Maiden Marc Associates is working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find two Associate—to Senior associate-level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial Service or Digital, Data, Operations, and Technology (DDOT) teams.
Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the business has a lengthy history and track record of finding CEOs, CFOs, direct reports to the board team, and leaders of critical functions within the biggest names in the Professional Services and Finance Services space. This includes long-term retained clients across Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, and Asset/Wealth Managers.
Working directly under/learning from a hands-on Partner, they anticipate that the right individual for the role will work on search mandates from day one. Access to the research and referencing parts of the role, as well as the ability to start growing/managing a candidate network, will also be offered immediately.
As you develop in your career, you will be encouraged to build your own market network, manage senior professionals as a trusted advisor, and, with experience Partner guidance, develop into a fee-generating Consultant. This will allow you to take responsibility for developing your personal market specialism under the support of established £1MIO+ billers.
Core role objectives include:
* The ability to identify, reference, and proactively reach out and assess candidates for active mandates and core clients
* Create detail-oriented forensic competitor analysis, including strategic overviews, benchmarking, bespoke market and product intelligence reports, referencing and profiling market leaders in the Financial Services and Board practice space
* Execute search mandates, including full lifecycle search and candidate management parts of the process, while working closely with the partners in closing candidates and working with clients
* Own pre-pitch/origination research and due diligence responsibilities
The firm is implementing a strategic 5-year growth plan and is looking for Associate and Senior Associate level talent to become future consultants and leaders. The business is small enough that all high-performing Associates will be given a genuine opportunity to impact and grow with the firm, but established enough already to have an outstanding track record in the market and be a go-to for their retained client base.
They are looking for someone who ideally has the following:
* 12 months to six years experience, preferably within a search or headhunting environment, though they would consider a high-performing contingent recruiter looking for a move to retained search
* Worked on executive search mandates/market research projects or has the drive to take on this type of detail-oriented role moving forward
* Excellent academic credentials with a degree or postgraduate qualification being highly sought-after, alongside exemplary writing skills
* A mature but driven personality that enjoys problem-solving, is motivated to deliver and has a natural drive to overachieve
Salary banding for the role depends on experience. It starts from £38,000 for the junior end of the Associate pool and rises based on background and delivery track record to £80,000+ for more experienced Senior Associate or Principal-level candidates.
A leading total compensation scheme (discretionary performance-driven bonus) accompanies this, alongside opportunities for internal growth, a real hands-on mentorship and development in a retained environment and includes a route to moving to their New York office if this is of interest.