Best finance and fintech recruiters (2026): who hires for banks, funds, and fintech
Finance and fintech recruiters fill seats that a generalist agency usually cannot: investment banking, markets, quantitative research, risk, compliance, and the engineers who build trading and payments systems. The split is a specialist contingency firm for individual hires, or retained search when the seat is a partner, a CRO of a fund, or a head of a desk.
Fees are rarely on the website. Where a firm does not publish a percentage, the card says so. Software engineering outside financial services is on engineering recruiting firms. GTM and sales hiring is on GTM and sales recruiting agencies.
Key takeaways
- Selby Jennings recruits across financial services and says a 2026 eFinancialCareers survey ranked it first for investment banking, sales and trading, and support functions.
- Glocomms focuses on technology hiring for banks, funds, insurers, and fintech companies. Oxford Knight and Durlston Partners list quantitative and systematic-trading roles.
- Dartmouth Partners specializes in banking, M&A, and private equity, with offices in London and the US. Goodman Masson covers finance and technology.
- Barclay Simpson, founded in 1989, recruits risk, compliance, quant, audit, cybersecurity, and data privacy roles.
- None of these firms publish a placement percentage. Ask whether the fee is on base salary or total compensation, and how long the guarantee lasts.
Financial services and fintech specialists
These firms live in banking, markets, fintech, or the technology those businesses hire. A general staffing firm can fill an accountant. It is a poor fit for a quantitative developer or a payments product lead.
Selby Jennings
Financial services recruiter and a brand of Phaidon International. Coverage includes investment banking, sales and trading, investment management, risk, quantitative research, and financial technology, for permanent and contract roles. The firm says the 2026 eFinancialCareers Ideal Recruiter Report ranked it first for investment banking, sales and trading, and support functions, and third for technology and quantitative finance.
Best for: Banks, funds, and fintech firms hiring markets or product talent
Fees: Fees not published.
Glocomms
Technology recruiter for financial services. The firm says it was set up to focus on tech talent after years of financial technology hiring through Selby Jennings. It covers banks, hedge funds, insurers, fintech companies, and private equity portfolio companies, including software, data, cloud, cybersecurity, and commercial leadership roles.
Best for: Financial firms hiring engineers, data, and security people
Fees: Fees not published.
Oxford Knight
Recruiter for technology and quantitative roles in finance. Current listings include quantitative developers and researchers for systematic trading and investment firms, with London a core market and visa sponsorship mentioned on some roles.
Best for: Hedge funds and trading firms hiring quant developers
Fees: Fees not published.
Durlston Partners
Recruiter whose live roles include quantitative researchers and developers for systematic trading and hedge funds, across London, New York, and other markets. The board also lists some commercial technology roles outside pure markets.
Best for: Systematic trading and hedge fund research seats
Fees: Fees not published.
Dartmouth Partners
Financial and professional services recruiter based in London and the US. The firm says it specializes in banking, M&A, and private equity.
Best for: Banking, M&A, and private equity hiring
Fees: Fees not published.
Goodman Masson
Recruitment firm for finance, technology, and other specialist markets, working in the UK and internationally.
Best for: UK and international finance or technology seats
Fees: Fees not published.
Risk, compliance, and executive search
Use a risk specialist when the seat is audit, compliance, or quant control. Use retained executive search when the hire is a leadership role and you want one firm committed to it. Retained search for other functions is on executive search firms.
Barclay Simpson
Recruitment firm established in 1989, working in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. It specializes in cybersecurity, data privacy, risk, quants, internal audit, and compliance.
Best for: Risk, compliance, audit, and quant control roles
Fees: Fees not published.
Options Group
Executive search and consulting firm. Its public site describes global talent and career work. The practice is used for senior searches in capital markets and financial services.
Best for: Senior markets and financial services leadership
Fees: Fees not published. Executive search is usually retained. Ask for the schedule.
Morgan McKinley
Global talent firm offering permanent and contract recruitment, executive search, RPO, and MSP. Finance teams use it for accounting, banking, and operations hiring as well as broader professional roles. Outsourced recruiting programs are on the RPO firms list.
Best for: Companies that want one firm for finance hiring and an RPO option
Fees: Fees not published.
Robert Half
Global staffing firm with a finance and accounting practice alongside technology and legal. It places contract and full-time finance professionals. The technology practice is also on tech recruiting agencies.
Best for: Contract and direct-hire finance and accounting coverage
Fees: Fees not published.
Fees are from each firm's own site as of November 2026. Where a firm does not publish a percentage, the card says so. This is an opinionated list, not a paid ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
Finance and fintech recruiters compared
| Firm | Best for | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Selby Jennings | Banks, funds, and fintech firms hiring markets or product talent | Not published |
| Glocomms | Financial firms hiring engineers, data, and security people | Not published |
| Oxford Knight | Hedge funds and trading firms hiring quant developers | Not published |
| Durlston Partners | Systematic trading and hedge fund research seats | Not published |
| Dartmouth Partners | Banking, M&A, and private equity hiring | Not published |
| Goodman Masson | UK and international finance or technology seats | Not published |
| Barclay Simpson | Risk, compliance, audit, and quant control roles | Not published |
| Options Group | Senior markets and financial services leadership | Not published |
| Morgan McKinley | Companies that want one firm for finance hiring and an RPO option | Not published |
| Robert Half | Contract and direct-hire finance and accounting coverage | Not published |
Fees as published on each firm's own site in November 2026. "Not published" means the firm does not list a percentage or a dollar amount.
How to choose a finance recruiter
Match the firm to the seat. A recruiter who fills investment-banking associates will send the wrong people for a fintech backend engineer, and a quantitative desk will ignore a general finance shortlist.
- Ask for three recent placements in the same product, market, and seniority.
- Get the fee basis in writing: base salary, total compensation, or a fixed stage price.
- Ask what the guarantee covers if the hire leaves, and whether the search is exclusive.
- For a regulated role, ask how they screen licenses and employment gaps.
- Confirm they will not recruit your current team for other clients while the search is open.
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