Executive Search Associate – Financial Officers
| Company | Heidrick & Struggles |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA, Washington, DC, USA, Stamford, CT, USA, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $80000 – $105000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- 3-4 years’ professional experience or a minimum of 2 years transferable recruiting experience
- An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required
- Exhibits skill and developing mastery of professional communications, displaying adeptness in writing, articulating, and delivering information with confidence and impact
- Developing the ability to collaborate effectively with external clients and candidates, and beginning to understand techniques to influence and build positive relationships.
Responsibilities
- Conducting industry specific and client company research, mapping the executive talent landscape to bring market insights to the table
- Supporting Consultants in the development of position specification(s) and a focused search strategy
- Assisting Consultants in preparing business development and candidate assessment documents to present to both prospective and current clients
- Contacting prospective candidates to elicit interest in client opportunities, obtaining referrals, and/or collecting market intelligence and feedback
- Assisting Consultants in conducting in-depth interviews to assess candidate qualifications against position specifications
- Managing candidate relationships throughout the entire life cycle of the search and keeping the Consultant abreast of candidate updates
- Partnering well across a multitude of stakeholders with the aim of developing productive and trusting relationships with colleagues across the firm
- Fostering an environment of collaboration; viewed as a team player
- Acting as a culture carrier; contributes to firm, practice and/or office initiatives
- Demonstrating self-awareness, humility, empathy, and open-mindedness in the workplace
- Maintaining the accuracy, quality, and integrity of all Search information in our various internal and external research tools
- Maintaining status reports and client ready reports for both internal and external presentation(s) to Consultant and Client
- Managing multiple concurrent projects and completing high quality deliverables on time
- Acting with the highest regard to professionalism, confidentiality, and ethics
- Succeeding and persisting through challenges, motivated to do the right thing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in full life cycle recruiting in Executive Search, Contingent Search or In-House Talent Acquisition, management consulting or other industry requiring applied sales and research skills strongly preferred
- Experience targeting potential candidates, developing pitch materials and conducting market research
- Proven success simultaneously managing multiple projects and working across teams
- Experience identifying market trends and researching information effectively through various channels
- Ability to analyze, organize and synthesize large volumes of information into insights
- Experience working with Salesforce or other CRM
- Demonstrated skill in building and maintaining relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.