Job Description
Hays Recruitment – Chelmsford
Senior Finance - Permanent (Private Sector)
£26,437 - £37,670 + uncapped commission
We are seeking a Recruitment Consultant to join our Chelmsford office within our established Senior Finance team. You’ll be responsible for developing our permanent private sector market. This is a warm, well‑established desk with strong existing client relationships.
Covering Essex, you will recruit for senior finance professionals, including:
* Management Accountant
* Financial Accountant
* Finance Business Partner
* Financial Controller
* Head of Finance
* Finance Director
This is an opportunity to build long‑term partnerships with clients and candidates, delivering high‑quality permanent recruitment solutions across the private sector.
Your new team
Our Chelmsford office is home to around seven consultants, spanning a range of experience levels and operating within a supportive, high‑performing team culture. The office is based in a busy serviced building with excellent facilities and amenities, including regular networking and social events hosted by the building owners.
Your new role
We pride ourselves on hiring the very best talent in the recruitment market. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
* A genuine drive to succeed in a sales‑led environment, with motivation to work to targets and deliver exceptional outcomes for clients, candidates, and Hays
* Strong communication skills with a high level of professionalism
* A resilient, confident, and curious mindset, with the ability to build credibility at senior stakeholder level
* Experience recruiting into senior or qualified finance roles (preferred but not essential for the right consultant)
* If no recruitment experience then a previous role in sales or customer/client facing would be considered
What you’ll get in return
As a multi‑award‑winning employer, we believe in investing in our people and supporting long‑term career progression. Our culture is one of the key reasons colleagues choose to build and grow their careers at Hays.
We are highly collaborative and value genuine human connection — what we call the Hays spirit. You’ll feel this inclusive, motivating energy across the business.
In addition, you will benefit from:
* Uncapped individual commission, paid on invoice every four weeks
* Performance‑based incentive programmes, including the chance to qualify for all‑expenses‑paid international incentives
* (2024: South Africa | 2025: Montenegro | 2026: Mauritius)
* A high‑trust culture built on expertise, training, collaboration, inclusivity, and doing the right thing
* Industry‑leading learning and development to maximise performance and support career progression
* A global brand with an established and credible client base
* Hybrid working and flexible hours
* Opportunities for international career mobility
* Excellent holiday entitlement from day one, including your birthday off and the option to buy or sell annual leave
We’re also committed to doing the right thing together. As a progressive employer, we actively support equity, diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and social purpose, ensuring we make a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our communities.
What to do next
Apply now. The future is what you make it at Hays, and you’re in the driving seat. Your energy, ambition, and dedication will be rewarded in a culture that celebrates success.