Telent Recruitment Case Study
With annual revenues of over £310 million, Telent is a technology services company with decades of experience providing a broad range of network and communications services across a variety of industries. Telent have unique scale, boasting one of the largest engineering field forces of its kind in the UK, and a track record for quality and delivery that is second-to-none. Customers include BSkyB Network roll-out; COLT Field Maintenance; BT Cable Services; Roadside Toll Collection; Tube Lines Maintenance; Highways Agency TechMAC; E.ON Infrastructure Upgrade; Merseyside Fire & Rescue; Cable & Wireless support; FiReControl Communications; Firelink Support; Met Police ICCS Support; Metronet's Microwave OPO; South West Trains; and West Coast Main Line.
Following a lead from our research team regarding the imminent recruitment of a senior finance role, our MD contacted the Commercial FD, who visited our offices to discuss recruitment plans for this role and the forthcoming year. This led on to a meeting with the CFO and the Head of Strategy, discussions with senior finance managers, HR and the in house recruitment team.
Internal reviews of existing and new business identified the need to leverage higher calibre and quality of head office and division commercial accounting & finance staff, in particular, Business Finance Partners, Planning & Analysis and Financial Reporting functions, where the CFO sought to make step changes in the level and capability of the team, and at the same time reduce the number of temporary staff within the whole finance community in Warwick, London, Chorley, Basildon and the wider UK.
Our key objectives were:
- To develop and replenish the team and increase the depth of high calibre commercial individuals within an organisation undergoing transformation and growt
- To identify commercially and technically focused individuals to evolve best practice in business partnering, planning & analysis, reporting and financial control
At various points, Harcourt Matthews established recruitment campaigns and candidate sourcing processes for interim, temporary and permanent employees encompassing:
- Accessing our current UK candidate network & UK wide CV database, existing contacts and gaining new referrals/recommendations
- Accessing several jobsite & CV databases covering the active UK candidate market
- Advertising on several jobsites
- Using our internal and several 3rd party outsourced research businesses contracted to identify and to supply scarce candidate resource (passive & non active individuals)
- Specific sector headhunting campaigns complementing the above approach
- Direct mail-shot programmes to specific CIMA, ACCA and ACA individuals who fulfilled the brief
This approach resulted in the successful recruitment of several qualified and part qualified accounting & finance staff and inclusion in the preferred supplier list for the UK business. In addition, we have been asked to support other functional disciplines including Strategy, Procurement and Operations.
Job roles recruited for include:
| Divisional Financial Controller |
Financial Planning Analayst |
Group Financial Accountant |
| Treasurer |
Management Accountant |
Financial Reporting Manager |
| Head of Financial Planning & Reporting |
Oracle 12 Project Manager |
Strategy Analyst |
| Chief Accountant |
Senior Fniance Business Partner |
Commercial Finance Manager |
| Business Controller |
Strategy Analyst |
