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In a sector where precision matters and timing is everything, we move quickly to fill the critical hires which keep business moving forward.

Experts in Financial Talent.

We find the financial specialists who do more than keep up with change. They drive it, shape it, and lead from the front.

Our Financial Services Discipline.

Deep expertise across every corner of the financial landscape.

Discipline Lead
Thomas McCormick

Thomas manages search projects across financial services, leading the Treasury discipline. His track record includes successful placements in both buy and sell side firm, backed by expertise in client needs and candidate fit.

Practice Lead – Treasury
Practice Lead – Treasury
Jerry Breitzman

Jerry joined Taurus Search after earning his BA in Human Resource Management from Rutgers in 2020. With a strong background in Treasury & Risk recruitment at major banks, he specializes in identifying senior Treasury talent and liquidity experts, advising clients on candidates capable of enhancing governance and stress-testing frameworks.

Treasury
Treasury
Amy Dlouhy

Amy specializes in audit and assurance recruitment across financial and corporate sectors. She draws on her experience to match clients with skilled auditors capable of delivering compliance and operational insight.

Practice Lead - Audit
Practice Lead - Audit
Chrissie Mellett

Chrissie recruits mid‑ and senior‑level accounting and finance professionals. Her strength lies in understanding industry demands and aligning candidate expertise with client objectives.

Practice Lead – Finance
Practice Lead – Finance
Shanice Dela Fuente

Shanice sources finance and accounting talent within the funds industry, focusing on roles that support financial reporting, analysis, and operations in buy side firms.

Fund Finance
Fund Finance
Jessica Lopez-Ryckman

Jessica is a member of the Accounting and Finance desk at Taurus Search. She holds her degree in Organizational Behavior and HR Management and has spent the last 8 years of her career dedicated to recruitment within the alternative asset management industry. Jessica began her career in the insurance sector before relocating to NYC and joining a boutique recruitment firm focused on back-office hires. Since then, she has built an expertise in placing top professionals in accounting, valuations, operations, and investor relations roles at some of the most respected funds across the United States.

Fund Finance
Fund Finance
Robert Murphy

Robert focuses on Market risk and quantitative recruitment. He sources candidates for roles in risk modeling, regulatory compliance, and analytics across the financial services sector.

Market Risk
Market Risk
James Metcalfe

James leads high-level search mandates within Energy & Infrastructure across all of financial services. Leveraging strategic insight, he excels at placing mid and senior roles across the North & South American markets.

Practice Lead – Energy & Infrastructure
Practice Lead – Energy & Infrastructure
Molly Robin-Caplan

Molly specializes in credit recruitment, placing candidates in roles spanning structuring, execution, credit analysis, portfolio management, credit risk, credit review, and workouts. She primarily partners with sell-side institutions of all sizes and has made placements across teams in all industry sectors.

Credit
Credit
Evan Sternberg

Evan oversees client engagement and recruitment processes, drawing on strong analytical and relationship-management skills. He delivers targeted search solutions in Risk, Compliance, and Quant sectors.

Practice Lead – Risk & Compliance
Practice Lead – Risk & Compliance
Brendan Ferguson

Brendan specializes in identifying top talent within data analytics and risk management. His expertise spans market risk, model risk, and quantitative analytics roles.

Data
Data
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Our Financial Services Discipline.

Deep expertise across every corner of the financial landscape.

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Treasury
Treasury
Treasury

Founded by our CEO, Paul McMahon, our Treasury desk has been connecting top treasury professionals with leading organizations for over a decade. With deep market insight and a personalized approach, we streamline the recruitment process to deliver exceptional talent in Treasury and 2nd line risk functions. With an elite network across Liquidity, Funding, ALM, FTP and cash management, the Taurus Search Treasury desk is the only dedicated Treasury recruitment desk in the Americas.

