An Accountancy Talent Company
At all times, our emphasis is on "YOU" as the individual, and what we can do to assist your own interests, whatever they may be; whether that is with your own career, managing your teams, finding the best people for those teams, assisting with HR related issues, and many other ad hoc advisory needs.
Clarity in a sea of
possibilities
Audit & Risk Talent...
"YOUR Search & Selection Experts"
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NEWS FOCUS
Industry spotlight for February 2010:
Financial Services
Click below to find out more
12/02/2010KPMG ramps up grad recruitment numbers
11/02/2010 Global body calls for war on complexity
09/02/2010GT acquires media auditor
04/01/2010 FTSE 100 auditors scoop £250m in non-audit fees
A breath of fresh
air in recruitment
Our Approach
Our Focus
Our Expertise
Audit & Risk Talent is a specialist Search & Selection Consultancy dedicated to assisting Executive and Senior Level professionals within Audit, Risk and Compliance roles across all industry sectors. We also pride ourselves on offering unique bespoke advisory services in relation to Talent Acquisition and Career Management.
Our methods of sourcing the best talent in the market place ensures that we consistently work with industry leading professionals, giving us a thorough understanding of exactly what they require and where we can assist them in their career. This talent base is what we will call upon when any of our clients come to us with a hiring need, and using our proven methods will enable us to quickly find the right person for their job.
With one of the largest networks of industry contacts, we deal with the majority of FTSE listed companies, Banks / Insurers and Investment Houses, Big 4 and Top 30 Accounting Firms, as well as UK subsidiaries of large International organisations. On top of that we also deal with a host of small to medium sized businesses, as well as a number of large Public Sector organisations. Our client base is envied by many, but matched by few.
Audit & Risk Talent is a division of Accountancy Talent, with home we share the same common methadologies, work ethics and high levels of service. In order to show our dedication to the Audit & Risk markets, we felt that running a specialist brand focused purely on Audit & Risk would benefit everyone involved, as well as allowing us to offer additional audit services (please see the solutions page for more info). To find out more about Accountancy Talent, please visit their website, www.accountancytalent.com
We are more than just recruitment consultants, we add value to in everything we do; whether that's assisting a FTSE 100 organisation to review the talent in its Audit department, or advising an Audit Manager on how to reach the next level in their career.
Leading the way
in our markets
We cover the whole of the UK from numerous locations, and at the same time undertake assignments for international firms in locations such as the Channel Islands, Cayman Islands, the Middle East, Australia, South Africa, Asia and the USA. From Part Qualified Auditors, right up to Managing Partners of Big 4 Firms, we have the experience needed to advise at all levels on all aspects of Audit and Risk related recruitment.
Specialist Areas
- Statutory Audit (External Audit)
- Internal Audit & Risk Management Services
- IT Audit
- Compliance
We are regularly invited by Partners and Heads of Internal Audit to attend internal meetings to advise on market conditions, recruitment processes and candidate attraction techniques. We offer a truly consultative service, investing a great deal of time developing an understanding our clients' individual requirements.
The depth of knowledge within the division, combined with our history in the market ensures we offer our clients more than a standard recruitment service. We can add to the relationship, advising on salary levels, market updates, candidate feedback and potential issues.
Experience YOU
can trust
Audit & Risk Talent brings together industry experts from the Finance, Audit & Risk market sectors. Our recruiters typically have real-world experience in the industries in which they recruit; they know who you need to hire and how to reach them. Unmatched in the industry, our recruiters are subject matter experts and can provide specialised and targeted advice to help you find just the right candidate. In fact, they are busy finding them right now. However, our recruiters bring another quality that is unmatched in the industryintegrity. They are people you can count on, who strive for excellence, and who offer the kind of accountability and responsibility that you would expect from any colleague. Accountancy Talent brings experience that "YOU" can trust.
