Financial Services & Investment Recruiter

The Role

Our role is your opportunity to shape the future of talent acquisition. The Senior Recruiter will support client hiring managers with filling their vacancies to target start dates, ensuring all quality thresholds and SLA/KPIs are met. They will deliver excellent recruitment services to the client in line with agreed service levels, acting as the custodian of candidate quality and the hiring manager experience, working in conjunction with colleagues in teams such as Sourcing and Administration.

Senior Recruiters will be aligned to high-touch client business units or stakeholder groups that require additional attention.

Candidates will need to reside in New York City, as is onsite three days per week.

Salary range: $78, USD

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• Act as a Trusted Adviser:
  Build strong partnerships with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to deliver an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience. Lead recruiting discussions and be recognised as a thought leader in sourcing strategy.
• Partner with sourcing and talent intelligence experts to develop effective strategies, using market insights to influence hiring outcomes from the start of the process.
• Deliver high‑quality candidate shortlists with accurate, complete information and clear recommendations to support informed hiring decisions.
• Share candidate feedback, challenges, and successes with Recruiters and Hiring Managers, recommending adjustments to recruitment strategies (e.g., alternative locations, talent pools, job description updates).
• Demonstrate innovative thinking and ongoing professional development to help clients hire top talent, including passive candidates.
• Create and post compelling, accurate job adverts that strengthen the client brand and attract strong applicants.
• Develop sourcing strategies using appropriate channels (e.g., Linked In, social media), adopting a proactive search approach for niche and specialist roles.
• Use data to measure sourcing effectiveness, continuously refine strategies, and share successes and insights.
• Engage candidates professionally across multiple channels (email, Linked In, phone), regularly headhunting specialist talent.
• Gain insight into candidate skills, motivations, and career aspirations to inform selection decisions.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process and build long‑term talent pools.
• Present candidates accurately and compellingly to clients, advocating for diverse and bias‑free selection processes.
• Track progress, performance, and data in relevant systems.

Value Candidate Experience

• Champion candidates through honest, meaningful career discussions that bring the client brand to life.
• Ensure candidates feel supported and informed throughout the recruitment journey.
• Build lasting relationships so candidates become long‑term advocates, regardless of hiring outcomes.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following competencies:

• Proven experience recruiting across the financial services sector
  , including wealth management, asset management, and private equity. Strong understanding of specialized talent markets, industry‑specific roles, and the unique hiring challenges within this space.
• Extensive experience managing high‑volume recruitment
  , effectively handling multiple requisitions simultaneously while maintaining quality and speed of delivery.
• Proven expertise of end‑to‑end recruitment experience, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and stakeholder consultation.
• Strong ability to assess and evaluate recruitment expertise
  , demonstrating deep knowledge of sourcing strategies, talent mapping, competency‑based interviewing, and selection methodologies.
• Highly developed relationship management skills
  , building trusted partnerships with hiring managers, candidates, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously
  , managing priorities independently while delivering against agreed timelines and objectives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement capability
  , confidently advising, influencing, and managing expectations at multiple levels within the organisation.
• Resilience and adaptability…