Senior Recruiter - Early Careers and Campus - Financial Services

About Us

• Job title: Senior Recruiter
• Early Careers and Campus
• Financial Services

Location: London UK (3 days a week working from Client location)

Employment Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 Hours /week

Career Level: 3

Global, inclusive and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent connects across cultures and backgrounds to shape the future of work.

We work with leading organisations to design and deliver talent strategies that bring together people, process, data and technology, helping millions of people find meaningful work every year. Our diverse, connected community collaborates to create results for clients and opportunities for our people to learn, grow and make an impact.

At AMS, we look for people who bring more than experience, and we welcome different perspectives and ways of thinking.

The Role

The Senior Recruiter will support client hiring managers with filling their campus/early careers hiring demand. They are responsible for ensuring all quality thresholds and SLA/KPIs are met.

The role includes planning and executing campus recruitment activities, managing stakeholder relationships, delivering excellent recruitment services to the client in line with agreed service levels, managing early career programme activities, acting as the custodian of candidate quality and the hiring manager experience, working in conjunction with onsite and offshore campus colleagues.

The Senior Recruiter will work closely with the Team Lead, talent development, recruiters, and coordinators to ensure high-quality recruitment services and a smooth recruitment process.

Key Accountabilities

Client Stakeholder Relationships

• Create and maintain trusted partner relationships with hiring managers/stakeholders. Maintain execution of the end-to-end delivery of campus recruitment services to them, providing counsel, advising through insight and SME knowledge on the recruitment process, and ensuring that timelines are correctly identified and met.
• Lead discussion on attraction strategies, working with TL, Senior Manager, and Head of Early Careers/Junior Talent to correctly identify approach based on market and hiring demands.
• Partner with TL, Senior Manager in creating strong partnerships with all internal and external stakeholders, attending regular calls, to build understanding of process and satisfaction in the service.
• Partner with talent development to support engaging programmes for early talent trainees.

Internal Stakeholder Relationships

• Monitor funnel metrics in partnership with team to ensure bottlenecks are identified and addressed ahead of time.
• Coach and mentor Recruiters and Coordinators on best practice approaches and client culture, supporting them in achieving success in their roles.

Recruitment Delivery

• Ensure the recruitment service is delivered in line with contractual obligations and client service level agreements.
• Lead vacancy consultation discussions in partnership with the TL/CSM/SM to agree the recruitment plans with hiring managers and document outcomes of the intake meeting.
• Collaborate with campus recruitment team to ensure the delivery of high-quality candidate shortlists through to Assessment Centre.
• Support the hiring manager(s) with hiring decisions and guide them in determining an appropriate offer; lead the calibrations session and offer process to close the candidate.
• Outline recommended continuous improvement actions and upselling opportunities to Manager – Early Careers & Campus, including quantifying impact.

Technology and Compliance

• Ensure that all changes to a candidate’s status and requisition updates are tracked in real time in all relevant systems, and offline trackers (client and AMS).

Skills & Requirements

Must-Haves

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capabilities across all organizational levels
• Proven experience in early careers or campus recruitment, with ownership of end-to-end hiring cycles
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and deliver early career programmes (such as summer internship, spring programmes) and campus attraction strategies
• Solid business acumen with a track record of partnering effectively with hiring managers and HR stakeholders
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with both business leaders and candidates
• Highly professional and well-organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced corporate environment
• High level of integrity, discretion, and attention to detail, with familiarity to understand data and pipeline analysis

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience within the financial services sector, ideally including:
• Exposure to recruiting in banking or finance-related functions (e.g., Markets, Corporate & Investment Banking, Risk & Compliance, Finance/Treasury, or Technology supporting FS)
• Understanding of the regulatory and compliance-driven environment within financial institutions
• Experience managing Early Careers programmes specifically within a global bank or broader financial services organisation such as internships, spring insights, or graduate/analyst programmes
• Familiarity with the demands and expectations of senior stakeholders in fast-paced, high-pressure financial settings

Why AMS?

At AMS, we come from every walk of life - and that’s what makes us unique. Our culture is open, inclusive and built on trust. We empower our people with the flexibility and autonomy to work in ways that bring out their best. We offer career opportunities in every direction you want to explore.

We offer

• Growth and development focused on your strengths
• The opportunity to develop a career within one of the world’s leading organisations specialising in talent and workforce solutions.
• A team that values being Passionate, Bold, and Authentic
• Supportive communities such as our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Volunteer day - you get one additional paid day off each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• A competitive reward and benefits package*
• Flexibility in how and where you work*
• Hybrid model: 3 days/week onsite
• Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our statement

We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage people with diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences to apply.

We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email [email protected] or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

We take pride in being Disability Confident. This helps to ensure that you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long- term health conditions, or are neurodiverse. You will be shortlisted based on minimum criteria for the role and will be offered support and/or adjustments for the recruitment process if you wish.

If you’re ready to bring your skills, curiosity, and passion, click Apply and let’s explore what we can achieve together!

Details

Reference

AMS31287

Closing

21/07/2026

Location

United Kingdom, England, London

Schedule

Full Time

Business area

Recruitment

Sector

Investment Banking

Employment Type

Permanent