Discipline Lead
Thomas McCormick
Discipline Lead
Jerry Breitzman
Treasury ———— Recruitment Consultant
Audit
Audit
Audit

Our Audit team recruits across specialized areas including Compliance, Risk, Treasury, Data Analytics and Cyber-Security. With deep market insight and a consultative approach, we partner closely with clients to understand strategic hiring needs. Leveraging an extensive network, the team identifies and connects high-caliber candidates with opportunities, ensuring alignment in both technical expertise and cultural fit.

Discipline Lead
Amy Dlouhy
Audit ———— Recruitment Consultant
Finance - Banking & Funds
Finance - Banking & Funds
Finance - Banking & Funds

We specialize in placing top finance talent across banking, buyside, and broader financial services. Our team, with 20+ years of recruitment experience, covers all modern-day CFO functions from FP&A to regulatory reporting and fund accounting. We connect clients with quality talent and market insights, while candidates access premier career opportunities in the evolving finance industry. We recruit for roles including FP&A, Product Control, Valuations, Corporate and Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Regulatory Reporting (banks and broker-dealers).

Discipline Lead
Chrissie Mellett
Discipline Lead
Shanice Dela Fuente
Discipline Lead
Jessica Lopez-Ryckman
Finance - Banking ———— Recruitment Consultant
Market Risk
Market Risk
Market Risk

Our Market Risk team facilitates client growth by connecting them with exceptional talent. We are recognized for our expertise, derived from a deep understanding of the market, which strategically positions us to fulfill client requirements. We provide clients with highly specialized candidates, sourced through our distinctive headhunting methodology, ensuring access to an untapped talent pool. This approach grants them a significant advantage in securing top-tier professionals.

Discipline Lead
Robert Murphy
Risk ———— Recruitment Consultant
Energy & Infrastructure
Energy & Infrastructure
Energy & Infrastructure

We partner with financial institutions to address their requirements across the Power, Renewables, Energy Transition, and Core Infrastructure sectors. Within these verticals, we specialize in placing candidates whose expertise spans equity, credit, venture capital/growth equity, and the complete Investment Banking product suite. Our primary focus is on recruiting front-office investment professionals, ranging from Senior Associate to Managing Director and C-suite executives.

Discipline Lead
James Metcalfe
Energy & Infrastructure ———— Recruitment Consultant
Credit
Credit
Credit

We partner with banks, investment firms, asset managers and rating agencies to deliver high-caliber talent across structured finance, leveraged finance, and private credit. Our credit team works closely with clients to address strategic hiring needs across all three lines of defense, leveraging our extensive network to place professionals from analysts through to senior leadership who drive measurable business impact.

Discipline Lead
Molly Robin-Caplan
Credit ———— Recruitment Consultant
Compliance
Compliance
Compliance

Our compliance recruitment team has developed a strong track record of placing high caliber candidates in investment, commercial and retail banks, asset managers, broker-dealers, FinTechs and credit rating agencies. We focus on developing strong relationships with and understanding the needs of candidates and clients alike. We cover Reg Change, Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory Relations, Reg Strategy, Consumer Compliance, Third Party, Corporate Compliance, Financial Crimes, and Compliance Analytics.

Discipline Lead
Evan Sternberg
Risk & Compliance ———— Recruitment Consultant
Data
Data
Data

Our Data Analytics team connects top-tier talent with Banking, FinTech and buy-side firms. Our specialized recruiters focus on roles that blend technical skill with business acumen across credit risk, quant, and data analytics. Our team recruits across CDO and CRO functions including data architecture, engineering, sciences, governance, and analytics. With deep market knowledge, we deliver candidates who not only understand the numbers but know what to do with them.

Discipline Lead
Brendan Ferguson
Data ———— Recruitment Consultant
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Solutions That Scale

Every business challenge demands a different kind of solution. We build search strategies around your goals, your gaps, and your future, not just a job title.

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Contingent Recruitment

Fast, focused hiring for urgent needs. We connect businesses with high-quality candidates ready to make an immediate impact.

02
Executive Search

Strategic leadership placements that shape the future of your business. We find individuals who lead, inspire, and deliver at the highest levels.

