Senior Associate

Job Description

Paul Bridges Group is partnering with an established New York search firm to hire a Senior Financial Services Recruiter for its direct-hire practice. This is a producing, full-desk role with the potential to take on team leadership while continuing to manage your own client relationships and searches.

Search coverage

You’ll partner with investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and private equity firms on front, middle, and back office hires across the buy side and sell side. The practice covers:

• Risk and compliance
• Trading operations for hedge funds and asset managers
• Valuations and product control
• Investment banking
• Investor relations and marketing for hedge funds and private equity firms

What you’ll do

• Run a full desk, developing new business and expanding relationships with existing clients.
• Lead searches from intake through close, including market mapping, candidate sourcing and assessment, interview management, and offer negotiation.
• Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation, and search strategy.
• Depending on your experience, mentor recruiters and help shape how the team develops business and delivers searches.

What we’re looking for

• Agency recruiting or executive search experience placing financial services professionals into direct-hire roles.
• Experience building client relationships, winning search work, and delivering placements.
• Depth in one or more of the practice’s coverage areas and a strong understanding of the clients and talent in that market.
• Willingness to own both business development and candidate delivery.