Recruitment Consultant

Recruitment Consultant - Credit Control

Our specialist Credit Control division is hiring for a Recruitment Consultant to joining a small but growing team. With a minimum of 1-year experience, you'll be maintaining a portfolio of current clients and convert existing relationships within our other divisions - payroll & HR - into Credit Control clients.

This is a warm desk where working collaboratively across divisions to develop cross-sell leads will give you a platform to deliver quickly with an opportunity to become an expert in a thriving market.

A background within finance or accountancy recruitment would be the ideal but more importantly, it is imperative that you are willing to immerse yourself within the credit sector to learn the nuances to elevate the division and become the go-to credit control recruiter for household brands, FTSE 500 businesses and global entities.

This niche sector boasts untapped opportunity as an unstable economy has put a heavy focus on businesses finances and cash flow - credit controllers are in demand and collections departments are growing.

We are looking for motivated Recruiters who will embrace the role and be self-motivated enough to learn on the job from colleagues day-to-day, however we also offer excellent bespoke training with a leading coach to hone your skills. At Portfolio, there is a clear career pathway to pursue your recruitment career within sales or management.

Portfolio Credit Control division, part of The Portfolio Group, was founded in 2008 and is a specialist Credit Control recruitment agency sourcing talented Credit Controllers, Sales Ledgers, Accounts Receivable and Collections professionals across the UK & ROI at all levels of the market.

As a Recruitment Consultant, your key responsibilities will include:

• Taking a warm desk and maintaining a 5* relationship with a portfolio of loyal clients
• Re-engaging lapsed clients and lost business to maximise existing relationships
• Exploit our divisional networks to mine for leads
• Identify new opportunities through research of the market
• Sourcing candidates through a variety of methods
• Managing all aspects of the recruitment life cycle from introductions to offer stage
• Becoming an industry-leading expert in this unique market
• Communicating with clients and candidates via telephone and email
• Visiting our diverse client base from household names, luxury brands, leading sporting institutions, global corporations to name a few!
• Delivering achievable & agreed targets on a monthly basis

To be successful as a Recruitment Consultant you'll require:

• Good communication skills with the ability to negotiate with clients and candidates
• Sales-driven mindset, achievement oriented
• Professional manner & ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Independent person with good organisation skills

Why work for us?

• Competitive base salary, industry-leading commission scheme paid monthly with no minimum threshold and additional performance-related bonuses
• Transparent career framework and set promotional criteria that you can start working towards on day one
• Modern, spacious office based in the heart of the city with amazing facilities
• A supportive and collaborative team
• Realistic targets and time to grow in your role
• Company-wide trips previously we have travelled to Monaco, Dubai, Miami and New York
• Quarterly incentives visiting top restaurants across London & Manchester including the ivy, Shard, 20 stories and 34 Mayfair.
• Access to our wellbeing portal

Established in 1988, we now have 35 years' experience in the industry and a reputable track record recruiting at all levels of the market, across the whole of the UK, ROI & Canada and into a multitude of industry sectors. With offices based in London, Manchester & Toronto, we have proven success in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment and we pride ourselves on having a fast, efficient, and consultative service with an enviable client base.

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