Recruiting a commercially savvy Financial Controller for this £10m business - Benjamin Edwards

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Recruiting a commercially savvy Financial Controller for this £10m business

The Finance Director needed a hands on but commercially savvy Financial Controller to take the reins on all the transactions and day to day financial activities.

The problem

This SME had gone through a huge transition from a very small business to one which had upscaled and was operating at around £10m turnover. Benjamin Edwards was asked to find a Financial Controller that could deliver now but also grow with the business.

The Solution

Benjamin Edwards realised that due to the specific requirements of the role, general advertising on job boards and social media might not be the way forward.

We scoped the role looking at the locality and sector and market mapped out several key businesses in the areas we thought might have the desired talent that was needed.

We then headhunted via LinkedIn and local word of mouth to secure the top two relevant candidates in the area.

The candidates were then put through several rounds of interviews and with the support of psychometric and skills testing, the favoured candidate was offered the job and has had a very successful career with the business including, development, training and progression.

“Claire offers a truly personal service that is very different to the CV pushers of this world. As well as a unique understanding and insight of the local market, she has that special skill of getting the cultural match right. Her hit rate has been 100% so far. The candidates I have recruited through her range from excellent to outstanding!”

So why choose Benjamin Edwards?

We are great listeners and offer an honest, refreshing and ethical approach to recruitment
Solid local knowledge of both candidates and companies in Lincolnshire & surrounding areas
We combine old school recruitment with new-age technology
Full end to end recruitment process
Advertising
Free local market analysis & advice
Free remuneration package advice
Search & Selection
Retained services for senior appointments
Outplacement support if making redundancies
CV advice
Careers guidance
Proactive candidate promotion

If you want to know more, or have a difficult recruitment issue please do get in touch!

Testimonials

We worked with Claire on a project for two vacancies and she was a pleasure to work with, professional and really knowledgeable about the sector which meant that she chose the right candidates for us to interview and subsequently recruit. We would not hesitate to use Claire again for our recruitment needs.

Caroline Knight – HR Manager – Belvoir Fruit Farm

We used Benjamin Edwards to help us recruit the right person for a procurement role within a specialist manufacturing organisation. Claire’s attention to detail, care and professionalism throughout the process was outstanding. We had quite specific requirements for the person we needed to join our team which was no issue for Claire who found us the perfect fit for the role. The candidate, now employee, has been employed for several weeks now and has fitted straight into our culture and way of working and it feels like he has been with us forever. Once the candidate was in situ Claire kept in constant touch to ensure that everything was ok and check on his progress. I would highly recommend Benjamin Edwards if you are looking to recruit as no other agency I have worked with spends as much time ensuring that every parties’ needs are met and the best possible candidate for the role sourced

Katie Jarvis – Procurement Manager – Aspire

Practice recruitment

I have worked with Claire for several years and have always found her professional, timely and sends us high calibre candidates many of who we have appointed. Claire understands our requirements and delivers a high quality service. I can recommend Claire to anyone.

Heather Pepper

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