Markets Recruiter – Associate

Are you passionate about building relationships and connecting exceptional talent with career-defining opportunities? Join a collaborative front-office recruitment team where your work will directly influence the growth of Markets, Sales and Research businesses. This is an opportunity to partner with senior business leaders, develop deep market expertise and play a visible role in shaping hiring decisions across a fast-moving environment. You will gain exposure to strategic talent initiatives while helping candidates navigate meaningful career opportunities.

As a Front Office Recruiter (Associate) supporting an industry leading Markets business, you will lead end-to-end hiring activity across a range of front-office business areas. You will partner closely with hiring managers and HR colleagues to identify, attract and engage highly sought-after talent while delivering an outstanding candidate experience. Working in a collaborative, relationship-driven environment, you will provide market insight, talent intelligence and recruitment expertise that helps teams achieve their hiring objectives and supports long-term business growth.

Job responsibilities

• Identify and engage best in class talent through direct sourcing, networking, referrals and market mapping activities.

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment across front-office business areas, from role briefing through to offer acceptance and onboarding.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring objectives and develop tailored recruitment strategies.

• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.

• Deliver market intelligence, competitor insights and talent landscape updates to support hiring decisions.

• Guide candidates throughout the recruitment process, providing timely communication and a positive experience.

• Support offer management and compensation discussions in partnership with relevant stakeholders.

• Maintain accurate recruitment data and maximise the use of recruitment systems and reporting tools.

• Adhere to risk, control and data privacy requirements throughout the recruitment process.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in directly sourcing and engaging currently employed candidates through direct recruitment techniques.

• Experience delivering full lifecycle recruitment within Markets, Investment Banking or other front-office business areas.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple recruitment assignments and stakeholder groups simultaneously.

• Experience building talent pipelines and conducting market mapping for specialist positions.

• Ability to communicate effectively with candidates and stakeholders across a range of seniority levels.

• Experience handling confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

• Ability to support complex compensation and offer discussions with candidates.

• Experience using applicant tracking systems and maintaining accurate recruitment records.

• Knowledge of recruitment processes, candidate engagement and talent acquisition best practices.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience gained within an executive search, recruitment consultancy or in-house talent acquisition environment.

• Knowledge of front-office talent markets and competitor landscapes.

• Experience delivering market intelligence and talent insights to business stakeholders.

• Experience supporting senior lateral hiring initiatives and confidential searches.

• Familiarity with talent community development and candidate relationship management strategies.

• Ability to analyse recruitment metrics and use data to support decision-making.