Private Equity Executive Recruiting Associate

Title: Associate Recruiter – Opus Advisors

Location: New York City

Start Date: Summer/Fall 2026

Build Relationships. Shape Careers. Work with the Best Investors in the World.

Opus Advisors is an award-winning global executive search firm focused on investment and investor relations talent across a wide variety of asset classes including private equity, hedge funds, credit, venture capital, alternative asset management firms and many others. Since 2006, we’ve partnered with the world’s leading investment firms and built our reputation on trust, long-term relationships, and exceptional execution. We’re a high-performing, tight-knit team that cares deeply about our work, our clients, and each other. Our philosophy is simple: We hold ourselves to the highest standards of quality and integrity and treat others as we would want to be treated.

Why This Role

Opus Advisors is in growth mode! Our rapidly expanding team is hiring an Associate Recruiter to be based at our New York City headquarters office.

This is not a back-office recruiting job.

You will sit at the center of high-stakes hiring decisions—working directly with top-tier investors and advising exceptional candidates at pivotal moments in their careers. In addition to being introduced to a wide variety of investment strategies, you’ll gain an understanding of how elite investment firms hire. You’ll develop judgment around talent. And you’ll build a network that compounds over a lifetime.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with senior recruiters to execute searches for leading investment firms
• Map the landscape across investment banking, private equity, and alternative asset managers
• Identify and build relationships with high-caliber candidates early in their careers
• Conduct thoughtful interviews and write compelling candidate assessments
• Help shape search strategy, including target companies and positioning
• Manage candidate pipelines and drive processes forward with urgency
• Support interview coordination, client communication, and offer execution

Who You Are

• 1–2 years of experience in recruiting, investment banking, consulting, or a related field
• Intellectually curious with a genuine interest in financial markets
• A strong communicator who can build trust quickly and is client service oriented
• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with pride in your work
• Proactive, resourceful, and energized by a fast-paced environment
• High integrity and sound judgment—you handle sensitive information with care
• Team player who brings a positive attitude, can-do energy and a strong work ethic

Why Opus

• Access: Work directly with top global investment firms
• Apprenticeship: Learn from experienced, high-performing recruiters
• Trajectory: Clear path to owning searches and building client relationships
• Network: Build lifelong relationships with exceptional people
• Culture: Collaborative, high-touch, and genuinely supportive
• Fun : Team bonding with educational, wellness, and FUN outings and retreats

If you’re looking for a positive work environment and a career that blends relationship-building, financial market insight, and real impact—this is it.

We’d love to share a conversation if a role in financial services executive search is of interest!

Please reply with your resume if interested.