Corporate Division | Professional Team
Scotford Fennessy is continuing to invest in and grow our Corporate Division, and we are looking for an experienced recruiter to take ownership of our Transactional Accounting & Finance desk.
This is not a start-from-scratch opportunity.
This is a defined 360 desk with established foundations, existing relationships, strong market credibility, and genuine growth potential for the right recruiter.
You will step into a desk focused across transactional finance recruitment including:
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll
- Assistant Accountants
- Finance Officers
- Administration & transactional finance support
The desk sits within our Professional Team alongside specialists across HR & Recruitment, Senior Accounting & Finance, and Civil & Infrastructure, giving you immediate access to active clients, cross-sell opportunities, and established networks.
Why Join Scotford Fennessy?
We have built a strong reputation across the mining and resources sector, with long-standing client relationships and deep market credibility.
This role provides the opportunity to leverage that reputation to:
- Reopen dormant accounts
- Strengthen existing client relationships
- Build repeat business
- Expand into new sectors and industries
- Create your own market presence and niche
- Previous agency recruitment experience with a proven track record
- Experience within Accounting & Finance recruitment or aligned professional services recruitment, with demonstrable success.
This is a genuine opportunity for someone who enjoys building, influencing, and creating momentum.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who understands how to build and develop a recruitment desk commercially.
You will ideally bring:
- Previous agency recruitment experience
- Experience within Accounting & Finance recruitment or aligned professional services recruitment
- Strong business development and relationship management capability
- Confidence engaging with dormant, underutilised, or previously under-serviced clients
- Ability to move quickly in market and stay close to candidates
- Strong candidate networking and headhunting capability
- A proactive, resilient, and commercially driven mindset
Proficiency with recruitment CRM systems (e.g., Bullhorn, Adapt) and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Ability to manage both permanent recruitment and contractor/client demands
This role will suit someone who is:
- Relationship-driven
- Fast paced and responsive
- Commercially minded
- Develop and execute targeted candidate sourcing strategies to fill transactional accounting and finance roles.
- Proactive in market
- Motivated by building something long term
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing a true 360 recruitment desk
- Building and developing client relationships across transactional finance
- Leveraging existing Scotford Fennessy relationships and networks
- Sourcing and engaging active and passive candidates
- Running end-to-end recruitment processes
- Identifying growth opportunities within existing accounts
- Developing your own market specialisation and portfolio over time
Why SF?
At Scotford Fennessy, we are serious about high performance, but equally serious about culture, support, and long-term growth.
Our business is built on:
- Strong leadership and transparency
- Long-standing market reputation
- EOS-driven accountability and structure
- Genuine career development pathways
- Collaborative team environments
- A high-performance culture without unnecessary ego
- Investment in leadership, training, and development
We are proud of the reputation we have built and the people who have helped shape it.
Ready to Build Something?
If you are looking for a genuine opportunity to step into a desk with strong foundations, existing opportunity, and real long-term potential, we would love to hear from you.
Apply directly or reach out for a confidential discussion.
