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Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services for businesses of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds. We help organisations find the skills and solutions to reach their goals and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential. We offer our people incredible career opportunities as well as an inclusive culture and flexible working.

About the Role:

Are you an experienced recruiter with a passion for finding top-tier talent? We're on the hunt for a dynamic and driven Front Office Lead Recruiter to join our Global Markets recruitment team.

In this pivotal role, you'll own the end-to-end recruitment process, sourcing exceptional candidates for front-office roles while building strong talent pipelines and aligning strategies with business goals.


Responsibilities Include:

  • Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, senior leaders and HR Business Partners within Global Markets to understand their talent needs and provide guidance on recruitment strategies.
  • End-to-End Recruitment: Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for Global Markets roles, from initial job brief to offer stage, ensuring a seamless candidate experience.
  • Talent Sourcing: Utilize various channels (job boards, LinkedIn, headhunting) to source, engage, and attract top talent across the Global Markets business at the senior level.
  • Partnership: Partner with the Front Office direct recruiter on go to market strategies for direct sourcing channels and research for market mapping.
  • Market Mapping: Conduct in-depth market research and competitive intelligence to map out talent pools, assess market trends, and identify potential candidates within the industry.
  • Candidate Pipelining: Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates to meet current and future hiring needs.
  • Agency Management: Engage and Partner with external recruitment firms, including executive search firms to negotiate terms and conditions and effectively manage the preferred supplier list
  • Candidate Screening: Conduct interviews, evaluate candidates’ skills, experience, and cultural fit for the Global Markets roles.
  • Offer Management: Collaborate with compensation teams and hiring managers to deliver competitive offers and manage the offer negotiation process.
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Actively promote diversity and inclusion initiatives in recruitment processes and ensure the selection of candidates from diverse backgrounds.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize data and recruitment metrics to provide insights on recruitment activity, trends, and process improvements which are presented back to your assigned business groups.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Proven Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in front-office recruitment within the Global Markets (preferrable) or Front Office business, either in-house or agency.
  • Relationship Management: Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport and credibility with senior stakeholders and candidates.
  • Attention to detail: impeccable attention to detail, you must be able to seamlessly build out complex offers for approvals under time sensitivity.
  • Expertise in Market Mapping: Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough market mapping and competitor analysis.
  • Knowledge of Global Markets: Strong understanding of the financial services landscape, specifically in Global Markets.
  • Commercial Awareness: Ability to understand the business priorities and how talent can impact the front-office operations.
  • Results-Oriented: Strong track record of successfully placing high-quality candidates in competitive market environments.
  • Tech-Savvy: Proficiency in using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and recruitment tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, etc.).
  • Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits:

  • A unique opportunity to lead projects such as Employer Branding, Talent Pipelining, Recruitment Innovation, and Candidate Experience.
  • A proven track record of high performance and the ability to consistently deliver excellent results is essential. In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive top-tier salary along with a comprehensive benefits package.
  • 401k.
  • Private health insurance.
  • An exceptional training and development program.
  • Volunteer time off.
  • The chance to participate in or qualify for our annual Global Incentive Weekend.
  • Employee wellness supported through various programs.
  • Numerous opportunities to advance your career, both within your country and internationally. That’s one of the advantages of working for a large global organization—one that leads the way in recruitment innovation and specializes in RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) and MSP (Managed Service Provider).


As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Finance & Accounting

Focus: Finance

Industry: Financial Services

Salary: $130,000 - $160,000 per annum + Competitive Package

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Associate

Language: English - Professional working

Location: New York

Job Reference: 8296

Date posted: May 25, 2026

Consultant: Nic Farmer

Phone number:

nic.farmer@robertwalters.com

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