Senior Recruitment Consultant - Exec Search

🚀 Recruitment Consultant / Senior Consultant – Financial & Accountancy Executive Search

£35,000–£45,000 basic + uncapped comms | Manchester | Retained-Only

I’m working exclusively with a high-growth, boutique executive search firm operating at the top end of the Financial & Accountancy market. This is a retained-only model (80%+ retained), partnering with PE-backed, VC-backed and high-growth businesses across the UK.

This is a genuine opportunity to move away from transactional recruitment into a true headhunting and advisory environment.

💼 The Opportunity

You’ll be trusted to deliver senior finance mandates including:

• Financial Controller, Finance Director, CFO & Head of Finance
• Scale-ups, transformations and PE-backed growth
• Strategic hires rather than volume recruitment

Your focus will be on:

• Market mapping & intelligence-led search
• Proactive headhunting of passive candidates
• Client development & long-term partnerships
• Network-led recruitment

👤 Who They’re Looking For

• 12 months–3+ years’ experience in Financial or Accountancy recruitment
• Strong interest in business development and relationship-led recruitment
• Commercial, articulate and detail-driven
• Confident with senior-level conversations
• Hungry to move into an executive search environment

💸 Package & Progression

• £35k–£45k basic
• Quarterly bonus
• Long-term route into equity and leadership

🏢 Culture & Working Model

• Boutique, adult, high-performance environment
• Monday in the office, flexible hybrid beyond that
• Face-to-face interview process
• Regular senior-level events & client socials
• Family-first leadership style with high standards

If you’re an A&F recruiter who wants to step into retained executive search, significantly increase your earnings, and be part of a firm being built properly from the ground up — message me for a confidential chat.

📩 DMs open.