Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market - Investment Banks - Virtus Talent : Job Details

Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market

Package: £24k + Uncapped commission - OTE: Year 1 - £40K, Year 2 - £70k

Location: Reading

Hit the ceiling in your current sales role?

Hitting targets but not seeing progression?

Have you thought about recruitment?

We are looking for experienced B2B sales professionals to step into the recruitment space and transition their sales and negotiation skills into winning new business in the FinTech Space. You will be targeting hedge funds and investment banks so strong communication skills and experience of winning clients is imperative for this role. On the other hand you will have the provision to upskill focussing also on candidate sourcing as well as process management.

Our client is a multi-national award-winning agency focussed in the FinTech space. Established a decade ago, the company has seen major success in recent years allowing for office expansion into North American markets. They are looking to continue this growth trajectory and are keen to speak with ambitious sales professionals to assist in scaling and working towards their ambition of being the world’s best recruitment agency.

The Company: Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market

Here you will be placing tech professionals into the financial services. The recent success has allowed the business to double in size over the last 2 years facilitating a 2022 turnover of £20million. It is an incredibly exciting time to join the business with expansion plans firmly on the horizons - already expanding into North America this year; and it won’t stop there. To continue building the best recruitment agency internationally, they are seeking experienced consultants to start developing the best up and coming talent.

The Requirements: Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market

You do not need any prior experience! However, the company are looking for ambitious individuals who have:

- 1 - 2 years B2B Sales experience

- Ideally degree educated background

- Excellent interpersonal skills

- Great organisational skills

- A competitive nature

- A sense of achievement

- Unrivalled work ethic

The Role: Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market

- Headhunting senior figures using targeted search approach.

- Screening candidates over the phone.

- Building relationships with candidates and clients.

- Guiding and supporting them throughout the interview process.

- Actively networking with candidates and industry connections, market mapping, and using various databases and social media.

- Working towards daily KPIs, incentive related and promotional targets.

- Developing your own personal brand and becoming an expert in your market niche.

The Benefits: Trainee Headhunter - FinTech Market

- Advancing and developing your business knowledge and becoming a market expert in your chosen vertical.

- Clear progression structure to Director level.

- Annual Self-development budget to upskill and develop yourself.

- Huge average fees coupled with uncapped commission therefore uncapped earning potential!

- Regular basic salary increases for performance.

- Regular business lunches out for hitting targets.

- Be part of a high-performing and talented team with big ambitions.

- Be part of a cohesive group of enthusiastically like-valued individuals, focused on delivering excellence.

- Benefit from an extremely open environment, where the focus is on continuous learning, and it is ok to fail.

- Free Gym membership!

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Virtus Talent are here to guide you through the interview process, make sure you are fully prepared for interviews and coach you on how to get your transferable skills and traits across in the interview. We will aim to secure you several interviews with several companies that you like the look of with the view of securing you several job offers.