Junior Lateral Recruiter

PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank that delivers strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring, and special situations services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments worldwide. Our human resources team seeks a dedicated Lateral Recruiter to support a high‑tempo, high‑touch recruiting environment within the financial services sector.

• Support senior recruiters throughout the full lifecycle of the lateral hiring process, from role creation through offer and onboarding.
• Source and identify talent through creative means, utilizing platforms such as Linked In and industry networks for both open and pipeline roles across PJT’s business functions.
• Conduct initial candidate outreach and screening, assessing background and fit against open roles.
• Coordinate interview scheduling across multiple business units, ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and interviewers.
• Prepare candidate briefing materials in advance of interview processes.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines, cultivating relationships with prospective hires to support immediate and long‑term talent needs.
• Collect and track interview feedback, ensuring timely follow‑up with candidates and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with candidate onboarding logistics, including coordination with HR Operations on new hire documentation and pre‑start processes.
• Maintain and update recruiting materials, including offer packets, job descriptions, and onboarding documents.
• Partner with the Recruiting Operations and Analytics teams to generate reports and maintain data integrity in the applicant tracking system.
• Support the review and posting of open positions on the intranet and external job sites.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and practices, proactively surfacing recommendations to the team.
• Remain current on recruiting trends and best practices, with a particular focus on financial services talent markets.

• Bachelor’s Degree or international equivalent.
• Approximately 2 years of recruiting experience, preferably within an investment bank, financial services firm, or executive search firm focused on financial services.
• Strong MS Office skills, with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to multi‑task, prioritize, and process a high volume of work under pressure while maintaining the highest quality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with candidates and communicate effectively with professionals at all levels.
• Superb organization skills and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with high‑quality document preparation.
• Ability to work independently as well as desire to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated high level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
• Willingness to proactively identify issues and recommend solutions.
• Experience with sourcing tools such as Linked In Recruiter preferred.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems; experience with Workday is a plus.

Expected annualized base salary: $75,000 to $85,000. Compensation may include additional rewards, incentives, and benefits, including a discretionary bonus component.

PJT is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other protected category. PJT Partners complies with all applicable laws regarding reasonable accommodation of disabilities to applicants.