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Recruitment Consultant - Risk, Compliance, and Legal

Robert Walters
York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 5/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/9/2026

Recruitment Consultant - Risk, Compliance, and Legal

Hybrid working in New York

Salary - $80,000 dependent on experience


Are you Robert Walters?


Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, recruitment process outsourcing and advisory services to organizations of all shapes and sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.


The businesses we partner with want to make things happen. And they need people to do it. They have goals. They have challenges. They want answers.


We deliver the talent solutions they need to reach their goals. That might mean recruiting a permanent, temporary, or interim professional. It might mean putting together an outsourced team of 30 recruitment experts. Or it might mean reframing the way they think about remuneration or diversity.


Whatever the solution, we deliver better experiences and higher quality outcomes by taking the time to listen to, and fully connect with, the people and organizations we partner with. Our ability to truly understand them and share their compelling stories is what sets us apart.


By engaging with people's stories, we help organizations find the skills and solutions to succeed and assist talented professionals to power their unique potential.


The biggest opportunities start with a story, tell us yours today.


Position Summary


Robert Walters, New York specializes in permanent career placement in the following areas: Legal, Risk Management, Compliance, Banking, Technology, Finance, Business Operations, Sales, and Marketing. With offices spanning 31 Countries, RW offers a truly global recruitment service to both clients and candidates alike.


The Consultant with Robert Walters will be a senior figure within the team, working autonomously with clients, managing and developing strong relationships and creating new business opportunities. The Principal Consultant will be a consistent high achiever and top biller, winning new business. While the Principal Consultant will have no direct line management responsibility, they will act as a role model to other consultants.


Responsibilities


Our New York team partners directly with SME financial institutions, venture backed startups in and around the New York area, as well as some household names in the banking sector. You'll mostly be consulting hiring managers, founders and CEO's helping them hire the very best emerging leadership talent in the market.


  • Lead recruitment assignments that require creative applications of knowledge to specific recruitment challenges
  • Generating new business by networking, gathering market information and making business development calls
  • Organizing and attending meetings with prospective clients
  • Developing existing relationships
  • Entertaining clients within and outside core business hours
  • Managing and developing own client list
  • Sending CVs to clients, either for existing roles or on a speculative basis
  • Developing and Managing our Client Portfolio
  • Ensuring the Robert Walters database accurately reflects all business dealings with clients and candidates
  • Maintaining comprehensive knowledge of their relevant markets


Business Development


Meeting Set Targets In Relation To:


  • Continually seeking and identifying areas for business growth
  • Representing RW at meetings with new clients in order to win new business
  • Managing and closing complex deals
  • Upholding and demonstrating Robert Walters corporate values and selling our unique and value-add services
  • Generating new business by networking, promoting the brand, gathering market information and making business development calls
  • Regularly selling print and digital advertising for roles in the relevant trade press
  • Identifying opportunities to develop the wider business
  • Understanding Robert Walters terms of business and negotiating fees (within pre-agreed parameters) to secure new and retain existing business


Client/Account Management


Meeting Set Targets In Relation To:


  • Handle accounts and taking responsibility for key relationships
  • Manage client relationships and expectations at all times
  • Problem resolution
  • Attain comprehensive knowledge of each client's organization, culture, and resourcing requirements
  • Maintain and exceed SLA's that are in place with our clients at all times
  • Develop and implement short-term and long-term recruitment campaigns on behalf of clients
  • Ensuring regular contact with clients to build positive, productive, and long-term corporate relationships
  • Professionally and effectively managing the recruitment process from start to finish
  • Writing and placing job advertisements and producing weekly mail shot literature
  • Ensuring only high-quality candidates are put forward to our clients for interview
  • Providing market updates to clients and colleagues


Candidate Management


  • Sourcing, selecting and matching candidates with appropriate positions
  • Organizing and coordinating interviews with candidates and fully briefing candidates regarding roles
  • Ensuring regular contact with candidates by providing feedback and communication
  • Following up on referrals and leads


Administrative Tasks


  • Writing regular advertising and marketing material such as mail shot literature
  • Ensuring that the Profile system accurately reflects all business dealings with clients and candidates
  • Ensuring candidates are coded correctly and the files reflect and hold all required statutory information


About Us


We're able to offer a few unique things that none of our competitors can match:

  • a true team-based, non-commission environment that is collaborative, professional, and scalable
  • world-class training - most of our global leadership team have been developed internally from junior consultants to directors and managing directors.
  • global career opportunities. Work with us for 2 years and you're eligible to transfer to any one of our international offices. Ever wanted to live or work in Europe? Asia? We can make that happen
  • a career, not just a job. We're looking to hire and develop the future leaders of our business
  • a first-class brand name and excellent reputation in our areas of specialization both here in New York, as well as internationally
  • a very attractive compensation package (base salary plus quarterly bonuses)
  • an office right in the heart of Times Square with incredible views


About You


To join us as a Consultant, your skills and experience should include:

  • 5 years of recruitment experience preferred
  • Management experience
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred, not required.
  • The ability to align day-to-day plans with long-term business goals
  • A commitment to self-development, a drive to make things happen and a target-driven approach
  • The entrepreneurial spirit it takes to optimize new opportunities and harness new ideas
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, a commercial focus and plenty of initiative
  • Acts as a 'Agent of Change' by embracing and promoting corporate values and change
  • Possesses a positive attitude with a drive to succeed


As a Disability Confident Employer, Robert Walters - Recruitment is committed to offering a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of a disability, impairment or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.

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