Business Details
Specialist Risk & Analytics Recruitment Experts
Established over three decades ago, we are the UK's longest-standing specialist recruitment firm focused exclusively on Risk, Analytics, and Data disciplines. Our Managing Director, Justine Aspey, leads a hands-on approach that prioritises responsiveness and personalised outcomes, built on a foundation of integrity and market expertise. With an independent, owner-managed structure, we combine agility with deep sector knowledge to deliver strategic hiring solutions for banks, financial institutions, and consultancies. Our commitment to quality over quantity ensures we identify technically proficient candidates who align culturally with client organisations. We maintain transparency in all dealings, refusing to promote unsuitable candidates even in challenging market conditions.Our end-to-end management extends beyond interview coordination to include candidate onboarding support, ensuring successful role transitions. For candidates, we provide career guidance and access to exclusive opportunities, backed by our extensive network cultivated over 30 years. Our market intelligence services offer competitive insights into risk functions and compensation benchmarks. The team's systemic approach to organisational dynamics, supported by advanced qualifications in psychological well-being, enhances our outplacement and career transition support services. This combination of technical expertise, ethical practice, and client-centric focus has earned us repeat business from major financial institutions.
Services
Retained Search
Contingency Recruitment
Market Intelligence
Outplacement Services
CV Writing
Highlights and features
- We offer 30+ years of specialist recruitment experience in Risk and Analytics disciplines
- Our end-to-end candidate management ensures seamless onboarding processes
- We maintain a proprietary network of pre-vetted technical specialists across financial services
- Our independent ownership structure enables personalised service without corporate bureaucracy
- We provide market intelligence insights to inform strategic hiring decisions
What people say
Attention to detail
Honest market assessments
End to end management
Personalised service
Strong candidate matches
Services
Retained Search
Our retained search service delivers targeted executive recruitment solutions for critical Risk, Analytics and Data roles. We conduct in-depth requirement analysis followed by proactive candidate identification through our proprietary network. The process includes comprehensive candidate assessment, interview coordination, and offer negotiation support to ensure optimal cultural and technical fit for senior positions.
Contingency Recruitment
This responsive recruitment solution provides permanent staffing for Risk and Analytics positions with payment only upon successful placement. We leverage our CRM database and industry connections to identify suitable candidates, managing the full process from initial screening to final onboarding support while maintaining strict quality controls throughout the selection process.
Market Intelligence
Our market intelligence service provides strategic insights into Risk functions across financial institutions. We analyse competitor structures, identify key talent pools, and provide compensation benchmarking data to support informed hiring decisions. This service helps organisations evaluate their market position and develop effective retention strategies through comprehensive sector analysis.
Outplacement Services
We support employees transitioning from their current roles through structured career development programmes. Our services include CV preparation, interview training, and market intelligence to facilitate new opportunities. The approach incorporates psychological insights to address individual career objectives while maintaining organisational dignity during redundancy processes.
CV Writing
Our professional CV writing service enhances candidates' marketability through tailored documentation of technical expertise. The process includes consultation to identify career objectives, comprehensive CV restructuring, and expert review by specialist recruiters to ensure alignment with current market expectations for Risk and Analytics positions.
People
Justine Aspey
Managing Director
With over 30 years' experience in Risk recruitment, Justine leads our strategic direction. Her academic background includes postgraduate qualifications in systemic approaches to organisational dynamics and mental well-being, enhancing our candidate support services through psychologically informed methodologies.
Questions
What specialist areas do you cover?
We focus exclusively on Risk, Analytics and Data disciplines across banking, financial services and consultancies, including roles in credit risk, market risk, operational risk, quantitative analysis and data science.
How do you ensure candidate quality?
Our rigorous selection process combines technical assessment with cultural fit evaluation. We maintain a pre-vetted network of professionals and conduct detailed interviews to verify capabilities before candidate submission.
What makes your approach different?
Our specialist focus, owner-managed structure and psychological insights into career transitions create a unique combination of technical expertise and human understanding that enhances placement success rates.
Do you work with international candidates?
While primarily UK-focused, our network extends to international professionals with right-to-work permissions. We assess each assignment based on specific location requirements and candidate availability.
How do you handle market intelligence requests?
We provide detailed analysis of competitor structures, compensation benchmarks and talent pools through our proprietary research methodologies, supporting strategic hiring and retention decisions.
What support do you offer candidates?
We provide CV optimisation, interview preparation, market insights and ongoing career guidance, with specialist support for professionals transitioning from financial services roles.
