Hays
Recruitment Consultant

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Hays Recruitment - Recruitment Consultant
Accountancy & Finance (Credit Desk)
£27,937-£33,000 + uncapped commission
📍 Reading based
At Hays, we believe the right talent changes everything.
We're looking for an ambitious and driven individual to join our established Finance Recruitment business, specialising in Credit Management across the South East, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to build a specialist desk within a market where Hays already has a strong reputation, long-standing client relationships and an extensive candidate network. Based on our proven performance in this area, the desk has consistently generated strong fees and offers significant opportunity for future growth.
You'll have the opportunity to recruit for a range of specialist and senior-level positions including:
- Credit Controller
- Senior Credit Controller
- Credit Supervisor
- Credit Manager
- Head of Credit
- Group Credit Manager
- Order-to-Cash Leaders
- Working Capital & Transformation Specialists
You'll also benefit from Hays' national partnership with the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), providing access to a highly engaged professional network and helping position you as a market specialist from day one.
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Your new role:
- Source, interview, and match high-quality candidates to roles
- Identify and proactively partner with new and existing clients through new outreach and business development calls to build better, profitable outcomes by understanding their hiring needs and challenges
- Manage the recruitment process by guiding candidates and Clients through the full recruitment process from taking a brief to negotiating offers
- Be bold and curious, developing specialist market expertise by actively seeking to understand your customer’s market
- Take accountability for meeting targets and delivering your monetary goals that contribute to the growth and profitability of Hays
- Be part of vibrant and inclusive culture that cheers on progress by celebrating personal and team performance
This role would suit someone looking to start their recruitment career or take their first step into a sales-focused, relationship-driven environment with excellent earning potential and career progression.
What you'll need to succeed:
- Ambitious and motivated by success
- Strong communicators with excellent relationship-building skills
- Resilient and determined
- Commercially minded
- Organised and proactive
- Eager to learn and develop a specialist market


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What you'll get in return:
- Access to team leadership training for you to evolve your career
- Cutting-edge tools and technology to enable you to make an extraordinary impact
- Flexible work arrangements: Hybrid working policy
- Generous leave entitlements to take advantage of parental leave, volunteering days and your birthday off!
- Celebrate success: Culture built on rewarding success with the opportunity to influence your earning potential with uncapped commission in addition to base salary
- High Performer Incentives including local and international trips. Montenegro 2024, South Africa 2025 and Mauritius this year!
- Global career opportunities - make your mark locally or explore international opportunities with Hays
- Thrive in a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone feels welcome
- Wellbeing rewards: Benefit from health, leisure and lifestyle partnership discounts
- Employee Resource Groups and Working Groups for you to connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues
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