Hays Recruitment - Recruitment Consultant Opportunity

Accountancy & Finance (Temporary desk)

Location: Reading | Covering Berkshire

£26,437-£40,000 + uncapped commission

Are you ambitious, people-driven, and motivated by results? Whether you're an experienced recruiter, a successful sales professional, or someone ready to build a career in a fast-paced, high-reward environment, this is your opportunity to join our high-performing Reading team.

You'll be recruiting for temporary finance roles across Berkshire, working in a high-growth market with genuine long-term potential. We're looking for someone with the energy, commercial mindset, and confidence to take ownership and make a real impact.

Your New Role:

As a Recruitment Consultant within our Finance division, you'll manage and grow a desk focused on temporary finance roles, from transactional and part-qualified positions upwards. You'll work closely with both clients and candidates, building trusted relationships and delivering exceptional results.

You'll be responsible for:

• Developing and growing your own client portfolio through proactive business development
• Sourcing, interviewing, and placing high-quality finance professionals into temporary roles
• Building a deep understanding of the local finance market across Berkshire
• Managing the full recruitment lifecycle, ensuring a first-class experience for clients and candidates
• Working towards weekly and monthly targets within a supportive, high-performing team

This is a role where your effort directly drives your success - and your earning potential.

What You'll Need to Succeed:

We're open to background and experience - what matters most is your drive, resilience, and ambition.

This role could suit someone who is:

• An experienced recruiter looking for a new challenge
• A proven sales professional with success in a target-driven environment
• A motivated individual ready to start a career in recruitment

You'll bring:

• Confidence, strong communication skills, and a natural ability to build relationships
• A commercial mindset and the motivation to achieve and exceed targets
• Resilience, adaptability, and a proactive approach
• A genuine interest in people and helping them progress their careers

If you're ambitious and eager to learn, we'll give you the tools, training, and support to succeed.

What's in it for you?

Joining Hays means unlocking incredible benefits and long-term career potential:

• A culture built on rewarding success, collaboration and high performance
• Industry-leading technology and a renowned training programme to support rapid career progression
• Flexible hybrid working patterns
• Your birthday off!
• Opportunity to take your career globally
• Incentives and rewards recognising performance locally, regionally and nationally
• A broad range of wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Referral bonus scheme
• Internal support networks and communities
• Paid volunteering days through our Working for Your Tomorrow initiative

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.