Associate - Executive Recruiter (Wealth and Asset Management) in London

About Sheffield Haworth

Sheffield Haworth is a global talent consultancy founded in 1993. We have a history of placing executives in high impact roles year after year, giving clients a competitive advantage in a fast-changing world. Our vision is to be the leading global consultancy in people and transformational change. We specialize in executive search and interim placements, leadership advisory, change management, and information and data services. Clients benefit from deep industry insights, our wide-ranging networks, and high standards of delivery from our global team. We work with private and public companies across financial services, professional and business services, high-growth technologies, and multinational corporates.

Sheffield Haworth has undergone significant growth and expansion since inception, now employing over 180 professionals in 15 global offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and disability confident committed employer.

Wealth and Asset Management

Sheffield Haworth’s Global Wealth & Asset Management Practice partners with leading investment organisations operating in a rapidly evolving business environment where investing in people, promoting inclusion, and optimising performance are critical to long-term success. Led by Charles Bruce Smythe in London, the practice delivers senior-level executive search and advisory solutions across the global wealth and asset management landscape.

With 40+ senior professionals worldwide and more than 1,000 senior-level assignments completed in the past decade, the international team offers both scale and depth across all major financial hubs. The practice supports C-suite, Managing Director, and Board-level appointments, as well as senior leadership roles across investment, research, origination, capital markets, business development, and broader management functions.

Associate Overview

Associates at Sheffield Haworth are responsible for research and search execution in their product area. In addition, they will be expected to proactively assist Consultants with marketing, pitching and candidate management. Early access to client meetings and dialogue can be expected.

A few of the key areas of search that Associates can expect to work on include:

• Knowledge management within our search database as well as within the team and firm Sharepoint and other systems
• Desk research, on LinkedIn and other research sources as well as via our proprietary database and company websites
• Telephone work, including candidate cold calls as well as candidate assessment and ongoing relationship management
• Written work including client-ready candidate assessments, job descriptions, client update notes, marketing materials, quarterly reports, etc.
• Candidate & client interaction
• Business development, which could include company and management research as well as presentation preparation

Sheffield Haworth is looking for an Associate who is proactive and innovative. A successful applicant will have:

• Experience working on Financial Services and/or Professional Services search projects.
• Good telephone manners and excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels both verbally and in writing.
• An ability to prioritize when faced with tight deadlines and shifting client needs.
• An ability to exercise absolute discretion and professionalism with confidential information.
• A positive attitude, a love of problem-solving, and a high attention to detail.
• Well-developed skills in key office applications, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel, in order to efficiently produce presentations, reports, charts, graphical analysis, and written documents.

Skills & Attributes

In addition to the key skills for the role, we are always looking for team members who:

• Display a passion for, and knowledge of, the Wealth and Asset Management industry, and keep a finger on the pulse of industry news, key clients and the general business environment.
• Build strong relationships with team members, candidates and clients and ensure that they continually deepen and improve on these over time.
• Seek out and deploy best practices in all that they do.
• Display a consistently curious and inquisitive attitude.
• Focus on collaboration and mutual support. Individuals who prefer to work with others and emphasize achieving excellent results through teamwork will be strong cultural fits for our team.
• Are not afraid to challenge the status quo to drive improvements and support the culture of excellence.
• Bring a sense of humor and fun to the role. While we take our work and client service very seriously, we believe that we all do better when enjoying ourselves and one another.

Salary & Benefits

This is a permanent full-time position. Associates receive a competitive salary and are also eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience and skills. We may consider higher salaries for overqualified and exceptional candidates.

Our Values

Sheffield Haworth employees adhere to the following set of values. The successful candidate will show attributes which will complement the firm’s ethos in this respect. These include: Trust, Humanity, Inclusion and Excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; color, nationality, ethnic or national origin.