EMPOWERING YOUR CAREER
– EMPOWERMENT: the giving of an ability, enablement or permission –
Some of our satisfied clients
ABOUT US
“ Trusted recruitment professionals with relationships built on trust in the financial marketplace ”
Founded and led by Shane Power FCA, EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment is a niche recruitment firm helping the career development of finance professionals. We have excellent contacts across industry, financial services and practice and a reputation for sourcing the best talent in the marketplace. We work predominantly in the Irish market but also facilitate those looking to work abroad, particularly Irish public limited companies with overseas operations. We also have strong connections in the Australian marketplace.
Our recruitment philosophy is quality overquantity and building relationships based on trust.
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JOB SEEKERS
We listen to your career goals and work
diligently to achieve your personal best
EMPOWERMENT offers you a range of Accounting & Financial career opportunities at home and overseas for qualified/almost qualified finance professionals ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, in:
At EMPOWERMENT we position ourselves to work closely with the key decision makers within the recruitment process, which depending on the seniority of a position, could be the Chief Financial Officer, Human Resources Director or Audit Partner or for middle management/recently qualified positions the Financial Controller or Recruitment Manager. These relationships have been developed and nurtured over a number of years through an intimate knowledge of the company’s business, culture and people, ultimately assisting them in identifying and sourcing superior talent.
OUR TEAM
Shane Power FCA M.Acc MA B.Comm
Managing Director
Karl Byrne BSc
Recruitment Consultant
Martin McFadden STL MA B.Phil
Recruitment Consultant
Niall Gaffney ACA, BBL
Recruitment Consultant
CANDIDATE REFERENCES
“I first met Shane when he helped me secure the Aryzta Group Head of Tax role. I was very impressed with the seniority of his contacts, his market knowledge and deep insight into the Aryzta business. He is extremely professional and personable in his approach and it is clear that he has had plenty of experience at managing the Executive Search and Selection process. He has a keen desire to find a good match for both company and candidate.Aryzta have hired other strong candidates via Shane and I would have no hesitation in using Shane in the future and would happily recommend him to other companies and candidates alike.”
“I dealt with Shane recently and I really liked his approach, he is friendly and has a good understanding of the industry. He took the time to listen to me and really understand the direction that I wanted my career to go in and with his help I was able to narrow my focus to a specific type of role. Shane can see the bigger picture, he understands where his candidates want to get to and he has the knowledge to point them in the direction of the next step on the road. He has helped me greatly and I have and will recommend him to any finance professional looking to change the direction of or to progress their career.”
“Shane was great to work with, clearly a recruiter who takes the time to get to know you, fully understand your requirements and who takes a genuine interest in developing your future career path. There are many recruiters who take the easy option of bombarding candidates with various roles, ignorant of the candidate’s requirements or suitability to the roles. Shane’s approach could not be more different and it was refreshing to deal with someone who you could trust and had your best interests in mind throughout the process.”
“Shane Power, the MD and founder of the Empowerment recruitment company, is one of the top recruiters I have ever dealt with. I really enjoyed working with Shane in my pursuit of a new career for a number of reasons.
1. Firstly, Shane is a qualified accountant and I believe this gives Shane an extra insight into the needs of any potential candidate and builds an element of trust the minute you walk in the door.
2. Shane has a great ability to look at the long term and really coach’s candidates in what role would suit them best. 3 years had elapsed between the time I met Shane first and the time he placed me in my current role, but I felt confident in him every step of the way
3. Shane is a really genuinely nice person and the minute you meet him, you feel he has your best interests at heart.
I would recommend Shane (and have done so) to any finance professional looking for a change or progression in their career.”
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde
EMPLOYERS
We are focused on identifying the best talent in the marketplace and offer the following
solutions which are tailored to a client’s specific needs
EMPOWERMENT’s success to date has been built around strong client and candidate
relationships which have been developed through trust and reached fruition in the
placement of quality candidates. A sample of clients can be viewed here on our home page.
“We can never fall short when it comes to recruiting, hiring, maintaining and growing our workforce. It is the employees who make our organization’s success a reality.”
Vern Dosch, Wired Differently
RECRUITMENT PHILOSOPHY
EMPOWERMENT believes strongly in ongoing career development and works diligently to try and present interesting and career advancing opportunities for high caliber finance professionals. Given the mixed finance and recruitment background of our consultants, EMPOWERMENT is uniquely positioned to draw from our experience both as accountants and within recruitment to best advise candidates about suitable career options.
The Differentiation
The EMPOWERMENT business model differs from most mainstream recruitment companies as our business is low-volume, high-value focused as opposed to high-volume, low-value. In essence this means that EMPOWERMENT is very selective about who it recommends to clients for interview.
This approach has two key advantages for candidates and companies: There is an implicit quality guarantee that candidates we represent will have both the right technical skills and as importantly, be the appropriate cultural fit.
