Finance & Commercial Temp Recruiter

Are you an experienced Temps and Contracts Recruiter ready to take the next step in your career? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where relationships matter, client service is a top priority and you can make an immediate impact?

Four Squared Recruitment is growing, and we’re looking for a driven Recruiter – ideally with finance and commercial experience to join our specialist division. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a warm desk with established clients and candidates, while playing a key role in the continued expansion of our temporary and contracts recruitment offering.

Four Squared Recruitment is proud to be part of the Ballards Group, alongside Ballards Chartered Accountants, Cubed Tax, and Creative Folks. Joining us means becoming part of a highly successful and collaborative network of tax, audit, corporate finance, accountancy, marketing, VAT, and recruitment professionals who work closely together - sharing leads, expertise, and opportunities across the group.

Our established recruitment team covers the Three Counties, partnering with a wide range of clients to support their finance and business operations functions. Our close relationship with Ballards gives us a unique advantage, providing warm introductions to new clients and consistent access to exciting opportunities.

With Ballards expanding into Birmingham, this is the perfect time to grow our Finance & Commercial Temps and Contracts offering alongside them. You’ll work closely with ambitious business development partners across the group - helping to drive expansion, develop new client relationships, and strengthen our presence in new markets.

This is an exciting opportunity to join at a pivotal stage - building on an established desk, deepening client partnerships, and playing a key role in the next phase of the group’s growth.

As an experienced Recruiter specialising you will take ownership of a warm desk with active clients and regular requirements. You’ll focus on delivering high-quality temporary and interim professionals while continuing to grow the desk through strong relationship management and proactive business development.

This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in a high-activity environment, enjoys the pace of temporary recruitment, and takes pride in delivering a responsive, solutions-focused service.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing a warm Finance & Commercial temps desk and consistently meeting or exceeding financial targets
• Building strong relationships with clients to understand their culture, structure, and short-term hiring needs
• Supplying high-quality temporary and interim professionals across finance and operational roles
• Growing your client base through business development calls, meetings, marketing, and social media activity
• Proactively sourcing candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, networking, referrals, and database searches
• Managing the full temp recruitment lifecycle — from brief qualification to placement and aftercare
• Coordinating interviews, compliance, referencing, and right-to-work checks
• Negotiating pay rates and charge rates in line with market conditions
• Maintaining regular contact with placed candidates and clients to ensure high levels of satisfaction
• Building a reliable talent pool of immediately available professionals
• Providing market insights, salary/rate guidance, and workforce planning support to clients
• Keeping accurate CRM records and ensuring all processes align with company Terms of Business and compliance standards
• Collaborating with colleagues across the Four Squared and Ballards Group to maximise cross-selling and referrals
• Contributing ideas to improve processes, candidate attraction, and client service within the temps division

About You

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience managing a successful temp or interim recruitment desk, ideally within finance and/or commercial
• Proven track record of billing and managing a high-activity, fast-moving desk
• Strong experience placing temporary or contract professionals
• Confident building and developing long-term client relationships
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple live requirements
• A proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused approach
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• A genuine team player who enjoys working in a collaborative, supportive environment

About the rewards

• Competitive salary and strong commission structure
• A dynamic and supportive environment where your ideas are valued.
• Genuine opportunities to progress into senior leadership roles.
• Autonomy to grow your desk your way.
• A collaborative group culture that generates warm introductions and new client opportunities.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Electric Car scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Flexible Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Enhanced Family Pay – maternity, paternity, parental, and compassionate leave
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential helpline as well as online support

Experience recruiting across areas such as accounts support, payroll, credit control, finance assistants, administrators, and operational support roles would be particularly advantageous.