Manager

Recruitment Team Manager

Cambridge - Senior Finance (Permanent Desk)

£39,880 - £47, 235 + uncapped commission

Your New Office - Cambridge

Hays Cambridge is a highly established and high-performing office with strong market presence across Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas. The office is home to a number of experienced, long-tenured managers who have built successful and collaborative teams across multiple specialisms.

This role offers the opportunity to bring a fresh perspective into a mature and successful environment, launching and leading a dedicated senior finance permanent function. You'll be aligned to a Specialism Director for Finance, giving you clear strategic direction and support to build out this offering in the region.

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Recruitment Manager (or a senior consultant ready for leadership) to establish, grow, and lead a permanent senior finance desk across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

You'll play a pivotal role in building a new team, driving market share, and positioning Hays as a leading recruiter of senior finance professionals in the region. This is a dual-role position combining leadership responsibilities with personal billing.

Responsibilities include:

• Building, mentoring, and leading a new team of finance recruitment consultants
• Driving team performance, setting clear objectives, and delivering revenue growth
• Operating a 360 permanent recruitment desk focused on senior finance roles including Financial Controller, Finance Director, Financial Accountant, and Management Accountant
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with senior finance professionals and key clients across the region
• Identifying new business opportunities and expanding Hays' market share in senior finance recruitment
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle for your own desk while supporting your team
• Embedding best practice and ensuring high levels of customer service and delivery
• Collaborating with experienced office leaders and contributing to the wider Cambridge office strategy

Who Are We Looking For?

• Proven experience as a Recruitment Consultant (essential)
• Strong track record in permanent recruitment, ideally within finance or professional services markets
• Leadership, mentoring, or management experience (or readiness to step into leadership)
• Demonstrable success in building client relationships and generating new business
• Commercially driven with a passion for developing and leading teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Resilient, ambitious, and able to build something new within an established environment
• A collaborative leader who brings fresh ideas and energy

What You'll Get in Return

• Opportunity to build and shape a new finance team within a successful office
• Dedicated strategic support from a Finance Specialism Director
• Leadership development and management training
• Industry-leading recruitment tools and technology
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Uncapped commission (team override + personal billing)
• High Performer Incentives and global trips
• Clear career progression within a global organisation
• Access to wellbeing benefits and lifestyle rewards

What to Do Next

Apply today to take the next step in your leadership career and play a key role in shaping the future of senior finance recruitment in Cambridge with Hays.

At Hays, we share a passion for creating a culture where there are opportunities for our people to flourish and succeed, whatever your background. We know that diversity of perspective and an inclusive approach, which encourages those experiences and views to be heard, is great for business and therefore your career with us.