Hays
Principal Recruitment Consultant
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Hays Recruitment
Senior Finance Contract Recruiter (Senior Level Apps £600+ per day)
Locations: Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Devon & Cornwall (SDC)
£40,000-45,000 + uncapped commission
We are looking for an experienced Senior Finance Contract Recruiter to join our established and high-performing finance team, focusing on senior-level interim and transformation appointments across Bristol, Bath and the wider SDC region.
This is a principal-level opportunity suited to a recruiter with gravitas, a strong network, and a proven track record of building and sustaining a high-value daybook.
The Opportunity:
You will specialise in senior finance contract roles, including:
- Finance Director
- Financial Controller
- CFO
- Finance Transformation & Change
- Group Reporting
- Systems & Project Accountants
You will play a key role in our strategy to increase senior appointments, strengthen daybook resilience, and place high-impact interim solutions that influence wider teams and businesses.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality interim placements (£600+ a day) across your defined geography
- Develop and maintain a network of 400+ senior finance professionals within your patch, fully mapped and coded
- Identify and manage move motivations, availability, rate expectations and preferences
- Partner closely on senior appointments strategy and market approach
- Ensure strong internal and external PR aligned to collaboration and inclusive culture
- Maintain high data quality, LinkedIn Recruiter activity and market-to-market discipline
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience recruiting senior finance contractors (FD, FC, CFO, Transformation)
- Principal-level capability: confidence, credibility and commercial impact
- Demonstrated success building and sustaining a contract daybook
- Strong regional market knowledge across Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams
- High standards around data integrity, process and candidate experience
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What you'll get in return:
- A culture built on rewarding success, collaboration and high performance
- Industry-leading technology and a renowned training programme to support rapid career progression
- Flexible hybrid working patterns
- Your birthday off!
- Opportunity to take your career globally
- Incentives and rewards recognising performance locally, regionally and nationally
- A broad range of wellbeing initiatives and benefits
- Referral bonus scheme
- Internal support networks and communities
- Paid volunteering days through our Working for Your Tomorrow initiative
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