Berwick Partners | Consultant | Financial Leadership Practice in Manchester

About the role

Consultant - Financial Leadership (Regions)

The Finance practice here at Berwick is well-established, successful and stretched! As part of the Odgers Group, the practice benefits from the strength and longevity of the wider business (55 years in finance recruitment), and we need to add to the team. We have a number of advantages over our competitors in the CFO and financial leadership market. The scale of our offering - Odgers, Odgers Interim plus Berwick Partners – combines to create a significant capability. Our ability to reach into both the public and the private sector is substantial, and our board level connectivity is unparalleled.

Each member of our team has significant experience in recruitment and offers genuine functional knowledge. The practice has the experience and capability to recruit across the whole spectrum of qualified finance positions: from SME and family-owned business Finance Director roles, to blue-chip and Plc talent opportunities for up-and-coming finance professionals; from Tax & Treasury specialisms to confidential replacement needs.

The role will report to Ashley Crich, who heads up the Finance practice, covering a number of key and already well-developed sectors. There is the opportunity to work both regionally within the UK (outside London) and internationally.

Attracting and retaining the very best recruitment professionals is critical to our success. Well networked, our consultants have the tenacity and passion to enable our clients to appoint the very best senior individuals.

As a Berwick Partners consultant, you will be expected to:

• Identify & develop relationships with clients (new and existing) through high level marketing calls.
• Offer market intelligence, present at pitches and business development meetings, and actively introduce colleagues.
• Listen to and interpret client requirements, developing commercially sound solutions.
• Take ownership of candidate management, recognising that talented people are our lifeblood.
• Professionally manage and deliver all assignments won, to successful completion.
• Create, develop and deliver events that offer clients and senior candidates the opportunity to network.
• Develop a personal profile, ensuring that you become a recognised and respected recruiter in your specialism.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, and interact at the most senior level.
• Produce excellent quality, well written documents that add value to an assignment.

About you

• Intellectually capable, confident, self-assured and a tenacious self-starter.
• Self-managed, you will know what it takes to develop your reputation and position both internally and externally, without the need for heavy KPIs.
• Able to lead by example, act as an ambassador and uphold the culture, philosophy, integrity, quality, professionalism and ethics of the Berwick Partners brand.
• Able to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally.

About us

Berwick Partners, a division of Odgers, operates in the senior leadership recruitment market. We operate a 100% retained search model within the £80,000-£150,000 basic salary bracket and believe we stand out in a congested market by offering a quality and client-led service. We are experts in senior recruitment; we understand the markets in which we work, yet we are never complacent about the importance of listening and learning. At times we need to advise and at times we need to challenge; we always need to deliver.

We are a national firm with offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. We collaborate and work closely with Odgers, benefiting from their brand, reputation and work. We share a database, offices, events and away-days. This relationship means that for business development purposes, we are not a cold call environment.

Berwick Partners has built an excellent reputation for filling senior management and executive positions across a number of different sectors. We have split our market into three main areas: Commerce & Industry, Public Sector and Functions. We believe that this structure offers clients the opportunity to tap into sector specialists and functional experts as the mandate dictates. We are passionate about what we do. We understand how important it is to deliver the right outcomes for clients and candidates and we take pride in the quality of our work.

What we offer

• At Berwick Partners, we have created a mature and “grown-up” culture, one where you are trusted to deliver without weekly targets and sales incentives.
• We provide our consultants with a huge amount of support to enable them to be as effective as possible. Support comes in the form of:
• Dedicated (shared) PA
• In-house Research Team
• Events Manager
• Marketing Manager

Our Vision

We strive to be the most trusted and respected search firm, setting the standard for excellence in our industry.

Rewards

• Upper-quartile base salary
• Transparent commission structure, equal to a third of billings (less salary costs). Additional support is provided in the 1st year
• Pension (including death in service)
• 25 days holiday (and 3 extra over the Christmas period)
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Flexible working and working-from-home arrangements