Recruitment
Financial services recruitment
City & Capital Recruitment are specialists in executive search. Bridging the gap between headhunters and generic recruitment firms, we source individual and team skillsets, designed to drive business and revenue growth.
We offer a range of solutions to support your requirements, from single appointments to large recruitment drives across the full range of commercial and retail financial services sectors. We cover all role types that are aligned to your business activity.
Our unrivalled access to the UK’s largest talent pool helps you reach the best in the market, while ensuring the only CVs which arrive on your desk are vetted and suitable.
The Recruitment Process
1. Identify a needWhen PREPARING to grow your financial services business, you could be looking to make a single appointment, or undertake a full recruitment drive. Once you’ve identified the positions available, speak to us to discuss the next steps.
2. Advertise the vacancyFollowing an initial fact-finding call, we’ll draft the job advertisement(s) and circulate it to any suitable candidates already listed on our own database. We’ll also share it on the relevant job boards – being careful not to disclose your company name.
3. Collate candidate responsesActing as ‘quality control’, we’ll review all applications and conduct an initial round of telephone interviews with any suitable candidates in order to compile a shortlist.
4. Share potential candidatesOnce we’ve identified the most suitable candidates, we will then share our thoughts and additional notes with you, alongside their CVs.
5. Formal interview organisationOnce you have reviewed the candidates, we’ll handle all interview arrangements and manage the process on your behalf.
6. Contract negotiationWhen it comes to making a formal job offer, negotiating contracts and securing the ideal candidate, we can take care of all post-interview discussions in order to appoint your chosen recruit.
We are better... Here’s why
Initial candidate screening
Clear understanding of your objectives
Market specialists
Thorough interview process
Relevant introductions
Bespoke end-to-end service
Download our latest guide
We’re proud of our knowledgeable team and their decades of experience. So much so, that we want to pass that industry know-how onto you.
Drawing upon our own personal experiences, as well as feedback from market research conducted across the financial services industry, our library of straight-talking guides aims to offer further insight into the sector.
Our Recruitment Case Studies
Helping a challenger bank grow its underwriting team
The challenge A long-term client had enjoyed marked success in its bridging and development department, and to manage the increasing workload – and achieve wider lending goals – the firm urgently required a team of experienced underwriters with relevant experience. The solution Having obtained a detailed brief about the role, required candidate experience, and a thorough understanding of the wider business ambitions, our recruitment specialists set to work looking for the ideal candidate – as […]
Latest News
City & Capital Group targets significant growth with shake-up of industry norms and key hires
The City & Capital Group is preparing for significant growth in 2021, following the launch of a fixed fee recruitment proposition for financial planning and wealth management firms, a new M&A Partner service for vendors, and two key hires. The Yorkshire-based financial services consultancy will make the hiring process within the profession more affordable and transparent via a new, fixed fee model. In a bid to tackle the mounting advice gap within the sector, newly […]
Meet Jonathan Barrow – The City & Capital Group’s Acquisitions Director
The City & Capital Group wouldn’t be where it is today without some of the fantastic people who make up our team. In celebration of them – and all the hard work they put in – we wanted to deliver a shoutout on our blog. This month, we’re getting to know director at City & Capital Acquisition, Jonathan Barrow – who joined us in February 2020. Sum up your role in just one paragraph: Delivering […]
Senior and graduate appointments for The City & Capital Group
West Yorkshire-based financial consultancy organisation, The City & Capital Group, has made a pair of hires across its acquisitions, recruitment, and headhunting divisions, with the appointment of a group relationship director and a graduate relationship manager. Paul Greveson has joined the team as group relationship director, bringing with him 35 years of industry experience – most recently as business development director for Regentia Lifestyle Planning and Regency Financial Planning. Having also previously founded, grown and […]
Recruitment
If you’re looking to fill roles within your business, City & Capital Recruitment is here to help.
Complete our online enquiry form with a bit more information, or call the office on 0113 457 6701, and we’ll get back to you.
Discussions are in the strictest of confidence and without obligation.