Buy Side Recruitment

Buy Side Recruitment is a founder-led executive search firm established in 2015 and led by Michael Muir, who brings twenty years of finance recruitment experience. The company specialises in precision recruitment for London's investment firms, offering executive search quality without the hefty retainer fees typical of traditional retained search. Buy Side Recruitment works exclusively with buy-side firms to fill roles from Manager through to CFO across the full breadth of the finance function, including accounting and control, FP&A, treasury, valuations, investor relations, corporate development, and ESG. The firm's methodology, called Effective Recruitment, bridges the gap between transactional recruitment and retained executive search, targeting the mid-senior finance professionals that standard recruitment often misses.

Buy Side Recruitment serves London's investment firms across private equity, infrastructure, renewables, credit, hedge funds, real estate, and asset management. The company has built a live map of over 6,000 buy-side finance professionals across more than 1,500 firms in London, updated daily to inform every search. Rather than relying on keyword searches, Buy Side Recruitment uses story-led Candidate Attraction Packs that reframe recruiter outreach as a tailored proposition, turning passive candidates into engaged ones. The firm's structured vetting process predicts stay-rate and on-the-job results, ensuring only the strongest candidates reach shortlists. Long-term partnerships with firms such as 3i Group, Legal and General Investment Management, and Foresight demonstrate the company's ability to deliver across multiple functions and complex briefs.

Buy Side Recruitment operates exclusively in London, serving the city's investment community across Mayfair, Marylebone, Fitzrovia, St James's, Belgravia, Victoria, the City of London, and Canary Wharf. Every search is personally led by Michael Muir from brief to start date with no handoffs, ensuring consistency and accountability. Clients choose Buy Side Recruitment for its combination of deep sector intelligence, relationship-driven approach, and commitment to the specific challenges of mid-senior buy-side finance recruitment, where neither standard contingent recruitment nor traditional retained search adequately serves the market.