What makes us fairly unique in our industry is the fact that we have Senior Level Auditors & Finance Professionals working within our organisation who can advise our clients and candidates where appropriate. If you need to find the best talent for your team, who's better placed to understand your needs than someone who's been a Head of Audit several times in the past, or the ex CFO from a major global organisation? That is the level of experience "YOU" can count on from Accountancy Talent.
Though our network of national and international associates, we are one of the best connected specialist Search & Selection firms in our chosen markets. Contact us today to find out just how you can benefit from being part of that network and enlisting the services of Audit & RiskTalent.
Looking for solutions to
help with your career?
Looking for solutions to help
with staffing and recruitment?
Whatever your need is: We are here to help "YOU"
Permanent Solutions
Contract Solutions
Additional Services
Solutions Home
Getting the perfect
fit for your team
Permanent Placement
Audit & Risk Talent Recruiters are a fundamental ingredient to fulfil your permanent placement needs. Using our unique Talent Matters® approach, our Recruiters can locate the best candidates for the right positions in your company.
Proven Search Techniques
Audit & Risk Talent gives its clients access to a wide range of search techniques, including:
Retained Search: We will provide dedicated search team created to fill a position in a short and specified period of time.
Contingency Search: This method is designed to fulfil both individual search assignments and ongoing openings, not requiring full payment unless Accountancy Talent fills the position.
Project Search: A project team is created to find a number of candidates with similar profiles. This is useful for multiple team hires within a client, for example, where a new Internal Audit department is being created.
Global Search: We will use our Global Network in order to provide solutions for clients with overseas staffing needs, as well as consultation to candidates.
Advertised Search and Selection: Making use of targeted advertising tools combined with a thorough search process and rigorous screening to fill key positions.
Keeping the cogs
in your teams moving
In today's business environment, companies must rely on a variety of staffing solutions to meet their organisation's growing departmental needs. Growth spurts in your business can be cyclicalthey often require specialised external resources to partner with existing staff. Being a client of Audit & Risk Talent, you'll have the ability to contract a wide range of professionals and reap the many benefits that a contract staffing solution can offer.
Saving "YOU" Time
Most of our recruiters come from the industry in which they recruit. Working within one of the world's largest networks and armed with our proven, high-touch, Talent Matters® approach, they can quickly deliver experienced talent ready to make an immediate impact on your business.
Delivering "YOU" Talent.
Whatever your temporary situation, we've got the ability and capacity you need to take on the challenge. Highly-skilled professionals from the Audit, Risk and Compliance markets are very well represented within our networks. We can also assemble entire teams to tackle complex or multiple staffing assignments.
Bringing "YOU" Trust.
Our Audit & Risk Talent Recruiters undergo one of the toughest hiring processes in the business: we only work with the best professionals in our market. If we do not have the best talent in our teams, how can we expect to deliver the best talent into yours? Those who we hire also make it their business to present you with the best talent and service on the planet. Each one is supported by the wider Accountancy Talent network, along with our industry professionals.
We'd welcome the opportunity to give you all the details of Audit & RiskTalent contract staffing services. Here at Audit & Risk Talent, we will customise a solution to meet your specific needs.
More than just
a recruitment agency
Today's global hiring issues are far from straightforward. Solutions demand not only flexibility, but creativity. When it comes to new and innovative solutions, Audit & RiskTalent excels, offering a host of services and tools to accomplish your hiring goals and solve additional business issues.
Fully Managed Service Solutions For Audit & Risk Services
Perhaps you do not have the time or resources to manage additional contractors, but you really do need some help with tackling
extra tasks in your audit plan. In conjunction with our Strategic Partners, we are able to assist clients with fully managed solutions for Audit & Risk services. Whether that means you use us in a co-sourcing arrangement, as an outsourcing partner, or as another alternative to assist in reviewing your current audit department; we have the expertise on board to enable us to meet all of your audit and risk needs.
Background Checks
They seem genuine, but how do we really know their past? Audit & RiskTalent can offer you comprehensive information about a candidate, including supplying a full background check.
