There's no substitute
for someone who gets you
for someone who gets you
Specialist recruiters for technology and change in insurance and financial services
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We recruit Technology & Business Transformation professionals for clients across the UK on a contract and interim, permanent, and executive search basis.
Our Services
Our Services
At William Alexander, we put in the time and effort to truly understand what drives you.
That’s how we match clients with exceptional candidates in technology and business transformation, delivering a highly personal recruitment experience.
People
To build a rich understanding of your requirements takes a certain type of person. You’ll find everyone in the William Alexander team is decent. We take that as given. And fun to work with. But they also have that accountability gene, where they take your success personally and go to great lengths to deliver for you.
Process
Ever since we were founded in 2010, we’ve based our processes on the ethos of ‘Measure twice, build once.’ It means careful screening, a focus on quality and making sure nothing is missed. From taking your brief through to day one of the new job, we manage the process quickly and efficiently.
Place
No other recruitment agency has insight into insurance and financial services like us. We’ve specialised in this sector for years, working with high street banks through to specialty insurers in the London market. We regularly source talented people to work on IT and transformation programmes including digital, cloud, regulatory and infrastructure.
No flinging mud at the wall to see what sticks
Our crack research team is dedicated purely to building candidate relationships, with an average tenure in the role of 7.8 years. Operating way above keyword searchers, with networks of our industry's brightest professionals, we will only present people for roles if we believe skills, attitude and motivations are exactly right for the vacancy.
No time wasting
We recognise that recruitment or jobhunting is usually something that needs your focus, on top of your day job. That's why William Alexander clients don't have to sift through endless CVs, and candidates won't sit in interviews wondering why they're there. We don't take your time for granted.
Remove your admin burden
Our brilliant back office team keeps bureaucracy to a minimum, handling contracts, ID checks and payroll seamlessly. We are ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified.
Keep good company
William Alexander has featured in Recruiter magazine’s Hot 100 for nine years. This recognises the highest performing recruitment agencies, who demonstrate operational and financial excellence.
Our Expertise
Insurance
We've been working with specialty insurers, reinsurers and brokers in the London market since 2010.
Financial Services
From banking and asset management in the City of London, to retail banks and fintech providers around the country, we have deep insight into the financial services sector.
Technology
Whatever specific skills your IT team needs, we represent high performing people across data, analysis, development, devOps and more.
Change Management
However big or small your transformation project, we can put together the teams of project managers, analysts and change leaders who will deliver successful programmes.
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Success Story
Discover How We Can Help Your Business
How we helped Miller Insurance find specialist people who also blossomed in their family-focused culture.
"Beyond amazing. They're super knowledgeable and without fail, deliver on the brief every time. I couldn't recommend engaging William Alexander enough - they truly become an extension of your team."
GAVIN JONES
People Business Partner, Visualsoft
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66%
of candidates are happy with their new job
9.3
/10
clients would recommend us
clients very satisfied with how well we understand requirements
100%
of candidates satisfied with our service
clients very satisfied with our service
83%
1 in 2
CVs typically go on to interview
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A Seamless Recruitment Process
Interrogate your brief
Following our ethos of "Measure twice, build once", we will ask you lots of questions about the person you see being right for this job. Not just about the role, but the team structure, the culture within the team and wider organisation and what success in the role looks like.
Start the search
We always begin with our network. There are 45,000+ up-to-date records on our database and we have wide and engaged LinkedIn audiences. Where necessary, we'll create bespoke campaigns to find hard-to-reach candidates so you have the best prospect pool available.
Shortlist the best of the best
Unlike most recruitment agencies, our research team is dedicated just to building relationships with candidates. Therefore, they pass their longlist to your account manager who will complete second phone interviews to further assess suitability before proposing just 3 or 4 people who are the best fit.
Interview time
We offer detailed advice to candidates before their interview so that they can give the best account of themselves. We'll also make sure we're clear on the interview process so there are no surprises for either party.
Impartial counsel
If you have a clear frontrunner, that's fantastic! We'll highlight any questions or concerns raised but hopefully proceed quickly. If you're weighing up the pros and cons of two or more people, you can lean on us for insights and follow up questions to help with your decision making.
Make an offer
We'll work with you to develop the right offer for the selected candidate – not only that they'll be happy to accept but that represents both a fair offer in the marketplace and the best long-term value for your organisation.
Negotiation and on-boarding
We present the job offer on your behalf, allowing both parties to candidly express any concerns but hopefully reach acceptance quickly. Once it's a yes, we'll get a start date pinned down, coach the candidate through their resignation and any counter offers and stay in touch before and after they arrive on day one.
Knowledge Hub
William Alexander retains ISO 27001 status
Deepening our relationship with Bramber Bakehouse
Eight characteristics of a great business analyst
Make your next move
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