Associate or Senior Associate - Retained Executive Search

Maiden Marc Associates are working with a leading retained executive search boutique with offices in London and New York to find two Associate to Senior Associate level profiles to join their industry-leading Financial and Processional Services teams.
Focusing on operationally critical and strategically essential roles globally, the business has a lengthy history and track record of finding CEOs, CFOs, direct reports to the board team, as well as leaders of the critical functions within the biggest names in the Finance and Professional Services space, including clients across Banking, leading Hedge Funds and Asset/Wealth Managers.
Working directly under and learning from a hands-on Partner, the right individual for the role will be able to execute on search mandates from day one. As you develop further in your career, you will be encouraged to build your market network, manage senior professionals as a trusted advisor and develop into a fee-generating Principal, allowing you to take responsibility for a revenue area of your own.
Core role objectives include:
The ability to identify, reference, and
proactively
reach out and assess candidates for active mandates and core clients
Create detail-oriented forensic competitor analysis, including strategic overviews, benchmarking, bespoke market and product intelligence reports, referencing and profiling market leaders in the Financial Services and Board practice space
Execute search mandates, including full lifecycle search and candidate management parts of the process, while working closely with the partners in closing candidates and working with clients
Own pre-pitch/origination research and due diligence responsibilities
The firm is in the process of implementing a strategic 5-year growth plan and is looking for Associate and Senior Associate level talent to become future consultants and leaders. All high-performing Associates will be given a genuine opportunity to impact and grow with the firm and they can demonstrate an outstanding track record of developing internal talent through the business.
They are looking for someone who ideally has the following:
12 months to six years experience, preferably within a search or headhunting environment, though they would consider a high-performing contingent recruiter looking for a move to retained search
Worked on executive search mandates/market research projects or has the drive to take on this type of detail-oriented role moving forward
Excellent academic credentials with a degree or postgraduate qualification being highly sought-after, alongside exemplary writing skills
A mature but driven personality that enjoys problem-solving is motivated to deliver and has a natural drive to overachieve
Salary banding for the role depends on experience. It starts from £38,000 for the junior end of the pool and rises based on background and delivery track record to £80,000+ for more experienced Senior Associate or Principal-level candidates.
A leading total compensation scheme (discretionary performance-driven bonus) accompanies this, alongside opportunities for internal growth, a real hands-on mentorship and development in a retained environment and includes a route to moving to their New York office if this is of interest.