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

“I cannot speak highly enough of Benjamin Edwards and Katy Qutaimi in particular. Having been made redundant at the end of March, Katy spent a lot of time with me to find out exactly what I really wanted from my next role, rather than adopting a scattergun approach of putting me forward for anything and everything just because ‘I was available’. I believe this was invaluable and helped to prevent me getting demoralised with the whole process. When it came to going for interviews the amount of information and assistance that Katy gave was, in my opinion, above and beyond her duties. I am so grateful for the amount of effort and care put in and helping me to secure a new role. Thanks again Katy and Benjamin Edwards!! “

Gary Higgins – Financial Controller

Having never worked with a recruitment agency before I was unsure what to expect. Benjamin Edwards was recommended to us and Claire was super-efficient and helpful. The entire process from advert to appointment was handled incredibly well and took the strain from myself with a process that would have been very time consuming. Communication with the charity and with the candidates could not have been improved upon. We successfully appointed to the role and have an excellent candidate in post now thanks to Claire and the team. I have no hesitation in recommending Benjamin Edwards to help with recruitment to your vacancy

Debbie Abrams – Chief Exec – Beaumond House

5 Star rating. Very attentive and reliable service provided in sourcing the right candidates to fit the needs of the role. We explained the required character profiles as well as technical skills, and the candidates we subsequently employed met them.

Mark Kilroy – Head of Finance – Elsoms Seeds