BAH Partners Limited Hiring! Full Time CONSULTANT (Associate) in Hong Kong - Ricebowl

Company overview

We are an established and further growing business that provides a specialist recruitment service for investment banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, asset managers and Fintech firms across the Asia Pacific region.

In 2010, BAH Partners commenced business in Hong Kong, head-hunting and placing technology professionals within the banking and finance domain. Our clients typically include the major investment banking household names, as well as a number of prestigious hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and financial technology providers in the region. We are also now working with some of the best technology firms in Asia and are also actively involved in the Fintech start-up scene.

BAH Partners’ Directors have a wealth of relevant experience behind them and are highly regarded amongst their clients with a history of successful delivery in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and London.

Company objectives

Since beginning business in 2010, we have enjoyed great success and have established ourselves as the no 1 recruiter for the majority of our clients within the financial technology space. As a result, we are now looking forward to a very busy 2020 (and beyond) where BAH Partners intends to maintain its position of being the number one banking and finance technology recruitment organisation in Hong Kong, whilst continuing to establish itself in the cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and tech/fintech start-up sector.

Role overview

As an Associate, your role is that of “Consultant in training”. You will work closely with your Manager and others on specific tasks and assignments by helping to source, manage and close candidates on roles and opportunities.

As you become more fluid at approaching candidates, you will begin to manage them throughout the recruitment process (interviews, preparation, client feedback, offer management, closing, post offer management), gradually being given more freedom as you progress.

Then, once you’re a seasoned recruitment consultant who has mastered the candidate skills, we will let you develop your client and account management skills.

Our office is a great place to be – the phones are always ringing and our consultants are always busy in what is a very fast-paced and dynamic industry.

Role deliverables

• Candidate generation – you will be required to identify and HEAD-HUNT key technologists within the industry for any one of a number of client specifications we are working on. You will meet them, brief them, help them put together their CV, and work closely with your Manager as they engage in the interview process.
• Candidate regeneration – we have lots of candidate CVs on our database. Too many to deal with at any one moment. So, you will help us regenerate some of the older candidate relationships we have by checking in with them from time-to-time.
• Advertising – you will create, edit and place adverts on a daily basis. We use a variety of online advertising partners, as well as our LinkedIn Group and website.
• Candidate database generation and management – as you head-hunt, regenerate and advertise, you will collect lots of CVs and information. You will need to manage this information so that you can react and execute when a new role is released by one of our clients. As well as our own in-house developed recruitment system, you will be encouraged to forge your own methods of working and managing your candidates.
• Market mapping – basically, by having a clear picture of ‘who does what’ at the organisations within your market sector, you will know who to call for any specific position that we are working on.
• Candidate management – interviews, expectations, offers, counter offers… these are just some of the issues that we have to deal with to deliver effectively to our clients. It will be down to you to get to know and understand your candidate so that, when the time comes, they are happy with the offer they receive…
• Offer and post-offer management – this is the most complex part of the role. When you are dealing with people there are so many variables that need to be accounted for. Once you are experienced enough, you will tasked with closing candidates on any offers they receive and then managing them through their resignation to their start date.
• Client specification management – when our clients release a role, it is down to us to illicit what they are ‘really’ looking for and, in some cases, manage their expectations as to what the market can yield, in terms of candidates. You will come back to your colleagues with a clear picture of the requirement and work collectively to deliver to it.
• Account management – you will be given small accounts to work on, where you will build relationships with clients and become their first point of contact with the candidate market.

Career path and opportunities

This is a company that is going places. If you are a person that is going places, too, then we can help each other get there. Typically, you can expect your career at BAH Partners to take the following path:

Consultant (Associate / Senior Associate) à Senior Consultant / Account Manager (Senior Associate / Associate Director) à Leading Consultant (Associate Director)

Within each of these career steps there are many different responsibilities that will present themselves to you, from managing a small account to bringing on new accounts and growing them, and hiring people to work for and with you.

There may even be opportunities to branch out and start your own niche area, or open one of our offices in Singapore, Sydney or Tokyo, when the time comes.

The beauty of a small company is its lack of rigidity. We want to hire good people, and we won’t restrict you if it means we can help each other.

Key attributes and skills required

• Be bright
• Be articulate and communicative
• Speak and write English (Cantonese and Mandarin would be a bonus)
• Be hard-working
• Be resilient
• Be energetic
• Pay lots of attention to detail
• Have loads of energy (even on a Monday)
• Build relationships easily with people from all backgrounds
• Understand Microsoft packages (Outlook, Word, Excel….)
• University degree or similar

Nice-to-have skills

• Previous professional and / or office experience
• Previous sales experience

Contact: Katie Huang (Katie.Huang At *************)

Start date: As soon as possible

Position type: Permanent and full-time

Hours: Monday to Friday, 08.30 - 18.00 (one hour off for lunch)

Vacation: 20 days plus national holidays

Salary: Negotiable plus annual bonus

Commissions: Excellent commission structure

Benefits: Health cover, MPF, shares available for key performers