Assessment Testing
They've got the skills, but are they a good fit? Audit & Risk Talent can help you assess the long-term compatibility of candidates with your business culture. Using the leading tools to analyse profiles, skill sets, and candidates' experience, Accountancy Talent Recruiters can provide you with the insight you need to make smarter hiring decisions.
Salary Surveys and Evaluation
I want the best, but how much will it cost? Because Audit & Risk Talent is truly worldwide, we have the ability to provide clients and candidates with realistic information concerning salaries in our specialist business sectors, in almost any location in the world, allowing you to understand the financial impact hiring your desired candidate will make.
Relocation Assistance
I found the right person, but they live somewhere else. Audit & Risk Talent provides comprehensive logistics and coordination assistance that can make the relocation of your new hire easy and efficient.
Videoconferencing
I like them on paper, but how do I meet them cost-efficiently? Audit & Risk Talent provides you with the technology to communicate with potential hires anywhere in the world, without the expense associated with long-distance travel. The Audit & Risk Talent proprietary videoconferencing system allows you to meet a candidate at a distance quickly and easily.
Why We're Different
Helping you on
the right path
The world is changing, technology is moving forward at a rapid pace, and our careers are becoming ever more demanding. What we do today will have an impact on what happens tomorrow; what you don't do today will have an even bigger impact. Do you have the time to register with countless recruitment agencies in the hope that just one of them will grasp exactly what it is that you can offer, and what it is that you are looking to achieve from your career?
Times have changed in the recruitment industry. A new breed of recruiter is emerging; someone that will be a true consultant to your needs; taking you under their wing and guiding you through your entire career life cycle. Do you want to deal with a company that knows you personally, and knows everything there is to know about the type of career you want to have? Do you want that company to guide you through all of the necessary steps in order to reach the level you aspire to? We will do just that, and more!
You have your Doctor, you have your Solicitor, and you may even have your own Accountant. These are specialists you trust to do what is best for you, and who you hope will stay with you for the long term. Well, now you can also receive the same level of personalised service from your specialist career management advisor...
During these pressing times, many professionals could find themselves in a position where they have been forced to look at the job market for the first time in quite a while. You may be under fire from above, or you may be uncertain about what lies ahead for you. You may simply just be curious as to what lies out there waiting for you. Don't wait for the dreaded letter to land on your desk explaining why there needs to be job cuts, and do not let yourself get left behind whilst your colleagues get ahead... prepare now for your future and allow us to guide you to a career beyond your expectations!
Candidate Home
Getting you ahead
of the crowd
The Real Difference
The way in which we work is fairly unique in this business. Many recruiters claim to use some of the methods listed below, but very few of them actually do that with each and every candidate they deal with. Here is an example of why working with us will go a long way towards securing you the best career possible...
•We will understand exactly your uniqueness compared to other people out there just like you in your industry...
•Because we know your industry, we know exactly whom to call. We are going to use our relationships with the people we already know, to get you into their organisation for an interview...
•We will use our power as a specialist recruiter to show them that you add value...
• Our clients know that when we call about someone we are representing, then there's a fee attached to that. But they also know that when we call them about one of our candidates; they are going to be worth that fee...
•Just because of the fact that we are involved can go a long way towards making you look better to an organisation...
•When we present you to them, we will show them specifically where your value is. If they have any concerns, we will overcome them and do everything we can to get you an interview with that organisation...
•We will coach you on how to interview effectively so that you present yourself in the best possible way...
•You will receive feedback from us along every step of the way. At no point in dealing with us will you be left wondering what is happening. No matter whether it is good or bad news, we will inform you as soon as possible; and will help you to decide what to do next...
• We will negotiate the best possible salary package on your behalf, with your interests always in mind. Unlike others, we advise our clients from the outset on exactly what you are worth in the market place. If their first offer isn't what you were expecting then we will do our very best to increase it before coming back to present it to you.
