Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant - Forensic Accounting

Location: London / Hybrid (3 days in our Fitzrovia office)

Employment type: Permanent

Warner Scott Recruitment is a specialist recruitment consultancy recruiting across all disciplines including Corporate Finance & Transaction Services, Restructuring, Forensic Accounting & Technology and Management Consultancy. We are preferred suppliers to many of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms, and in many cases have exclusive and retained relationships with our clients. We recruit from newly qualified accountants up to Partners and our client & candidate base is truly global. Locations we recruit into include the UK, US, Middle East (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, KSA, Kuwait) and Asia (Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing).

The Opportunity

Our Forensic Accounting & Business Valuation practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the business, driven by increasing demand from leading accounting firms, advisory practices, and boutique consultancies across the US. This is an opportunity to build a specialist market, work directly with Managing Directors, Partners, and firm leaders, and become a recognised expert in one of the most niche and intellectually interesting areas of executive search.

What You'll Be Doing

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• Building relationships with senior accounting and advisory professionals across the US.
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• Managing recruitment processes from initial conversation through to offer and placement.
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• Winning new clients and developing existing relationships.
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• Learning specialist markets and becoming a trusted advisor.
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• Creating content that builds your personal brand and credibility.
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• Traveling to meet clients and candidates where opportunities arise.
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• Working closely with the leadership team to help grow the business.
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What We're Looking For

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• Previous recruitment experience is essential, ideally within finance, accounting, professional services, or executive search.
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• Commercially minded with a genuine interest in building long term client and candidate relationships.
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• Confident communicating with senior professionals, including Directors, Managing Directors, Partners, and C Suite executives.
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• A natural communicator who can build trust quickly and develop meaningful conversations.
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• Curious, driven, and motivated to become a recognised specialist within your market.
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• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple recruitment processes and competing priorities.
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• Resilient, proactive, and comfortable working in a performance driven environment where no two days are the same.
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What You'll Get

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• Uncapped commission.
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• The opportunity to build and own a specialist market.
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• A collaborative, ambitious team that wants to see each other succeed.
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• International travel, including opportunities to visit clients across the US.
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• Direct mentorship from experienced recruiters with a genuine investment in your development.
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• The autonomy to build your desk your way without unnecessary bureaucracy or micromanagement.
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• A role where your ideas are listened to and can genuinely shape the future of the business.
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Why Warner Scott?

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• Be one of the first hires in a fast growing specialist practice, giving you the opportunity to make a genuine impact from day one.
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• Join a boutique search firm with over 20 years of experience recruiting across the accounting and advisory market.
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• Walk into a high performing desk with live vacancies and established client relationships from the outset.
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• Work alongside experienced recruiters who are invested in helping you succeed.
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• Join an ambitious, entrepreneurial business with international growth plans and opportunities to travel to the US.
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• Build a long term career where progression is based on performance, not politics or tenure.
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• Have the freedom to contribute ideas, shape your market, and influence the direction of the business as it grows.
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