Associate, Wealth & Asset Management

Sheffield Haworth is hiring an experienced Associate to join our US Wealth & Asset Management practice.

About Sheffield Haworth

Sheffield Haworth is a global executive search firm founded in 1993. We have a history of recruiting executives in high-impact roles year after year, giving clients a competitive advantage in a fast-changing world.

Our vision is to be the leading global consultancy in people and transformational change. We specialize in executive search and interim placements, leadership advisory, change management, and information and data 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.

Sheffield Haworth has undergone significant growth and expansion since inception, now employing over 180 professionals in 15 global offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and disability confident, committed employer.

The Wealth & Asset Management team is one of our top performing practices globally, working with leading financial institutions as well as boutique firms across the US. This dynamic team is looking for an individual who is energetic, proactive, and intellectually curious. The role offers an excellent training opportunity alongside industry experts in a fast-paced environment.

Associate Overview

Associates at Sheffield Haworth are responsible for research and search execution in their product area. In addition, they will be expected to proactively assist Consultants with marketing, pitching and candidate management. Early access to client meetings and dialogue can be expected.

A few of the key areas of search that Associates can expect to work on include:

• Knowledge management within our search database as well as within the team and firm SharePoint and other systems.
• Desk research, on LinkedIn and other research sources, as well as via our proprietary database and company websites.
• Outreach and engagement, including candidate cold calls, assessment, and ongoing relationship management.
• Written work including client-ready candidate assessments, job descriptions, client update notes, marketing materials, quarterly reports, etc.
• Candidate and client interaction.
• Business development, which could include company and management research as well as presentation preparation.

Sheffield Haworth is looking for an Associate who is proactive and innovative. A successful applicant will have:

• At least 1-2 years of Financial Services executive search projects.
• 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 very close attention to detail.
• Well-developed skills in key office applications, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, to efficiently produce presentations, reports, charts, graphical analysis, and written documents.
• Familiarity with Asset Management is a plus.

Skills & Attributes

In addition to the key skills for the role, we are always looking for team members who:

• Display a consistently curious and inquisitive attitude, leading with disciplined questions rather than assumptions and probing past titles and org charts into how decisions really get made.
• Anticipate the needs of their clients, candidates, and team members, and identify challenges in time to get ahead of them.
• Build strong relationships with team members, candidates, and clients, and continually deepen and improve them over time.
• Manage stakeholders with professionalism, keeping candidates, clients, and colleagues aligned, informed, and well represented at every level.
• Show tenacity and resilience, staying warm, persistent, and accurate through the long, quiet stretches of a search, owning outcomes and never mistaking activity for progress.
• Bring creativity to the search, finding candidates, angles, and approaches others miss, and testing new ideas when the obvious sources run dry.
• Seek out and deploy best practices in all that they do, and stay intrinsically motivated to sharpen their judgment over time.
• Take a real interest in how our clients and their leaders work, and keep a finger on the pulse of industry news, key clients, and where talent is moving.
• Focus on collaboration and mutual support. Individuals who prefer to work with others and emphasize achieving excellent results through teamwork will be strong cultural fits for our team.

Salary & Benefits

This is a permanent full-time position. The salary range for this position is $75,000-$95,000. Associates are also eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and skills. We may consider higher salaries for overqualified and exceptional candidates.

Our Values

Sheffield Haworth employees adhere to the following set of values. The successful candidate will show attributes which will complement the firm’s ethos in this respect. These include Trust, Humanity, Inclusion, and Excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010. We value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; color, nationality, ethnic or national origin.