Associate​/Senior Associate; Executive Recruiter - MENA - Financial Services

Sheffield Haworth is a global consultancy founded in 1993. We have a history of assisting our clients in realising their potential and delivering a competitive advantage in a fast-changing world. Our vision is to be a leading global consultancy in people and transformational change. Our services include executive search, executive interims, strategic research and advisory services, change consulting, and leadership advisory services.

Clients benefit from deep industry insights, our wide-ranging networks and high standards of delivery from our global team. We work with private and public companies across financial services, professional and business services, high-growth technologies, and multinational corporates.

Since its inception in 1993, Sheffield Haworth has undergone significant growth and expansion. We now employ a team of 200 professionals in 15 financial centres throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. We are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability‑confident, committed employer.

Sheffield Haworth’s Global Wealth & Asset Management Practice partners with leading investment organisations operating in a rapidly evolving business environment where investing in people, promoting inclusion, and optimising performance are critical to long‑term success. Led by Abhishek Vats in Middle East, the practice delivers senior‑level executive search and advisory solutions across the global wealth and asset management landscape.

With 40+ senior professionals worldwide and more than 1,000 senior‑level assignments completed in the past decade, the international team offers both scale and depth across all major financial hubs. The practice supports C‑suite, Managing Director, and Board‑level appointments, as well as senior leadership roles across investment, research, origination, capital markets, business development, and broader management functions.

As part of our strategic growth in the region, Sheffield Haworth seek to add an Associate/Senior Associate to work across the financial services business in the region. The Middle East financial services team works with a wide range of clients including leading global investment management firms, local and international banks and institutional investors on senior level executive hiring.

Associates at Sheffield Haworth are responsible for research and search execution across a broad spectrum of mandates. In addition, they will be expected to proactively assist Consultants in the full lifecycle of a search with marketing, pitching, report writing and candidate management.

• Desk research, on Linked In and other research sources as well as via our proprietary database and company websites
• Written work including client‑ready candidate assessments, job descriptions, client update notes, marketing collateral, research reports, etc.
• Telephone work, including candidate “cold calls” as well as candidate assessment and ongoing relationship management
• Candidate & client interaction
• Business development, which could include company and management research as well as presentation preparation
• Knowledge management within our search database as well as within the team and firm Sharepoint and other systems

• 3+ years of experience in executive search, recruitment or similar industry, ideally within financial services.
• Good telephone manners and excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels both verbally and in writing.
• An ability to prioritize when faced with tight deadlines and shifting client needs.
• An ability to exercise absolute discretion and professionalism with confidential information.
• A positive attitude, a love of problem‑solving, and a high attention to detail.
• Well‑developed skills in key office applications, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel, in order to efficiently produce presentations, reports,…