03
Retained Recruitment

Critical hires need more than visibility, they need commitment. Our retained model ensures a dedicated, strategic search built around your goals.

04
Salary Benchmarking

Up-to-the-minute insight on market salaries and compensation trends, helping you stay competitive and attract top-tier talent.

05
Targeted Headhunting

Precision-driven search for niche or hard-to-reach candidates. We engage the right people, not just the available ones.

06
Market Mapping

A full landscape view of your market, identifying where the best talent sits, how they move, and how to approach them intelligently.

07
Competitor Analysis

Insight beyond the surface. We track competitor hiring patterns, team structures, and salary strategies, giving you a clear edge in the market.

08
Interim Recruitment

Rapid deployment of senior-level interim talent to support transformation, change, or critical short-term projects.

Ready to build the team that moves you forward?

Why Taurus Search

Strategy Before Search.

At Taurus we think before we search. We listen before we move. Every mandate we take on is shaped by strategy, not urgency, and every placement is made with tomorrow in mind, not just today.

What Sets Us Apart

Built Different

01
Relationship-First, always

We don’t chase transactions. We build partnerships. The kind that span markets, decades, and multiple placements. Our relationships go deeper because they’re built on trust, and that’s what drives results.

02
360° Specialists, No Handovers

Each mandate is managed start to finish by an industry specialist who focuses exclusively on their vertical. No handovers, just experienced consultants, many of whom were operators in the industry before moving into search, bringing insight, consistency, and real-world expertise to every hire.

Every search starts with understanding your business, your challenges, and your goals. We deliver not just candidates, but solutions shaped by insight.

86%
Of clients return for additional hires
03
Quality & Quantity. No Compromise.

You shouldn’t have to choose between speed and standards. We manage volume without cutting corners, delivering the right talent, at scale, without ever sacrificing quality.

04
Deep Industry Expertise

Our consultants don’t just understand the markets, they’ve lived them. With first-hand experience across finance and professional services, we bring sharper insight, stronger networks, and more relevant conversations to every brief.

Every search starts with understanding your business, your challenges, and your goals. We deliver not just candidates, but solutions shaped by insight.

40%
Of placements are diverse
05
Strategic Search, Not Just Recruitment

We don’t just search, we solve. Every assignment starts with understanding your goals, mapping your market, and building a plan that finds the right people. Every move is deliberate, every hire designed to last.

06
Global Reach, Personal Focus

We deliver at scale without losing sight of detail. Whether hiring across cities, countries, or continents, we bring the same focus, care, and precision to every search. Global reach, delivered with a personal approach.

Every search starts with understanding your business, your challenges, and your goals. We deliver not just candidates, but solutions shaped by insight.

90%
Of exclusive rolls filled

Our Process.

Our process is built to be clear, disciplined, and designed to deliver lasting results.

Step
01

Discovery

Every search starts with deep understanding;  not just of the job, but the context behind it.

We define the role’s scope, its purpose, and what success looks like. Just as importantly, we uncover the “why” for candidates: what makes this opportunity worth the move.

Step
02

Search Strategy

We shape the search to fit the brief, budget, and speed required. Whether contingent or retained, we align on confidentiality, seniority, and positioning. Every detail informs how we take the role to market and who we target.

Step
03

Market Mapping

Before we act, we map. This stage pinpoints where the right people sit. Inside competitor teams, adjacent markets, or emerging talent pools. It ensures every shortlist is built with purpose.

Step
04

Market Engagement

This is where the search takes shape. Leveraging targeted headhunting, direct outreach, and trusted referrals, we engage the most qualified talent, not just those actively looking. We manage communications, sustain engagement, and drive momentum through to final interviews.

Step
05

Offer Management

Offer management starts from the first conversation. We guide both client and candidate through expectations, budgets, and motivations. Our goal is not just an accepted offer. It's a placement that lasts.

Step
06

Closure

Our work continues beyond the offer. We stay close through notice periods, onboarding, and the first 100 days. Supporting both sides to ensure a smooth transition and long-term success.

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