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Specialist consultants
Every brief is handled by a consultant with material experience in that sector. Not a generalist with a database.
Since 2008 · Reading · London · Brighton
Helping ambitious people find work that suits them.
Marlow & Finch is a regional recruitment consultancy. Permanent, contract, and interim roles across all our specialisms.
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94%
Offer acceptance rate
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21 days
Average time to shortlist
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78%
Clients return within 12 months
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£180m
Placed salary value, 2024
What we doFive specialisms.
Five specialisms.
Deep relationships in each.
We focus on sectors where our consultants have material industry experience. Within those we work on permanent, contract, and interim roles from mid-career through to director level.
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Commerce
Sales, marketing, commercial, and general management roles across the South East. From Sales Manager to Commercial Director.
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Executive Support
Executive Assistants, Office Managers, and Operations Coordinators. Often the hardest roles to get right.
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Finance
Qualified and part-qualified finance roles across permanent, interim, and contract. From Management Accountant to Finance Director.
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Operations
Operations, supply chain, logistics, and procurement appointments across SME and mid-market businesses.
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Technology
Software development, IT operations, and technical leadership roles across the regional market.
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Currently briefedLive roles,
View all rolesLive roles,
currently on our desk.
DevOps Engineer
Join our platform team as a DevOps Engineer where you'll build and maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure system reliability. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies to…
Residential Architect (ARB Registered)
TechVentures UK is a design-led studio specialising in high-end residential refurbishments, basement extensions, and new-build projects across London. Established in 2010, we have developed a…
Valuation Surveyor (MRICS)
The Valuation Surveyor will support the delivery of Red Book compliant valuation advice for secured lending, financial reporting, transactional and strategic purposes. The role requires strong…
Solicitor - Commercial
We're seeking a Commercial Solicitor to join our growing legal team. You'll advise clients on a range of commercial matters including contracts, corporate transactions, and regulatory…
Paralegal
We're looking for an organised and proactive Paralegal to support our legal team across a range of matters. You'll assist solicitors with case preparation, conduct legal research, draft…
Site Manager
We're seeking an experienced Site Manager to oversee construction projects from start to completion. You'll be responsible for managing site operations, coordinating subcontractors,…
A regional consultancy that does the work itself.
Marlow & Finch has been independently owned and run since 2008. We have grown carefully — a tight team of consultants, working on hundreds of placements a year. We have never owned a database we paid for. We have never bought a candidate list. We work the way good regional consultancies have worked for a generation, refined by what we have learned along the way. The result is the kind of relationship you get with a smaller firm - your consultant knows your business, has likely worked with your existing team, and will tell you honestly when a brief is wrong.
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Honest conversations
We will tell you when the brief is wrong, the salary is wrong, or the role is harder than you think. The conversation is the work.
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Realistic shortlists
Three to five strong candidates, each spoken to at length. No bulk-emailed CVs. No CVs-by-the-yard.
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Replacement guarantees
12-week guarantee on contingent placements; 26 weeks on retained. Reflective of how seriously we take placement quality.
InsightsWhat we're
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writing about.
Hiring when you can't pay London salaries: what actually works
Regional SMEs competing with London-bid talent budgets. Three things that make the difference, and three things that don't.
South East Salary Survey 2026: What the market is actually paying
Our 2026 placement data across Commerce, Finance, Technology, Operations, and Executive Support. The figures the job ads aren't telling you.
The counter-offer trap: why accepting one usually doesn't work out
Roughly 80% of candidates who accept a counter-offer have left the original employer within 18 months. Here's what's actually going on.
The team A close team.
Meet the full team A close team.
Each one a specialist.
Every brief is run by someone who has personally specialised in that sector — most often for years.
Rachel Marlow
Founding Partner — Commerce
Reading
James Finch
Founding Partner — Finance
Reading
Priya Shah
Senior Consultant — Finance
Reading
Thomas Okonkwo
Senior Consultant — Operations
Reading
Emily Clarke
Senior Consultant — Executive Support
London
Daniel Wright
Senior Consultant — Technology
Brighton
Get in touchA conversation,
A conversation,
no obligation.
Whether you're hiring or thinking about your next move, we'd be happy to talk. The first call is 30 minutes, by phone, no follow-up unless you'd like one.