Permanent appointments

ABPM’s permanent recruitment division offers clients a specialist service designed to help you identify and recruit the most suitable candidates for all positions within our operating segments of the market. Using our extensive in-house database of candidates, advertisements in the national and specialist media and the internet, our website and our network of contacts, we can provide clients with an excellent selection of candidates for positions within our specialism across the UK.

We largely operate on a success-only basis unless specifically retained by a client. Dependent on the type of the appointment we can advise alternative recruitment strategies. These include advertised selection, executive search, database search, internet advertising, and we can flex our service to incorporate response handling and psychometric & ability testing.

Our specialist permanent consultants have established themselves in the marketplace by delivering high quality results and outstanding success from both a client and candidate perspective. With our unique level of professionalism and commitment to our candidates and clients, there is no-one better placed to provide you with the very best in permanent recruitment solutions.

Temporary/interim appointments

ABPM have a highly successful track record in helping our clients find the right temporary or interim staffing solution.

Temporary staffing solutions

Flexibility of the labour market is a driver to employers in the current economy. The quickest and most cost-effective way for our clients to recruit is to employ a temporary accountant utilising ABPM’s back office support.

ABPM looks after all payroll issues. The client simply pays the fixed hourly charge rate. The number of hours worked can mean the amount may vary from week to week, according to what has been authorised, and an overtime rate can be agreed in advance with us. Total flexibility is ensured.

ABPM will guarantee the specialist consultant will have interviewed the candidate employed and there will be at least 2 references on file before the placement. We also offer a free working interview for all our temps.

Interim management solutions

Interim management is a fast-growing market. A number of our senior finance professionals are registered with us to seek interim assignments only.

We search for, select and recruit experienced Interim Managers for highly challenging roles within businesses that are undergoing change due to a variety of reasons. Whether this is a Finance Director for an acquisition, a Project Manager with an accounting background for a change programme or a Systems Accountant to migrate one accounting package into another, no two assignments are the same.

Fixed-term contracts

Employing a contractor directly provides greater loyalty. Relevant scenarios could be assignments such as major projects, maternity leave or long-term sickness cover.

A fixed-term contract gives our clients an opportunity for the employer to define the cost of the engagement period more accurately.

Temporary to permanent

This gives our clients the ability to ‘try before you buy’ – i.e. an opportunity for the employer to see what the new employee is capable of. It also gives candidates the chance to find out if they enjoy the job and working environment.

Your local temporary/interim contact has the experience and expertise to provide advice to help you decide which option is most appropriate for your staffing needs. Factors to take into account include:

• Budget
• Availability of requisite market skills
• Urgency of the work
• Scope/length of assignment
• Long-term aims of the position
• Likelihood of work extending beyond initial period

ABPM has been providing temporary recruitment solutions to employers, large and small, for over two decades.

If we can be of assistance please do speak to your local office.

Public practice and investment banking

ABPM’s Public Practice Division specialises in the appointment of accountants into the professional services sector. The team provides an unrivalled service both to clients and candidates and has achieved an enviable reputation.

Highly experienced consultants from backgrounds in HR, the professional services and recruitment disciplines deliver a knowledgeable and tailored advisory service to support client and candidate alike.

Our clients include:

• International, national, regional and independent accountancy firms
• Corporate finance boutiques and advisors
• Corporate recovery and insolvency specialists
• Venture capital, banking and private equity boutiques

ABPM’s Public Practice Division recruit from junior management through to partner level across a variety of disciplines, including audit and assurance, taxation (corporate, personal and VAT) and specialist service lines including:

• Corporate finance – into both national firms and boutiques
• Corporate recovery and insolvency
• Forensic services, litigation and fraud investigations
• Management consultancy – private and public sectors
• Internal audit, risk management and corporate governance
• Project finance (PFI)
• Banking
• Private equity and venture capital roles