Rotheram Carrington Executive Search

Commerce & Industry Markets

Not For Profit Markets

Across North West of England & UK

The Value of Retained Search

Dedicated Focus and Priority 100% focused on your hire during the process, ensuring that our time and resources are dedicated to finding your business the best hire for your role.

Access to Top Talent Through our extensive network and database of passive candidates who are not actively seeking new roles but may be ideal for the position. This approach targets quality over quantity, delivering highly qualified candidates.

Tailored Approach We will conduct a thorough analysis of your needs, culture, and the role’s strategic importance.  Our search is customised to ensure a strong alignment between the candidate and the organisation.

Confidentiality These searches cater to sensitive roles where discretion is critical, such as leadership transitions or new strategic hires. The process protects both you the client and candidates’ privacy.

Higher Quality of Hire This rigorous process involves deeper vetting, detailed reference checks, and multiple interviews. The result is a stronger alignment with your organisation’s goals and culture.

Extended Guarantee Period 6 months, committing to replacing a hire if the initial candidate leaves within this timeframe. This ensures a sustained focus on a successful placement.

Enhanced Employer Branding We act as an ambassador for your Company, promoting your organisation professionally and ensuring a positive candidate experience. This helps attract top-tier candidates who align with the company’s values and vision.

Cashflow Senior hires can be costly, with retained assignments the fee is spread over 3 instalments (retainer fee, short list fee, completion fee)

Executive search projects will be delivered by Sarah Rotheram, Founder of Rotheram Carrington Recruitment Group – Sarah will handle the entire process.  Sarah is a highly experienced Senior Recruiter her background includes working for two of the Top UK & Global Recruitment Firms in the North-West of England & Central London, specialising in Senior Leadership Finance & Exec Appointments.  In 2017, Sarah set up Rotheram Carrington Financial Recruitment, an independent specialist recruiter in Senior Finance + Accountancy & Finance.  Sarah has extensive Senior Finance recruitment experience, and the responsibility of running a well-respected business in the Cheshire area. This combination of experience gained within the North West marketplace, gives Sarah a unique profile and capability in the North West recruitment market.

Why partner with Rotheram Carrington Executive Search?

• We build long-term relationships with our clients and candidates; we become trusted advisor, we communicate regularly and provide constant advice and support throughout recruitment assignments and beyond.
• We provide thorough and specific screening on all candidates including a formal interview process (covering career history, experience, drive and aspiration, leadership and behavioural competency related questions), and qualification, eligibility and reference checks.
• Optional Executive Assessment solutions to provide an added layer of robustness to the recruitment process. This gives our clients greater confidence when recruiting critical appointments and elicits data that supports candidate onboarding and future development plans.
• We are easy to work with, readily contactable, honest and professional in our approach.
• We work quickly and efficiently to meet agreed timescales with both our candidates and clients. We are extremely flexible and are obsessed with matching you with right candidate.
• We have an extensive database and wide network of senior finance professionals across the Northwest.
• Track record of successful senior placements

Track record of success

Ultimately the worth of any executive recruiter is their ability to deliver. By way of reference, Sarah has worked closely with other high-profile North-West businesses to deliver many critical and confidential senior leadership appointments.  In the last 18 months Sarah has recruited for the following roles:

• Tech Company £65m t/o Chief Financial Officer
• Logistics Company £65m t/o  No 1 in Finance
• Not for Profit – FD/Deputy Director of Business Services
• Business Services Group £10m t/o (part of larger Group) Finance Director
• Growing SME Manufacturing Company £20m t/o – Finance Director

Knowledge of the market and the region

An in-depth knowledge of the candidate market and the geographic region is essential to make a successful senior appointment in the North-West of England. There are numerous examples of where other well-respected search companies have failed to successfully fill positions in the region because their knowledge of each was not good enough. Having worked with companies in the North-West for over 25 years, Sarah knows most senior executives in the region or is no more than 1 network referral away.

Reputation

As an independent specialist Senior Finance Recruitment Company, focused on working with organisations in the North-West, it absolutely matters to us that we succeed to maintain and enhance our reputation in the region. As well as succeeding in completing an assignment, it also matters that we are seen to provide a high-quality and cost-effective service.

Our Approach

• We will meet with you to take the brief and to understand your business and requirement in detail.
• We will go to market with a pre-screen process, which involves attracting candidates via a combined approach of:
• Confidential Advertising
• Drawing on our significant candidate database
• Networking – tapping into our network of passive and actively looking candidates
• Targeted search – identifying key individuals/businesses in the North West with relevant experience
• We will design and agree with you a suitable advert to attract the very best candidates for the role and we will field all advert responses and handle all candidate communication.
• We will draw down a long list of approximately 30 people and will pre-screen them all via face-to-face interview, using targeted, pre-screen questions (which we will agree with you in advance) to understand their technical and leadership experience as well as ‘person fit’ with the business culture and requirements of the role.
• We will short list 5 candidates for you to interview. We will provide CVs and a written profile on each candidate detailing their strengths, gaps, fit with the role, aspirations, and potential. We will meet with you to present the short list.
• We will arrange all interviews with you and handle all candidate communication, preparation and feedback.
• Once at offer stage, we will meet with the candidate to make them the offer and to take them through the detail. We will talk them through the scenario of ‘buy-back’ and how they might manage this. We will keep in close communication throughout the candidate’s notice period and advise you on early onboarding to maintain candidate engagement, commitment and overall momentum.

Consultancy Fees

Working on a retained and exclusive basis, the fee percentage will be of the annualised remuneration (without limitation), any bonuses/incentives, car allowance and any guaranteed payments.

• Retainer Fee + VAT retaining fee (non-refundable)
• Short List Fee + VAT shortlist fee (non-refundable)
• Completion Fee + VAT

Advertising costs re-charged (typically £600 per position)

Subject to Standard Terms

Direct / 3rd party approaches to be re-directed to be included in formal process

Extended guarantee period to 6 months should a hire not work out, free replacement only

Rotheram Carrington Recruitment Group Profile & Credentials

RCRG Ltd is a North-West focused specialist financial recruitment business specialising in strategically important appointments that require a professional and confidential approach, with the highest level of service delivery.

To discuss in more detail please email or call Sarah Rotheram

e sarah@rotheramcarrington.co.uk

t 01244 980085