Sarah Rotheram
Founder

Senior Finance & Leadership Appointments (Interim/Contract/Permanent)

Sarah Rotheram | Managing Director | Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment

Sarah Rotheram is the founder and Managing Director of Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment, bringing over 20 years of specialist experience in Accountancy & Finance recruitment across Chester, Cheshire, North Wales, Wirral, Merseyside and the wider North West.

Throughout her career, Sarah has successfully recruited senior finance professionals across permanent, interim and contract markets, partnering with businesses ranging from SMEs and owner-managed companies to private equity-backed organisations and large corporate employers. Her expertise spans appointments from Qualified Accountants and Finance Managers through to Financial Controllers, Finance Directors and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs).

Prior to establishing Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment, Sarah built her career with two of the UK’s leading finance recruitment consultancies, gaining extensive market knowledge across both the North West and London. This experience has enabled her to develop a deep understanding of regional talent markets, evolving hiring trends and the challenges businesses face when securing high-calibre finance professionals.

Sarah is passionate about connecting exceptional finance talent with outstanding career opportunities. She understands that the right role can have a transformative impact, helping individuals accelerate their careers, improve work-life balance, navigate periods of change and achieve their long-term professional goals.

Today, Sarah is recognised for her consultative approach, extensive finance recruitment network and commitment to delivering a personalised recruitment service that helps both clients and candidates achieve lasting success.

Specialist Areas:

• Finance Recruitment
• Accountancy Recruitment
• Interim Finance Recruitment
• Executive Search
• CFO Recruitment
• Finance Director Recruitment
• Financial Controller Recruitment
• Qualified Accountant Recruitment
• Senior Finance Appointments
• Leadership Recruitment

Locations Covered:
Chester | Cheshire | Wirral | Liverpool | Merseyside | Manchester | North Wales | UK-Wide Recruitment

Sarah specialises in senior finance and leadership recruitment across commerce, industry and the not-for-profit sector, partnering with organisations ranging from blue-chip corporates and international businesses to local SMEs. She takes pride in building long-term relationships with both clients and candidates, taking the time to understand not just the technical requirements of a role, but the personalities, ambitions and culture fit behind every successful placement.

After more than 20 years working within leading national finance recruitment consultancies, Sarah founded Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment to provide a more personalised, consultative and relationship-driven recruitment service. Her vision was to combine the expertise, processes and market reach of a larger recruitment firm with the agility, responsiveness and personal attention of an independent specialist consultancy.

Today, Sarah works closely with businesses and finance professionals across Chester, Cheshire, Wirral, Merseyside, North Wales and the wider North West, delivering tailored recruitment solutions across permanent, interim, contract and executive search assignments.

Built on trust, integrity and long-term partnerships, Rotheram Carrington has established a strong reputation within the Accountancy & Finance recruitment market. Much of the firm’s success comes from repeat business, client recommendations and candidate referrals, reflecting Sarah’s commitment to delivering exceptional service and lasting results.

Sarah believes successful recruitment is about far more than simply filling vacancies. It is about helping businesses attract and retain outstanding finance talent, supporting organisational growth and connecting individuals with career opportunities that align with their skills, ambitions and long-term goals.

This people-first approach, combined with deep market knowledge and an extensive network of finance professionals, continues to make Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment a trusted recruitment partner for employers and candidates across the North West and throughout the UK.

Sarah’s commitment to delivering an exceptional client and candidate experience has resulted in a strong network of loyal customers, repeat business and referrals. Many organisations continue to partner with Rotheram Carrington for their permanent, interim and executive finance recruitment needs, while candidates regularly return for trusted career advice and support throughout their professional journey.

Whether recruiting a Finance Director, CFO, Financial Controller, Finance Manager or Qualified Accountant, Sarah takes pride in building lasting relationships and delivering recruitment solutions that create long-term value for both clients and candidates.

Outside of work, Sarah is passionate about health, wellbeing and maintaining a positive work-life balance. When she is not supporting businesses with their finance recruitment requirements, she enjoys spending time with her family and much-loved Labradors, attending the gym, practising yoga and Pilates, and leading an active lifestyle.

Her energetic, approachable and people-focused nature is central to both her personal life and professional success, helping her build trusted relationships throughout the Accountancy & Finance community.

Amy Knowles
Associate Director

Specialist Recruiter in Non-Qualified Finance/Office Support Solutions

Amy Knowles has over 18 years’ experience in placing quality transactional & business support professionals into permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments across the private and public sectors. Geographically covering the Chester, North Wales and Cheshire areas.

Amy graduated with a 2:1 in Business Studies at the University of Staffordshire. On leaving University Amy applied for an accounts role with one of the leading multi-national recruitment organisations and instead of getting an accounts role Amy was referred to the internal recruitment team and offered a role as an Associate Recruitment Consultant. 12 years on Amy has trained and developed to management level and achieved significant results for the areas she was responsible for.

Amy is an expert in all areas of Transactional Finance & Office Support recruitment where she has a strong following across the Chester, Wrexham & North Wales areas.

After being employed by a Specialist market leading recruitment company, with a world wide presence, for the duration of her 12 years. Where, she progressed through the ranks, trained and managed teams and built up extensive market knowledge. Now working with Rotheram Carrington Recruitment Group, where existing knowledge can be utilised and developed to help support businesses, whilst having the right work life balance for a young family.

Hannah Kassimi
Learning & Development Consultant

Hannah heads up our learning and development function and is responsible for our talent development. Hannah provides a comprehensive structured training academy for new starters who may be new to recruitment to give you all the right tools to fulfil your potential. Hannah also works with experienced recruiters to provide tailored bespoke coaching sessions to develop your skills

Hannah is an ex-recruiter with almost 20 years of experience, the majority of which was working for a market-leading recruiter. Operationally she has extensive experience in both permanent and interim recruitment and growing markets from scratch

Hannah has led and developed multiple high-performing teams across several different regions in the UK; and has a strong track record in training and developing high-performing individuals, as well as developing managers and leaders.