•When you have accepted an offer, we will then help you through the resignation process; coaching you on what to say and what not to say... thus ensuring that you can walk away with a good reference intact, a smooth transition process, and a great job waiting for you at the end of it.
We are a national business with consultants based all over the UK.
Our main offices are based in London and the North West...
Wherever you may be in the country, we will be able to provide you with a very personal and professional service, and where we do not have a physical presence we will be able to back that up using the very latest online technology such as web and video conferencing.
Our office network is growing rapidly, and will provide facilities for our clients or candidates that wish to meet us in a formal location. However, many of our consultants work remotely, which enables us to have a wider coverage of the UK compared to most recruitment consultancies that are limited by their office presence alone.
For all general enquiries, please email us via info_audit-risk-talent.com or alternatively you can reach us via the main Accountancy Talent switchboard on 0844 7366273
Our London HQ is located close to Farringdon and Barbican underground stations, bringing us close to the financial districts of the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Our Manchester office is ideally located in the heart of the financial quarter nestled amongst fantastic restaurants, bars and all the best shops. St James Court even boasts Manchester's largest private underground car-park.
Our flagship Liverpool office is located right in the heart of the city centre business district. This office adds to our presence in the North West, and demonstrates our investment into working with an ever growing client base in this area of the country.
St James Court,
Brown Street,
Manchester.
M2 2JF
2nd Floor,
145 - 157 St John Street
London
EC1V 4PY
IL Palazzo
7 Water Street
Liverpool
L2 0RD
Find freedom in
YOUR career
Hard times for Recruiters
Right now, the recruitment industry is suffering in the recession; jobs are at risk, plus recruiters are under a huge amount of pressure to exceed their large KPI targets and deliver an apparently unachievable amount of revenue for their employers. Of course, many employers are in survival mode, and are only concerned with their bottom-line profits. They'll do whatever it takes to keep their company profitable - which may include job cuts, salary cuts, changes to commission structures, cancelling bonuses, lowering staff hours, and many other solutions. All this can make for a very pressured work environment for the recruiter, where the focus ends up being on pure volume, as opposed to the delivery of quality-based results.
Clients are demanding excellent value for money In the good years, volume may have been enough to ensure results - but right now, the industry is changing, with neither clients or candidates prepared to accept anything less than a very high level of service in return for their time and commitment. When clients are recruiting, they know there will be a fee involved for using agencies, but nowadays they want to see extremely high value in return for their money. Many agencies don't have a strategy for these circumstances, so we're likely to see many more job cuts and a continued decline in clients' opinion of agencies.
Offering experienced recruiters a new way of working Here at Accountancy Talent, our recruitment services are geared to meet our vision statement of creating value for you. In order to meet client and candidate needs, and to provide a service which will be unmatched by our competitors, we are offering experienced recruiters a new way of working in a highly rewarding environment:
•We can create measurable value by offering one of the best commission structures (up to 60% with no minimum thresholds) plus bonuses and the opportunity to work from home (or in a field if you wish to!) which in itself brings a huge amount of benefits to your work life balance.
•You'll work as a self-employed service provider, and receive major tax incentives for operating in this way. When we pay your invoice, you'll receive the full amount, not the remaining sum after huge tax and insurance deductions.
•You'll be your own boss, selecting your own working hours, avoiding the daily commute and the stress of a corporate environment. In addition, how much you earn will be directly related to the effort you contribute.
•You can set set your own KPIs. All the support, training, tools and materials that come from working in a large company will be on offer, so you will never need to feel that you are working in isolation.
What's the Audit & Risk market like right now?
It's becoming a priority for many companies in the wake of this global recession - and if you want proof, read the following link...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/5785538/UK-jobs-the-top-10-sectors-to-be-in.html
Our sector specialisms appear twice in the Top 10 job sectors... and we are one of the very few specialist agencies operating in this market - and whilst many larger firms will try to win market share, it's specialist agencies that our clients and candidates will turn to when the going gets tough.
