Recruit UK is a specialist recruitment firm for the financial services industry throughout the UK. We operate at the top end of the market identifying candidates in the best 30% of talent for leading financial services providers of all sizes. We combine traditional values with a modern approach that embraces technological advances to maximise the value we offer to our clients. Our team is packed with seasoned financial services professionals who will use their backgrounds to deliver exactly the right candidate or career progression that you are looking for.
If you are highly motivated and highly skilled at what you do, we want to help you craft an exceptional financial services career.
We bring our experience and expertise to work with high calibre candidates and match them with high quality companies. From board level to back office administrators, successful financial services firms have good people working throughout. And as the leading recruitment partner for some of the biggest and best names in UK financial services, we are well positioned to provide you with your next exciting career opportunity.
century a job is so much more than a pay packet. Money is important but so is lifestyle. We take a holistic approach, making the time to find out exactly what makes you tick so that you get a truly fulfilling position: one that matches your professional ambition and your personal aspiration.
Stuart is one of Recruit UK’s longest standing consultants with a considerable track record in facilitating successful appointments. He embodies our consultative approach which drives improvement in our clients’ recruitment processes through an honest appraisal of their strengths and weaknesses and advice on how to improve.
Sam heads up Recruit UK. He is a creative thinker responsible for the innovative approaches that Recruit UK adopts to bring the best results to our clients. As well as managing key stakeholder relationships, Sam always has one eye on ways we can improve our client and candidate experience, how we interact with our markets and new ways that we can add value - our digital consultancy being the perfect example.
Louise has worked in financial services recruitment for three years and prior to that was a Business Development Manager for a Discretionary Fund Manager. Her knowledge of varying roles across the industry enables her to work consultatively with both clients and candidates to fully understand the business and growth strategy, she can help to make you stand out in the market in order to attract the right candidates, to help grow your business. Louise will advise you on what you can attract for the salary you are willing to pay, matching candidates with the right skills sets to the right roles.
Louise heads up and manage the South West Team at Recruit UK and also recruits for the Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Swindon and South Wales area. She has now been with Recruit UK for a year and a half and has helped several clients with their recruitment needs. Louise specialises in helping Financial Planners/ IFA’s/ Wealth Managers find their ideal next role within the financial services industry and no task is too big!
If you are finding a particular role difficult to resource for,or if you are struggling to find a new role, then please contact her today, Louise will help you break down the role, get a good understanding as to what you are finding it difficult and provide solutions to your queries.
Having been a business owner and employee in financial services, Andrew has a sixth sense for matching high calibre candidates and companies. The specific needs, drivers and concerns of clients have a deep resonance with Andrew – he gets where you are coming from, because he has been there himself. And of course by the same measure, he understands what motivates candidates looking for that next challenge.
Russell Davies
Russell specialises in front facing Financial Planning roles. He is a strong relationship builder, with an extensive reach across The Midlands. Russell's niche specialism is Financial Planning. Being a perfectionist Russell always aims to enhance both the candidate and client experience.
Thomas combines a sales background with a keen interest in Financial Services, not least demonstrated by an Economics Degree from UWE Bristol Business School. He excels in sourcing high calibre candidates for specialist roles, junior investment roles, management positions within larger financial services firms and international advisers.
Thomas invests time early on in getting to know precisely what his candidates and clients are looking for, to save them time later. He is adept at helping candidates prepare for interview and helping clients approach resourcing strategically through business planning.
Please contact Keely to find out how she can help
Ryan specialises in the recruitment of financial services professionals in south Wales and has an intimate knowledge of the area having been born and bred there. Ryan has previous experience of working in sales and the customer service industry and brings with him an eager professionalism helping him build rapport with both clients and candidates. Additionally, Ryan has been educated at the University of South Wales and has earned himself both a BA (Hons) Human Geography degree and an MSc Renewable Energy and Resource Management degree
Lacey specialises in recruitment for back-office financial services roles as well as Mortgage Advisers and Administrators. She works in the Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Swindon, Gloucestershire area, helping her clients to find the best possible candidates. Lacey has an invested interested in helping her candidates find the best role for them and recognising exactly what the client is looking for. The type of candidates she deals with on a daily basis includes Administrators, Technical and adviser support and a variation of mortgage candidates. Please contact Lacey if you would like a discussion on how she can help you throughout the recruitment process.