Operations Consultant Brighton | Up to £37,000 DOE

This is an essential hire for a growing recruitment business which specialise in

Financial Services . The contract division has an established client base and is scaling quickly, and as that function grows, the operational and compliance demands are becoming an increasingly narrow bottleneck.

They’re now looking for someone to take ownership of it.

This is a business with excellent employee longevity and a genuinely warm, sociable culture - people tend to stay, develop and build proper careers here.

The environment is outgoing and collaborative rather than overly corporate, and this hire will be visible across the whole company rather than sitting quietly in a back‑office function.

Why This Role Matters Contract recruitment, particularly within Financial Services, involves far more behind the scenes than simply finding a candidate and agreeing a start date.

Before contractors can begin an assignment, there can be a significant amount to coordinate around:

DBS checks

Right to work

References and background screening

Contractor documentation

Client-specific onboarding

Compliance checks

Contract extensions and renewals

Timesheets and payroll processes

Record keeping and audit trails

Ongoing contractor administration

The recruiters can win the work and find the candidate, but someone needs to make sure the operational side of each placement runs smoothly, efficiently and compliantly from start to finish.

As contractor numbers increase, this becomes a

business‑critical function

- helping the business onboard people quickly, maintain standards and continue growing without operational bottlenecks.





The Opportunity You’ll become a central point of contact across

operations, compliance and wider business support .

Day to day, this could include:

Managing contractor onboarding and compliance

Completing DBS and right-to-work processes

Ensuring documentation and checks are completed correctly

Coordinating with consultants, candidates and clients

Maintaining accurate contractor records

Supporting extensions, renewals and ongoing administration

Improving internal processes as the contract division grows

Supporting wider office and business operations

This is broader than a traditional compliance role.

You’ll work closely with senior leadership on

business improvement projects , including how AI can be used internally to improve workflows, reduce repetitive administration and make the business more efficient.

There will also be opportunities to get involved with:

Company events

Internal projects

Business support

Office operations

Marketing and wider company initiatives

It’s ideal for someone who enjoys understanding how a business works, improving processes and taking ownership beyond one narrow function.

Who They’re Looking For You’ll ideally have

at least two years' experience in a front‑office or commercially focused working environment ,



with enough business experience to understand how different teams interact and what good operational support looks like.

Particularly relevant backgrounds include:

Recruitment Operations

Recruitment Compliance

Recruitment Administration

Contractor Compliance / Onboarding

Financial Services Operations

Compliance

HR / People Operations

Office Management with compliance exposure

Business Support / Operations

Previous recruitment experience isn’t essential, but experience working in recruitment operations, compliance or administration would be particularly relevant.

You’ll need to be:

Highly organised

Detail-focused

Comfortable taking ownership

Commercially aware

Confident communicating with different stakeholders

Interested in improving systems and processes

Comfortable working in a sociable, front‑office setting

Able to spot inefficiencies and suggest better ways of working

Why Join?

Up to £37,000 base salary DOE

Own a genuinely business-critical function

Join during a period of growth within the contract division

Excellent employee longevity

Broad exposure across operations, compliance and business improvement

Work directly with senior leadership

Get involved with AI, workflow and efficiency projects

Exposure to company events and wider business initiatives

Warm, sociable and welcoming culture

Opportunity to shape processes rather than simply follow them

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys being the person who keeps things running properly, but also wants enough variety, ownership and commercial exposure to make the role interesting long term.

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📌 Operations Consultant (Brighton)
🏢 Hypha Recruit
📍 Brighton