Specialist Financial Services Recruitment across the UK & Ireland
Every hiring need is different, and we are proud to offer an agile and specialist service to all of our clients. This includes support for highly specialised roles, up to date and comprehensive salary and benefits advice, assistance with succession planning, market specific networking events, and access to the best talent on the market – whether your need is for permanent or interim staff.
Areas of recruitment we can support with:
- CFO
- Head of Finance, Finance Director
- FP&A & Management Accounting
- Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting
- Financial Controllership
- Regulatory Reporting & Policy
- Product Control & Valuations
- Fund Accounting & Fund Controllership
- Transactional & Part Qualified
- AP, AR, Credit Control & Payroll
- Audit & Operational Risk
- Compliance & Financial Crime
- Tax & Treasury
- Operations & Middle Office
- Front Office, M&A, Structured Finance
- Credit Risk
Our financial services recruitment consultants work across the UK & Ireland, combining local insight with national reach. If you need support in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast or anywhere else in the UK; in Dublin or anywhere else in Ireland, our financial services recruiters can help you find the find people.
You can explore our UK offices here.
How our financial services recruitment work
- Industry insight: Our consultants build upon knowledge and insight from recruiting financial services professionals for the past 50 years. With over 40 dedicated Financial Services consultants based in London, we have made thousands of successful placements across Front, Middle and Back Office roles. Highly specialised teams support both buy‑side and sell‑side clients, applying deep market understanding to meticulously screen and source talent. This extensive legacy and scale enables us to present candidates with the clarity and confidence of a trusted brand.
- Strong talent access: We connect you with skilled financial services professionals across the UK & Ireland; with our extensive reach across our legacy database, our deep finance networks, committed partnerships to professional membership bodies and our targeted marketing and social media presence, we are able to reach candidates who are both actively and passively looking. As the longest established Finance recruiter in the UK, we are confident we have the reach you need to unlock your team’s potential.
- A straightforward approach: Our process is shaped around your priorities. From the outset, we take time to understand your timelines, expectations and internal processes, allowing us to tailor our approach accordingly. We communicate clearly at every stage, move at a pace that suits your needs, and provide structured, transparent steps so you always know what’s happening next. This ensures an efficient, collaborative recruitment experience that supports confident decision-making.
- Useful market knowledge: We share practical insight and up-to-date hiring trends from across the financial services sector. This includes tailored information around salaries, compensation packages, hybrid working models, and all the other recruitment and onboarding factors in order for you to stay competitive when hiring.
- Responsible practices: We follow responsible hiring standards and support diversity, equity and inclusion throughout every stage of the financial recruitment process. From inclusive job design and unbiased shortlisting to transparent communication and fair evaluation practices, we ensure every candidate is assessed on their skills, experience and potential. This commitment helps our clients build stronger, more diverse teams and supports a fairer, more representative financial services sector.
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Michael Page is listed as one of the top 250 FTSE companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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With 50 years of experience, we deeply understand the unique market and job needs across the UK.
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Supporting financial services recruitment teams
Practice Leads
Simon East
Associate Director
Financial Services
Simon leads recruitment within the Financial Services team, focusing on interim roles across middle and back-office operations. He works with organisations across London, helping them find the people they need while supporting professionals at all stages of their interim careers.
With a clear and steady approach, he brings practical market knowledge and a focus on building strong working relationships.
With a clear and steady approach, he brings practical market knowledge and a focus on building strong working relationships.
Jonathan Gilmore
Associate Director, Financial Services,
Finance, London and Ireland
Jonathan is an experienced recruitment specialist who focuses on connecting finance talent with organisations across London and Ireland. With almost two decades in the business, he works closely with teams across the sell side and buy side to help them hire with confidence and support finance professionals as they move through the next steps in their careers across permanent, interim and contract roles.
His work covers a wide range of areas including financial reporting, fund accounting, FP&A, regulatory reporting, treasury finance, valuations and product control. He takes a clear and practical approach, using strong market insight and a collaborative style to help clients find the people they need.
His work covers a wide range of areas including financial reporting, fund accounting, FP&A, regulatory reporting, treasury finance, valuations and product control. He takes a clear and practical approach, using strong market insight and a collaborative style to help clients find the people they need.
