Senior Recruitment Consultant

Senior Recruitment Consultant (180° Role)

Location: Remote

Working Arrangement: Fully Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

Aventus is looking for a Senior Recruitment Resourcer to support our team with candidate sourcing, research, market mapping and delivery.

This is a 180° recruitment role focused on finding, engaging and qualifying high-quality candidates rather than winning new clients.

We are looking for someone with at least 5 years of recruitment experience, primarily within banking and financial services.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of banking talent markets, particularly Risk, Compliance, Banking and Finance, Corporate Treasury and other banking-related functions, with the ability to source and engage qualified professionals for specialist and senior-level positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand job briefs and candidate requirements.
• Source candidates through LinkedIn, our CRM, job boards, referrals and market research.
• Approach and engage active and passive candidates.
• Conduct screening and qualification calls.
• Assess candidates’ experience, motivations, availability and salary expectations.
• Prepare candidate summaries and submit suitable CVs.
• Coordinate interviews, feedback and follow-ups.
• Build specialist candidate networks and talent pools.
• Keep candidate records and activity updated in the CRM.
• Support market mapping and talent research.
• Manage multiple assignments while maintaining speed and quality.
• Demonstrate excellent candidate management, strong follow-up skills and a focus on candidate experience.
• Source and qualify candidates across banking and financial services, particularly Risk, Compliance, Banking and Finance, Corporate Treasury and other relevant banking functions.
• Conduct market mapping to identify talent across banks, financial institutions and related financial services organisations.
• Develop and maintain networks of banking and financial services professionals, including specialists and senior-level candidates.
• Understand the relevant skills, qualifications, regulatory knowledge and industry experience required for specialist financial services positions.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of recruitment experience, primarily focused on banking and financial services recruitment.
• Strong experience recruiting for banking roles, ideally across Risk, Compliance, Banking and Finance, Corporate Treasury or related banking functions.
• Strong candidate-sourcing, market-mapping and research skills.
• Confidence engaging, screening and qualifying candidates.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail.
• Experience using LinkedIn and recruitment databases.
• Ability to work independently in a target-driven, fully remote environment.
• Reliable internet connection and an appropriate home-working setup.
• Ability to understand specialist job requirements and identify candidates with relevant financial services experience.

Nice to Have

• An established candidate network within banking and financial services.
• Experience recruiting for permanent or contract positions.
• Knowledge of Middle East or international recruitment markets.
• Experience recruiting for specialist, senior-level or hard-to-fill positions.
• Familiarity with banking structures, financial services terminology and relevant regulatory or compliance requirements.

Success Measures

Performance will be assessed through:

• Quality candidate conversations.
• Qualified candidates and CV submissions.
• Interview and placement conversions.
• Speed and quality of delivery.
• CRM accuracy and candidate experience.
• Quality and relevance of candidates sourced for banking and financial services assignments.
• Effectiveness of market mapping and development of specialist talent net