Recruitment Consultant – Private Equity

About the Company

This opportunity arises within a boutique executive search firm specializing in placing C-level and board executives with private equity investors and their portfolio companies across the UK and Europe.

About the Role

This inaugural Recruitment Consultant position offers the unique chance to work closely with the founder, mastering an exclusive private equity search methodology. You will create and manage your own niche vertical and play a pivotal role in the company’s growth. This position suits candidates who are ambitious and entrepreneurial, seeking a platform to rapidly progress their career.

Responsibilities

• Managing placements for executive and senior leadership roles within private equity-backed and rapidly expanding companies.
• Focusing on CFO, finance leadership, C-suite, and board-level recruitment assignments.
• Handling both retained and search-led projects.
• Conducting business development, client relationship management, and end-to-end recruitment delivery.
• Overseeing the entire hiring process including client briefings, search strategizing, market mapping, candidate identification, assessment, shortlisting, stakeholder engagement, offer negotiation, and closing.
• Building and nurturing client relationships as a principal aspect of the role, rather than merely sourcing candidates.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in recruitment or executive search.
• Track record of recruiting senior finance, leadership, or specialist roles.
• Familiarity with private equity-backed, investor-backed, or high-growth businesses is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong relationships with senior-level stakeholders.
• Commercial acumen and proven business development skills.
• Self-driven, well-organized, and capable of working autonomously.

Required Attributes

• Strong competitive drive and ambition.
• Relationship-focused and personable nature.
• Keen business insight and commercial sharpness.
• Curiosity about business operations and investment strategies.
• Comfortable interacting with senior executives and investors.
• Motivated by building a meaningful business rather than merely pursuing salary increases.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in retained search engagements.
• Exposure to hiring for CFO, C-suite, product, technology, or go-to-market leadership roles.
• Consistent billing success in competitive recruitment markets.
• Experience across multiple recruitment environments or sectors.

Compensation

The remuneration includes a competitive base salary complemented by an attractive commission scheme, allowing potential earnings of approximately 50% of revenue generated, significantly exceeding conventional recruitment compensation models. Long-term incentives include profit-sharing and participation opportunities as the firm expands.

Equal Opportunity and Ideal Candidate

The company seeks self-assured individuals who aspire beyond mid-level recruitment roles and are eager to engage with executive search within private equity. This opportunity is ideal for recruiters excelling in billing but limited by their current roles, those frustrated by bureaucratic settings or lacking ownership, and those driven by entrepreneurial ambitions with substantial earnings potential.