City of London

Are you a successful recruitment consultant with business development experience? Are you looking for an exciting career in London? Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a growth mentality? Are you ready to join a scale up business and start your own team with opportunities to move up the ladder at a pace that reflects both your results and ambitions? If you answer yes to the above questions, this opportunity is for you. 

Sector: Banking / Insurance / Asset Management

Market: Freelance Recruitment – France & Luxembourg

Position: Senior Consultant / Associate Principal

Base Salary: £35,000 – £41,700 gross/year (depending on profile)

Individual Commissions: Attractive

Team Bonus: Overachievement bonus up to £4,000

Stock Options: Opportunity to join the company’s stock option plan, subject to defined entry conditions and performance targets.

Location: London (City), England

Language: Fluent French required

Contract Type: Permanent – International mobility – VISA sponsorship included

About Us

Emérique & Partners is a fast-growing recruitment firm recognized for its expertise and strong network within the Banking, Insurance, and Asset Management sectors across Europe.
Given our ambitions, our freelance staffing division represents a key strategic growth driver. Following the successful launch of our freelance division in August 2023, we are now entering a new acceleration phase, driven by the strong recovery of the market.
We are therefore seeking experienced professionals to strengthen this division, which is central to our growth strategy.

Job Description

We are hiring experienced 360° Freelance Recruitment Consultants (French-speaking) to join our London-based team.

You will be working on the French and Luxembourg markets, with a strong focus on freelance recruitment within banking, insurance, and asset management environments.

Your Responsibilities

• Manage the full freelance recruitment cycle: mission identification, candidate sourcing, qualification, contract negotiation, and placement finalization

• Oversee the administrative and contractual follow-up of assignments (invoicing, renewals, compliance)

• Develop and maintain a portfolio of active clients in the financial services sector

• Advise clients on their agile staffing strategies (projects, transformation, mission-based work)

• Support and guide freelance consultants throughout their assignments

This role offers you the opportunity to play a key part in the growth of a fast-expanding external staffing desk, with personalized support to help you build and manage your own portfolio.

At Emérique & Partners, career progression is primarily performance-based: our top consultants join the “Partners” circle and play a decisive role in the company’s strategic decisions.

Profile Sought

• Proven experience (minimum 3 years) in freelance/contract recruitment, temp staffing, or as a business introducer

• Solid understanding of contractual specifics (day rate negotiation, timesheet management, invoicing, renewals, etc.)

• Strong relationship-building skills with clients

• Excellent listening skills, administrative rigor, and commercial acumen

• Entrepreneurial mindset, autonomy, and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

• Fluent French is essential; good level of English required

What We Offer

• Comprehensive training and ongoing development

• Clear, merit-based career progression

• 100% of our employees say they are proud to work with us

• Supportive, dynamic, and collaborative environment

• Health insurance

• 4 days in-office per week

• Up to 4 weeks of remote work from abroad (EU)

• Commissions, incentives, fine-dining lunches, seminars, stock options

• Travel allowance for expatriate profiles

• Weekly fresh fruit deliveries at the office

What We’re Looking For

• Autonomous, structured, and results-oriented professionals

• Competitive yet collaborative personalities

• Detail-oriented individuals with a strong quality mindset

• Recruiters familiar with freelance/contracting environments, comfortable with administrative processes

• Enthusiastic, curious, and demanding consultants in their approach

Our Values

• Team spirit

• High standards

• Resilience

• Performance culture

• Intrapreneurship

• Work ethic

Recruitment Process

1. Initial phone interview (30 min) followed by a video interview with our Talent Acquisition team (1h)

2. Interview with the Director, in person in London or via video conference (2h)

3. Final interview with a Manager and a Senior Consultant (1h)

VISA sponsorship available.

The sky is the limit. Join us. 

#elevatingtalent