Specialities

Find the specialist desk for
your hiring challenge.

Our consultants work inside the functions they recruit for, not across all of financial services. Choose the practice closest to your hiring challenge and see the expertise behind it.

How we specialise

Organised by specialist desk, not by volume

Our consultants work within dedicated practices rather than across every role in financial services. Actuarial is the foundation the firm was built on, with deep capability across risk, analytics and audit, and further desks covering technology, consulting, underwriting, catastrophe modelling and leadership. Because each practice knows its own talent market, shortlists are quicker, technical assessment is sharper, and the people we put forward are more likely to join and stay.

Featured practices

Our deepest areas of expertise

The four practices clients engage us for most often, and where our technical assessment runs deepest.

Actuarial

Pricing, reserving, capital and IFRS 17 actuarial talent across life, general and health. The practice the firm was built on, and still where most client relationships begin.

Risk & Financial Advisory

Enterprise, quantitative, model and regulatory risk hiring. Helping banks, insurers and advisory firms build resilient risk functions as regulation keeps evolving.

Analytics

Data science, pricing and decision intelligence talent. For teams where commercial decisions increasingly depend on data rather than instinct.

Audit

Internal, IT and model audit, validation and assurance. Strengthening governance without slowing the business down.

Wider practices

Specialist practices across financial services

Alongside the core practices, we recruit across technology, underwriting, catastrophe modelling, consulting and leadership, so clients can build complete specialist teams through one partner.

Data Engineering & Cloud

Pipelines, platforms and cloud delivery talent.

IT & Technology

Engineering, product and technology leadership.

Leadership Hiring

Senior and board level appointments across BFSI.

Management Consulting

Strategy and advisory talent for financial services.

Underwriting & Claims

Underwriting, claims and portfolio expertise.

Catastrophe Modelling

Catastrophe modelling and exposure management.

Insurance Technology

Specialist recruitment for Guidewire and Duck Creek professionals, insurance technology developers, configuration and integration specialists, business analysts, architects and delivery leaders.

One partner, many desks

Specialist desks that work together

No practice works in isolation. Actuarial and analytics sit close together, risk works alongside audit, and technology now runs through underwriting and operations. That is why many client relationships begin in one desk and grow across several.

Audit Analytics Actuarial Risk Leadership Data & Cloud Technology Underwriting Catastrophe Consulting

Questions clients ask

Frequently asked questions

What does a specialist recruitment desk mean?
A specialist desk recruits within one technical function, such as actuarial, risk, analytics or audit. Its value is not the label but the ability to understand sub-disciplines, qualifications, tools, seniority and evidence of real capability before a candidate reaches the employer.
Which EliteRecruitments specialisation should an employer choose?
Choose the function closest to the main hiring problem. If a role spans several practices, such as insurance analytics or technology risk, EliteRecruitments can involve more than one desk. The brief should still identify the capability that is essential so the search does not become too broad.
What is the difference between a specialisation and an industry?
A specialisation is the work a person performs, such as actuarial or audit. An industry is the market in which that work sits, such as insurance or banking. Accurate recruitment requires both because the same job title can mean different work in different industries.
Can one mandate use more than one specialist desk?
Yes. Many senior and transformation roles combine risk, analytics, audit, technology or insurance knowledge. The desks can collaborate on market mapping and assessment while making clear which requirements are essential, transferable or trainable.
How does EliteRecruitments test technical capability?
The assessment is tailored to the role and may cover projects, products, regulations, tools, decisions, outcomes and the candidate’s exact responsibility. The aim is to distinguish hands-on depth from exposure and to give the employer an honest view of both strengths and gaps.
Do candidates pay a specialist recruitment desk?
No. Candidates do not pay EliteRecruitments for access to a vacancy, interview or offer. The hiring organisation engages and pays the firm. Anyone requesting money, banking credentials or unofficial training payments in the EliteRecruitments name should be verified through the contact details published on eliterecruitments.com.

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