Senior Executive Search Consultant (Financial Advisory) (United States)

Run your own full-desk search practice placing senior advisors and leadership talent across RIAs, family offices, and investment platforms. A senior role for experienced agency recruiters who want to develop clients, originate searches, fill roles, and earn uncapped commission tied directly to production.

About Next Level Recruiting:

We're a specialized executive search firm focused on financial services and wealth management. We partner with RIAs, family offices, multi-family offices, private wealth platforms, and investment-focused firms to place high-impact advisors, executives, and leadership talent. We're building a team of experienced recruiters who want long-term upside, ownership of their searches, and a clear path to higher earnings.

What This Role Is:

You'll own full-cycle executive searches end to end — partnering directly with clients, driving candidate pipelines from outreach through offer acceptance, and building lasting relationships across the wealth advisory ecosystem. This is a quality-over-volume desk with meaningful responsibility, full-desk ownership, and income tied directly to your production. In addition to working active searches, you can develop your own client relationships, originate searches, and fill the roles you bring in.

What You'll Do:

• Own and execute full-cycle executive searches end to end

• Partner directly with clients to understand hiring needs and market dynamics

• Develop new client relationships and originate searches

• Drive candidate pipelines from outreach through offer acceptance

• Conduct high-level candidate qualification calls

• Manage search progress and pipeline hygiene in Bear Claw (ATS/CRM)

• Build long-term relationships with senior-level financial professionals

• Grow your desk through client development, candidate relationships, and successful placements

Search Sectors:

Family offices, multi-family offices (MFOs), RIAs, private wealth management firms, and investment-focused platforms including private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and hedge funds.

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of full-cycle agency recruiting experience

• Proven success sourcing and engaging passive candidates with LinkedIn Recruiter

• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent searches against production goals

• Experience developing client relationships or managing client-facing search processes

• Comfortable using an ATS/CRM and owning your own desk

• Track record of meeting or exceeding recruiting production goals

• Interest in financial services, investment, wealth management, or executive search

Nice to Have:

• Recruiting experience in financial services, wealth management, or professional services

• Executive or retained search background

• Strong Boolean search proficiency

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Who This Role Is For:

• Experienced agency recruiters who want more ownership and upside

• Recruiters tired of transactional, high-volume staffing

• People who want to run a desk, develop clients, and be accountable to production goals

• Competitive professionals motivated by uncapped earnings

• Recruiters who want to make more money through placements, not manage people

• Full-desk recruiters who want a specialized market with higher-value searches

Why This Role Is Different:

Most recruiting roles reward speed and volume. We reward quality, market expertise, long-term relationship building, and production. This role is built for recruiters who want to maximize earnings by building a profitable desk, developing clients, originating searches, and closing placements. You'll work with sophisticated clients and senior-level candidates in the wealth management and investment ecosystem, where credibility, discretion, and market knowledge matter.

Compensation & Income Opportunity:

• Base salary: $90,000–$110,000, depending on experience

• Uncapped commission + bonus potential

• Health and dental insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Clear earnings progression tied to production, client development, and placement volume

• Opportunity to develop your own client relationships and searches

• Long-term income upside for high-performing recruiters