Senior Consultant - Recruitment & Executive Search

About the role

Kaizen Recruitment is a specialist financial services recruitment and executive search firm working with Australian superannuation funds, investment managers, wealth management businesses, insurers and asset consultants. It is looking for an experienced, passionate recruiter in Melbourne who wants to broaden their experience beyond a traditional recruitment role. Working closely with the Directors and senior leadership, the consultant will cover specialist recruitment, retained executive search, talent research, client projects and business improvement initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Manage specialist recruitment assignments across financial services and build trusted relationships with clients and candidates
• Sourcing, researching and assessing high-quality talent, and delivering an excellent candidate and client experience
• Contribute to business development and relationship management using Kaizen's networks
• Partner with Directors on senior retained executive search assignments (CEO, CIO, CFO, CRO, COO and others)
• Carry out market mapping, talent identification, competitor research and executive assessments
• Prepare candidate profiles, market intelligence reports and client presentations
• Support succession planning, talent benchmarking and other strategic advisory projects
• Contribute to internal projects improving business processes, systems and recruitment delivery
• Help develop research methodologies, reporting, candidate engagement and recruitment technology
• Work with leadership and marketing teams on initiatives that strengthen market presence and client engagement

Required profile

• Experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, executive search or a related discipline
• Currently working in a specialist recruitment agency, executive search firm or similar professional recruitment environment
• Proactive, organised and commercially minded approach
• Confident engaging with senior professionals and building trusted relationships
• Curiosity about business, financial services, technology and continuous improvement
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to take on projects beyond immediate recruitment duties
• Financial services experience is advantageous; adjacent professional services recruiters are also welcome

Required skills

• Strong sourcing, research and candidate assessment capabilities
• Excellent written communication and attention to detail
• Ability to prepare professional client-facing documentation

What we offer

• A $4,000 annual learning and development budget, including professional memberships, conferences and development opportunities
• Direct collaboration with the Directors and access to an experienced advisory board
• Competitive salary and an attractive commission structure
• A dedicated marketing team supporting your professional profile and client development
• A supportive, flexible and collaborative team