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Real recruiters consult

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Our mission is to make recruitment better for everyone. 

We get to know each of our clients as people, taking time to understand their business. Candidates receive honest advice and guidance for the long-term. Our people are empowered to deliver a tailor-made service. In short, we’re real recruiters.

Our boutique practices

Finance

SRM Finance is a trusted recruitment partner, from trainee and transaction processing roles through to CFO level hires. 

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Tax

We have a wealth of experience recruiting for some of the world's largest businesses. Our discretion is well known in the tax recruitment market.

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Executive Search

Our Executive Search business is led by founder Stewart Robertson, who has a wealth of experience recruiting CFO and Financial Management positions. 

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Interim Management

Benefit from a highly experienced team of temp and interim recruitment specialists, offering a personalised, boutique approach to solving your flexible resourcing needs.

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M&A Insurance


Our M&A Insurance practice is led by Rory MacSween, one of our Founders and a market leader in placing brokers and underwriters internationally.

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Legal


Our legal recruitment business is led by Chris Excell, who brings a wealth of experience hiring into top-tier UK and White Shoe US law firms, as well as placing senior legal counsels in-house.

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Transformation & Tech


Specialist recruitment for transformation & tech, dedicated to hiring technology professionals and transformation specialists managing cross-discipline change management programmes.

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Meet the founders

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Andrew Setchell

CEO

Andrew’s career began in 1996 having previously spent 4 years with PWC as an Accountant. He has an extensive background sourcing for a multitude of businesses, partnerships and organisations across the finance and accounting market place.

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Specialisms: Executive Search Finance Leadership Team
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Rory MacSween

Founder

Rory started his recruitment career in 2007, developing an extensive network recruiting into specialist tax departments for global financial and commercial organisations. In recent years he has focused on W&I, tax and contingent risk broking and underwriting positions, becoming a market leader in the M&A insurance market internationally. Rory leads SRM’s M&A Insurance team.

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Specialisms: Executive Search Leadership Team M&A Insurance Tax
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Stewart Robertson

Founder & Director

Stewart began recruiting qualified finance professionals in 2002. With an extensive finance network, he’s the trusted advisor to some of the UK’s most prestigious businesses. He leads SRM’s Executive Search practice.

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Specialisms: Executive Search Finance Leadership Team

The South East Is No Longer Following London; It’s Creating Its Own Finance Leadership Market

Growth, transformation and talent trends shaping the Southern Home Counties finance market in 2026.

The Southern Home Counties have developed into a finance leadership market with its own distinct dynamics. Across Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire, business growth, investment and transformation are creating demand for finance leaders who can do far more than manage the numbers.
Our new whitepaper will give you insights into what's shaping the Southern Home Counties finance leadership market in 2026, from changing CFO expectations to salary trends and the growing importance of FP&A.

 

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Latest Insight

The South East Is No Longer Following London — It’s Creating Its Own Finance Leadership Market

The finance leadership market across Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire is changing rapidly. With continued growth across a number of sectors, demand for experienced Finance Directors, CFOs and FP&A leaders remains strong. But the profile of the finance leader organisations need is evolving too. Download the whitepaper to explore the 2026 market in detail.

Why Tax Professionals Should Stop Judging In-House Roles by Job Title

For tax professionals considering their first move from practice into industry, one of the biggest misconceptions can be surprisingly simple: assuming that a job title tells you everything you need to know about a role. But once you move in-house, job titles become far less reliable as a measure of seniority, scope or earning potential.

Why Businesses Across the Home Counties Are Turning to Interim Finance Talent

As businesses continue to navigate economic uncertainty, rising costs, evolving technology and increasing stakeholder expectations, demand for experienced interim finance professionals remains strong throughout the Home Counties.

SRM: The First Decade

After 10 years in business, SRM Recruitment has grown from three men and an idea into one of London’s most respected specialist recruitment consultancies. This is the story of how the business was founded, the lessons and successes over the years, and predictions for what’s to come.

Joe Bennetts joins SRM’s Finance Recruitment team in Guildford

We’re pleased to welcome Joe Bennetts as a Business Director to SRM Recruitment’s Guildford finance recruitment team. Joe tells us a bit about himself, the roles he’ll be working on, and why hiring managers and job seekers like working with him.

What the Northern Home Counties Finance Market Is Telling Us Right Now

Pat Sommerfelt, Senior Consultant at SRM, has been having a lot of conversations with finance hiring managers and candidates recently. Here is what is actually seeing in the NHC market right now.

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