Contact us and be ready to enjoy your job again!
If you're in a position where you're looking for an enhanced value proposition that will benefit you, your clients and candidates, we invite you to contact us and find out just what it's like to enjoy your job again! You don't need experience of the assurance and risk market (although it helps) - and we can give you all of the training and support you need to be a success in our market. Although we are a UK-based firm, we recruit globally and operate international teams. Everything is run online, so you can work from anywhere in the world; you simply need the core skills which make up a talented recruiter. If you know what those skills are, and feel you have what it takes, then we look forward to speaking to you!
Contact:
Sean O'Donoghue, Managing Director
sean.o_audit-risk-talent.com
At Audit & Risk Talent, we do
not work alone. Our Strategic
Partners are companies which
compliment our own, and allow
us to offer YOU additional
services which will be to your
benefit...
ITAudit.co.uk is the UK's leading job portal for IT Auditors. With every agency advertising their IT Audit jobs, candidates now have one place where they can view all of the jobs currently available in the market. For clients, they now have a way to gain maximum exposure to any IT Audit vacancies which they may be recruiting using their own internal recruitment teams.
For more infomation, please visit their website:
www.itaudit.co.uk
Paradigm Risk is a specialist consultancy bringing together expert consultants and practitioners in the fields of governance, risk and assurance across sectors.
Paradigm Risk offers experience-based and thought-led advisory services in governance, risk and assurance to financial institutions and the corporate business community.
For more information, please visit their website:
www.paradigmrisk.com
Spotlight On
Challenging Times
Right now, the Financial Services industry is facing one of the toughest climates it has seen in recent history. Owing to essential budget and staffing cuts, recruitment is going to be a long way down on the agenda of priorities. However, in the process of letting go of staff deemed to be "dispensable", companies in this industry are also at risk of losing their best talent to other competitors or even outside of the industry. Now more than ever, companies in the Financial Services industry need to be able to not only retain their best talent, but be able to replace any casualties in their teams as quickly as possible to ensure minimal loss. When performing such a task, it is essential that you receive the best advice possible from whoever you are using to assist you in the recruitment process. Hiring the wrong person for your team at such a crucial time could be an even bigger cost to the business than ever before.
Here at Audit & Risk Talent, our Financial Services team has a great many years experience of working within the Financial Services industry. However, this experience doesn't just come from a recruitment perspective; within the Financial Services team we have talented individuals who themselves have spent many years working within the Financial Services industry. Included in that team is our Internal Audit Technical Consultant.
Our Internal Audit Technical Consultant has spent 30 years working as an Internal Auditor within the banking and funds management industries, including with significant financial services institutions in the City of London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore and major international financial centres. His experience includes having been a Head of Audit several times, setting up and rebuilding Internal Audit functions. He is well-renowned in the Internal Audit community. As such, he is a key member of this team. His understanding of the key issues involved in financial services Internal Audit functions, Management's expectations of them and the qualities required of their team-members is unique within the Internal Audit recruitment industry.
From a candidate perspective, you can be safe in the knowledge that you will have on hand expertise and guidance from someone who has been in your position and gone on to become a true leader and mentor within Internal Audit. And from a client perspective, our expertise will ensure that we fully understand your needs and expectations better than any other recruitment consultant you may have dealt with in the past. You will be dealing with someone who has also been a Head of Audit and recruited some of the best people into his organisations' Internal Audit teams... who have themselves gone on to become Senior Audit Executives thanks to the training and support that they received from our colleague.
With all of this in mind, we feel that our proposition is unique in the marketplace for Internal Audit recruitment and related advisory services within the Financial sectors. Place your trust in a company that really can relate to your situation and give you the help and advice that you need. We are more than just a recruiter; we have some of the best "talent" in your industry working with us, so that you can too!
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