Executive Search – Sales Consultant

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Account Executive

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VirtuHire

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • HR Tech • SaaS

VirtuHire is a remote recruiting and employer-of-record service focused on connecting businesses with vetted South African talent. The company rigorously vets candidates and provides a curated shortlist, interview scheduling, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and full employee management. It offers a no-fee recruitment process, advertises cost savings versus local hires, and emphasizes English proficiency, university-educated candidates, and industry experience. Metrics provided include clients served, hires made, and a high retention rate. VirtuHire positions itself as a partner handling hiring, EOR services, and HR administration to let clients focus on growth.

📋 Description

• Manage the candidate side of executive search assignments across the US investment banking market • Proactively headhunt and engage senior banking and financial services professionals • Identify suitable candidates through direct sourcing, market mapping and professional networks • Conduct detailed candidate interviews and qualification discussions • Build strong relationships with senior professionals and maintain ongoing candidate engagement • Present career opportunities professionally and confidentially • Assess candidate experience, motivations and suitability for executive-level opportunities • Manage candidate communications throughout the recruitment process • Develop and maintain talent pipelines across investment banking and private markets • Collaborate with senior consultants on retained executive search mandates • Provide market intelligence and candidate insights to support search strategies

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in executive search, headhunting or specialist recruitment • Strong track record of sourcing and engaging senior-level professionals • Experience recruiting within investment banking, financial services or private markets would be highly advantageous • Excellent candidate relationship management and interviewing skills • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of professional recruitment processes • Confident communicating with senior bankers, executives and decision-makers • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills • Professional presentation and strong interpersonal skills, particularly during video interviews • Ability to work independently and manage multiple recruitment assignments • Based in Cape Town and available to work US business hours • Previous recruitment experience required; administrative, virtual assistant and general coordination backgrounds will not be considered

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