent with MS Office or equivalent productivity software.
What you’ll get:
Competitive salary with an uncapped commission structure and attractive bonus opportunities.
Clear career progression and professional development within Marks Sattin and GI Group Holdings.
Structured training, sector specialist support and mentoring from senior consultants to develop technical and commercial skills.
Hybrid working, generous holiday allowance and a comprehensive benefits package.
Regular team incentives, social events and a supportive, collaborative culture focused on high performance and wellbeing.
If you are a motivated recruitment professional with experience in accountancy and finance hiring, and a drive to deliver results and build lasting client relationships, we’d love to hear from you.
- Department
- Marks Sattin Manchester - Perm
- Locations
- Marks Sattin Manchester
Colleagues
About Marks Sattin
Marks Sattin is a heritage recruitment brand. Founded in 1988, and joining Gi Group Holding in 2018, we have over 30 years’ experience finding professionals their next exciting opportunity, and consulting with companies - from global organisations to growing SMEs.
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