This approach saves busy HR and Finance Directors time (and consequently money) as they do not have to waste their time reviewing inappropriate resumes and meeting unsuitable candidates. In turn those candidates we do recommend will be taken seriously by our clients.
Strong Ethical Principals
We treat all of our clients and candidates the way we would like to be treated and firmly believe in common professional courtesy, which includes but is not limited to, giving timely feedback and honest advice. Our focus in all cases is on building long term relationships with both candidate and client.
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant. “
Jim Collins, Good to Great
Executive Search
In simple terms Executive Search allows us to identify candidates who meet very specific requirements for senior and/or specialised positions, who may not be contemplating a career change and will, therefore, only respond to a direct approach through our industry knowledge and research capability. We combine a dedicated, specialist research function with the expertise of our experienced search consultants to provide a first rate executive search recruitment solution.
We utilise all available media streams to best promote our clients position, this includes national and foreign media, online and print, LinkedIn and mobile applications. We use our market knowledge to best advise our clients of the most efficient and cost effective manner of advertising for their open position, depend on its level and target market.
“I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way”
Lee Iacocca, Ford
Advertised Search
Advertised Search involves placing a well written advertisement promoting your career opportunity in a national newspaper, select business journal and/or on-line forum. This approach has a strong historical record for attracting the best candidate’s in the marketplace especially amongst more senior candidates who may not be actively looking but whose attention is caught by an exciting opportunity. The advertisements can be branded or the client’s details can be kept confidential.
“If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs”
Anonymous
Contigent Search
Contingent Recruitment involves a search of the existing recruitment database on behalf of a client for a specific role(s). A recruitment fee is contingent (payable) only on sourcing a suitably qualified professional for the role in question. Given the specialist nature of the EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment business model and our thorough candidate screening, our database is very focused and limited to Grade B+/A candidates within the finance field. In essence our database only contains candidates that we would be happy to recommend to employers. Unlike some larger recruitment firms who may have tens of thousands of average resumes across on their database, we have a good working knowledge of each candidate we represent and what their strengths and areas for development are.
“Time spent on hiring is time well spent.”
Robert Half
Executive Search
In simple terms Executive Search allows us to identify candidates who meet very specific requirements for senior and/or specialised positions, who may not be contemplating a career change and will, therefore, only respond to a direct approach through our industry knowledge and research capability. We combine a dedicated, specialist research function with the expertise of our experienced search consultants to provide a first rate executive search recruitment solution.
We utilise all available media streams to best promote our clients position, this includes national and foreign media, online and print, LinkedIn and mobile applications. We use our market knowledge to best advise our clients of the most efficient and cost effective manner of advertising for their open position, depend on its level and target market.
“I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way”
Lee Iacocca, Ford
Advertised Search
Advertised Search involves placing a well written advertisement promoting your career opportunity in a national newspaper, select business journal and/or on-line forum. This approach has a strong historical record for attracting the best candidate’s in the marketplace especially amongst more senior candidates who may not be actively looking but whose attention is caught by an exciting opportunity. The advertisements can be branded or the client’s details can be kept confidential.
“If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs”
Anonymous
Contigent Search
Contingent Recruitment involves a search of the existing recruitment database on behalf of a client for a specific role(s). A recruitment fee is contingent (payable) only on sourcing a suitably qualified professional for the role in question. Given the specialist nature of the EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment business model and our thorough candidate screening, our database is very focused and limited to Grade B+/A candidates within the finance field. In essence our database only contains candidates that we would be happy to recommend to employers. Unlike some larger recruitment firms who may have tens of thousands of average resumes across on their database, we have a good working knowledge of each candidate we represent and what their strengths and areas for development are.
“Time spent on hiring is time well spent.”
Robert Half
A CAREER WITH EMPOWERMENT?
Due to steady growth within the business and continuing demand from clients for our services,
EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment is looking to expand its financial recruitment team.
EMPOWERMENT offers a positive, supportive (non-micro managed) environment where excellence is generously rewarded.
EMPOWERMENT is interested in hearing from both experienced recruitment consultants as well as industry professionals, such as accountants and management consultants, who would like to explore careers within recruitment at EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment.
For further details please email Shane Power, Managing Director at:
shane.power@Empowermentinternational.com or call Shane on +353 1 661 9234.
All communication will be treated in the strictest of confidence.
CLIENT REFERENCES
“I am happy to recommend Shane Power as a professional, proactive and knowledgeable recruitment consultant. He recently helped us at ICON plc fill a challenging senior management role, where he understood both the technical requirements of the position but as importantly who would be the right cultural fit for our business. Whilst we received a number of resumes from other recruitment firms, Shane saw fit to recommend only one candidate, who we ultimately hired. He in turn managed the offer, acceptance and after service process seamlessly. In the end Shane helped us not only find us the best candidate in the marketplace but also saved us considerable time.”
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