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Recruitment Head-hunter – Hedge Funds and Investment Management

Salary: £24-26K base salary + uncapped commission

The company:


Our client is a boutique agency specialising in Hedge Fund, Investment Management, and Technology recruitment. With a keen focus on discovering and recruiting the top 1% of talent within this industry, they are currently in search of an exceptionally bright, research-focused, driven, and industrious individual to join their high-performing team. Joining forces with leading Hedge Funds and Prop Traders globally, you will be tasked with sourcing talent such as Portfolio Managers, Quant Researchers, and Traders.



Role Highlights:


  • Delivering a comprehensive, human-focused approach to recruitment – emphasising quality over quantity in understanding client and candidate needs.


  • Conducting Market Mapping / Market Intelligence with a meticulous, research-focused strategy to comprehend the market and successfully identify and recruit top-tier specialist talent.


  • Establishing enduring relationships with clients and candidates through the provision of world- class service; prioritizing relationship management over mere processes. Regular client meetings will be part of the deal completion process.


  • Engaging with the top 1% of IQ individuals within the hedge fund space, offering an opportunity to establish your reputation among some of the brightest minds globally.



Ideal Candidate Profile:


  • Preferably a graduate from a top 20 university with a 2:1 or above, particularly in a research- focused background.


  • Demonstrated evidence of hard work and drive, with experience working alongside education or pursuing passions and hobbies that require time, organisation, and effort.


  • Structured and organised, showcasing the ability to work through a meticulous process from initial research to deal completion.


  • Detail-oriented and research-focused, with a knack for handling large amounts of data without feeling overwhelmed.


  • A passion for creating trends, graphs, projects, and compiling data to present to clients about the candidates they are seeking.



What's in it for You?


  • Engage in an excellent culture, including team activities, social gatherings, and forming meaningful friendships beyond office hours.

  • Enjoy flexible working hours and hybrid arrangements post-probation.

  • Participate in the annual Tough Mudder run for the team's charity.

  • Embark on yearly trips to Ibiza and other European destinations.

  • Benefit from an outstanding commission structure – reaching up to 35% – with an average deal value of £90K.

  • Partake in team experiences such as the ABBA Voyage trip with a cocktail-making class.

  • Join a high-performing team where multiple top performers consistently close deals worth more than £1 million each year, taking home a substantial portion of this success.



Please send through your CV today to find out more. Even if you don’t tick every box in the criteria, we are always keen to speak to individuals passionate for a career in Recruitment. We work with 100+ recruitment agencies, so if this isn’t the right one for you, there are still plentymore!



Not for you but know someone who may be interested? Put us in contact and if we place them you will receive a referral fee between £300 - £1,000!

27 Talent specialise in placing experienced and graduate talent into leading recruitment consultancy
and executive search agencies. We work with a variety of exciting firms ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations. We are market experts and take pride in building strong relationships with our clients and candidates so we match the best people to the best organisations. We will listen to you and advise you throughout your job search so that you feel confident, prepared, and can ultimately secure the best position for you.


The positions we recruit for include Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Graduate Recruitment Consultant, Recruitment Graduate Scheme, Junior Associate, Researcher, Headhunter, Recruitment Consultant, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Managing Consultant, Principal Consultant, Business Manager, Associate Director, Director and more.


We recruit into specialist sectors including Accountancy and Finance Recruitment, Banking Recruitment, Change and Transformation Recruitment, Construction and Engineering Recruitment, Digital Recruitment, Executive Search and Selection, Human Resources Recruitment, Legal Recruitment, Life Sciences Recruitment, Public Sector Recruitment, Procurement and Supply Chain Recruitment, Sales Recruitment, Sports Recruitment and Technology Recruitment.

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