Senior Recruitment Consultant

Company: Finatal
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Location: London
Job Description:

Senior Recruitment Consultant – Private Equity CFO & Finance Leadership

Finatal is seeking an ambitious and commercially driven Senior Recruitment Consultant to specialise in C-suite and C-suite-1 finance appointments across private equity-backed businesses.

You’ll take ownership of your own market, partnering with investors and portfolio companies to deliver high-impact executive hires while building long-term client and candidate relationships.

This is a great opportunity if you want a better platform to earn more commission, more genuine exposure to the Private Equity market and learning from 1million+ billers OR if you want to pivot your recruiting experience into Senior Finance/ Private Equity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver against your revenue target.
  • Win and develop new client relationships across the private equity ecosystem.
  • Recruit senior finance leaders, including CFOs, Finance Directors and their direct reports.
  • Source, headhunt, interview and manage candidates through to placement.
  • Provide market intelligence and strategic hiring advice to clients and candidates.
  • Secure retained and exclusive search mandates.
  • Build and execute a business plan to grow your desk and market presence.
  • Support and mentor junior consultants while maintaining individual performance.
  • Use CRM and market analytics to drive activity, opportunities and results.

About You

  • Proven recruitment experience, ideally within executive search, finance or professional services but we are open if you’ve recruited in other sectors and want to pivot sectors.
  • Highly commercial with a strong business development mindset.
  • Assertive, driven and results-oriented.
  • A natural networker with excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
  • Self-motivated, inquisitive and energised by a fast-paced environment.
  • Committed to delivering exceptional standards and long-term relationships.

Why join Finatal?

  • Finatal are winners of the Sunday Times Best Place to work for the 3rd year in a row!
  • We are the leading Private Equity specialist recruitment business, with over 16 years in the Private Equity market.
  • Our culture is high-performing, you’ll be surrounded and learn from the best. Our culture celebrates both big and small successes, through incentive trips, internal recognition and awards.
  • You will be joining our top performing team in London, huge opportunity for personal career growth and earning potential
  • Competitive base salary with excellent commission structure
  • Structured training, onboarding, and clear career progression pathways – we provide very strong training, led by our top performers

If this sounds like an opportunity that you would like to hear more about, click apply now or email susannah.willcox@finatal.com for more information.

Posted: July 5th, 2026