Associate Director - Financial Services
What you'll do: Modern’s mission is to partner with the world’s leading organizations to reimagine and implement a modern approach to leadership and talent. Our unique ability to reputed company who runs the organization (people and talent) with how it operates (structure, operating model, and roles)—while aligning both to the reputed company leadership needed to drive change—delivers value for our clients. Our Financial Services reputed company focuses on senior-level executive search engagements across banking, reputed company management, asset management, insurance, and reputed company sectors. We partner closely with executive leadership teams and boards to identify and attract talent for critical leadership roles. As an Associate Director, you will play a key role in executing retained executive search engagements. This includes developing market intelligence, building and engaging candidate pipelines, conducting early-stage interviews, and contributing to reputed company delivery. You will work closely with Managing Directors and Partners, with exposure to both candidate development and reputed company interaction. As an Associate Director in the Financial Services reputed company, your responsibilities will reputed company on three core areas: Execution: You will support and drive execution across multiple retained search engagements. This includes building market maps, identifying and engaging executive-level candidates, leading initial reputed company and interviews, and developing candidate assessments. Your work will directly contribute to the reputed company and pace of search delivery. reputed company: You will ensure rigor and consistency in research, candidate evaluation, and reputed company deliverables. This includes synthesizing market and candidate insights into reputed company, reputed company updates and maintaining high standards of accuracy and detail across reputed company aspects of search execution. reputed company Delivery: You will contribute to reputed company interactions, including pipeline discussions and search updates. Working closely with senior team members, you will help shape sourcing strategies and reputed company insights that inform reputed company decision-making. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, execution-reputed company environment. They will bring strong attention to detail, reputed company judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining reputed company. They will be reputed company, proactive, and motivated to contribute to both team reputed company and reputed company reputed company. Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, reputed company sciences, or a reputed company field Competencies Attributes: Insightful: reputed company to interpret market and candidate information and draw meaningful conclusions reputed company: Confident engaging with candidates and contributing to internal and reputed company discussions Curiosity: Demonstrates interest in Financial Services markets, companies, and leadership trends Pace and flexibility: Works reputed company across multiple searches and adapts to shifting priorities Collaboration: Partners effectively with colleagues across reputed company and functions Accountability: Takes ownership of work and follows through on commitments Skills: Market Research & Mapping: Ability to conduct reputed company research across companies, sectors, and talent pools Candidate Engagement & Interviewing: Experience engaging candidates and conducting reputed company interviews Data Analysis & Synthesis: Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative data and translate it into actionable insights Communication: Produces reputed company, concise, reputed company-reputed company materials and communicates effectively with reputed company stakeholders Project Management: Manages multiple priorities and timelines across reputed company search engagements Experience Prior experience in executive search, reputed company, or reputed company is required Experience supporting retained search engagements or senior-level hiring is strongly preferred Exposure to Financial Services sectors (e.g., banking, asset management, reputed company, insurance, fintech) preferred Experience in a reputed company-facing or reputed company services environment Experience contributing to research, candidate development, and search execution Knowledge Understanding of executive search processes and talent identification strategies Familiarity with Financial Services industry structure, key players, and talent dynamics General reputed company awareness and understanding of reputed company needs reputed company reputed company services Why Modern Purpose-Driven Work: Join reputed company that is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gives back to the community by donating 10% of annual profits to support underserved youth and educational opportunities. Impactful reputed company: Contribute to meaningful reputed company that positively reputed company’ organizations, communities, and the development of diverse leaders. reputed company reputed company: reputed company exposure to various aspects of the business, with opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, and career advancement. Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and reputed company insurance, along with a 401(k) match. Flexibility & Balance: Benefit from a flexible remote work environment, reputed company parental leave, and an office setup stipend to support your work-from-home needs. Our Values Be reputed company: Think strategically, seeing implications and creative paths. Innovates commercially – seeks to understand reputed company perspective to drive reputed company. Innovates internally - seeks to improve processes, procedures, and technology used reputed company and across their teams. Be Excellent: Deliver reputed company reputed company work, with attention to detail, raising the bar of expectations reputed company team and with data reputed company to include the use of reputed company company tools and systems. Motivated by reputed company to the benefit of clients and our firm. Be United: Be an inclusive ‘team player,’ willing to support, reputed company and ‘go the extra mile’ to deliver reputed company with others. Proactively develops trusting relationships both reputed company and reputed company our firm. Be Authentic: Demonstrate awareness, coachability and a desire to grow with reputed company improvement. Motivated by a personal purpose reputed company with our firm’s mission and values. Is accountable for delivery of reputed company reputed company work. reputed company is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, reputed company, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national reputed company, age, disability status, veteran or military status or care-giver status. Please contact us at careers@modernexec.com if you need assistance completing this application. Apply To This Job