Recruitment Consultant, Financial Markets (Graduate)
Laz Partners is a specialist executive search firm running senior, predominantly retained searches for some of the largest alternative investment managers, asset managers and banks in the world. We are hiring at graduate level in London for someone who wants real responsibility and a path to promotion early.
Founded a decade ago, Laz Partners is a London executive search boutique focused exclusively on front-office investment talent. We specialise in public and private credit, structured credit and insurance solutions, alongside global macro and equities, working with alternative managers, asset managers, hedge funds and investment banks across the UK, US, Continental Europe and increasingly Asia.
We have completed over 230 searches. 2025 was a record year and 2026 has already passed it which is incredibly exciting as we continue to grow the business.
More than 80% of our business arrives inbound or by referral. Recent mandates include the CIO of a £100bn+ AUM fixed income business and a multi-person team build for a leading global alternative manager. More details can be found on our website www.lazpartners.com.
The leadership team
You will work next to the two people who run Laz Partners, from your first day.
Alex Lazaridis founded the firm in 2018 after a decade in macro sales. He saw that very few search firms combined real investment expertise with the ability to act as long-term strategic partners to investment leadership. The network he has built with clients and candidates since is why so much of our work comes by referral, and why the firm has the trust it has in this market.
Rebecca Jenkins, Head of Strategy, joined in 2025 after more than 15 years at Disney, Warner Bros., Universal and Paramount, most recently leading a team of over 20 across the UK, Europe, Australasia and Africa. She cares about developing talent and building high-performing teams, and she leads on the strategy that will shape the firm’s next stage of growth. You will be coached by both, and both will interview you.
The role
We are a small team and the role is fast-paced. You will be speaking to senior investors within your first few weeks. Most days are candidate conversations, mapping the market and getting to know the people in your defined candidate pool, alongside client work on retained and exclusive mandates. Searches here tend to move quickly, and the people who do well enjoy that.
We run on a modern technology stack with integrated workflows. A small team does the work of a much larger one, and you will use these tools from your first week. We want someone comfortable with that, who wants to be part of how executive search is advancing.
The pay and progression
Base salary of £30,000 with uncapped commission. Strong performers can expect £40,000 or more in year one.
Progression runs from Research Associate through, Associate, Senior Associate, Principal and Director to Partner, with the route agreed with you on day one. Promotion is reviewed against criteria set at the start: sustained results, value added to the team and living our company values.
We intend to build our senior team and future leaders from within.
Who we are looking for
Someone competitive who wants to earn well at the senior end of executive search. It might show in university or county sport, a marathon, a society you built and ran, or a target you hit in a sales or, commercial role.
Proactive and pacey, with real pride in delivering top-quality work. It shows in your email: same-day replies, well written, and nothing sent that you would not put your name to. It shows in how you run several mandates at once, moving each forward proactively.
Some markets knowledge (or someone who takes an active interest is preferred), and we will also support with wider markets training ongoing.
The process
Three stages in total: a first interview with Rebecca, a second with Alex, then a final in-person task and a chance to meet the team and if successful an offer would then follow.
What you get
- Training on markets several times a week, across credit, insurance investment
- 25 days holiday, plus an extra day for your birthday
- Company pension
- Vitality health insurance
- Cycle to Work and Perks at Work
We are an ambitious, selective and growing, and we want motivated graduates to join us for the next stage of our growth.
You must have the right to work in the UK.
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