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Accountancy & Finance Recruitment

Helping scaling businesses build stronger finance teams through growth, investment, and change.

Specialist Accountancy & Finance Recruitment

Progressive finance teams drive business performance.

Finance professionals provide the commercial insight, financial leadership and strategic support businesses need at every moment of change.

In-House Finance recruitment and consultancy is a core specialism for Harvey John. We partner with organisations to strengthen finance capability at every stage – whether you’ve just taken investment, are scaling faster than your infrastructure can support, or are preparing for exit. We take the time to understand your business, the trigger behind the need and the challenges you face before identifying the finance professionals who will make the greatest long-term impact.

Our relationship-led approach combines deep market knowledge with commercial insight, helping you build a finance team that supports long-term success.

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The inflection point for professional services is here. Adapt or fall behind.

Challenger firms are rewriting client service. PE-backed models are changing how practices run. AI is reshaping technical roles. And consolidation is pulling regional names into national and international groups.

Every firm, new entrant or established name, needs teams built for what’s next and what’s proven.

Harvey John partners with professional services firms, from independent boutiques to national and international practices, recruiting talent across audit, accounts, tax and advisory. We build both the innovative teams driving transformation and those that traditional advisory work relies on, combining specialist market knowledge with a relationship-led approach. We work globally, wherever that capability is needed.

Whether you’re appointing your next hire or planning for what’s ahead, explore how we help Professional Services firms build the teams that drive their success.

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Growth doesn’t wait for a perfect org chart.

Whether you’ve just taken investment, are scaling faster than your infrastructure can support, or are preparing for exit, the right finance capability needs to be in place now, not in three months.

Harvey John provides specialist Interim & Fractional recruitment and consultancy, helping organisations secure experienced finance professionals fast – whether facing an unexpected vacancy, a transformation programme, a surge in workload, ongoing part-time leadership, or a specialist project. We take the time to understand the trigger behind the need, your timescales and technical requirements, delivering flexible solutions that create value from day one.

Discover how our Interim & Fractional team supports organisations through moments of change with fast and flexible access to specialist finance expertise.

 

 

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Meet our Accountancy & Finance team

Meet the recruitment consultants behind Harvey John’s Accountancy & Finance practice. Each specialises in a distinct area of the market, combining deep sector knowledge with long-standing relationships to help organisations build the right capability and professionals find the right role.

Trusted by ambitious organisations

Helping businesses build the specialist capability they need, when they need it.

I cannot begin to tell you how brilliant Claire Jones is at her job. I have dealt with several recruiters over the years, and no one else has delivered such a well-tailored and attentive service as Claire. She goes above and beyond to make the recruitment process so smooth, quick and stress-free for all involved. I have found Claire to be very personable, professional and prompt. She is my first port of call when looking for a new role, as she has the uncanny ability to know exactly what employers and candidates are looking for and is able to match them perfectly.

Audit and Accounts Assistant, West Sussex

David took the time to understand our organisation and our culture.  He nailed this, so when he presented us with the long list, we were stunned at the ‘fit’ between candidates and our hopes for the type of person we would go on to appoint.  Several high-calibre candidates could have fitted into the business.

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Alliance Leisure, Bristol

I have trusted Harvey John for their expertise and reliable services for nearly 11 years. My journey with them began in 2014 when David Waddell placed me in my first finance role in the UK…  Since then, I have had the pleasure of working with Georgina Hayes, who introduced me to an excellent candidate when I was recruiting a Finance Assistant for my team. Her understanding of my requirements was instrumental in finding the right fit.

In more recent years, I have come to rely heavily on the impeccable work of Callum McKenna. Callum is always the first recruiter I think of whenever I am looking to expand my team. He placed an outstanding Management Accountant with my team at the previous company and, more recently, supported the recruitment of a Senior Management Accountant for my current team.

Callum has an exceptional ability to understand the exact profile I am seeking. He asks insightful questions and gathers all the necessary information to provide a highly curated shortlist of strong candidates. His thoughtfulness, professionalism, and impeccable communication make the recruitment process seamless and supportive every step of the way.

Finance Director, Manufacturing

David was absolutely brilliant. He took a measured and considered approach. Really listening to what our needs were, rather than just trying to fit a potential candidate (square peg) into our requirements (round hole).

 

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SwimTrek, Brighton