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While the accounting and auditing function have always been of paramount importance to organizational success, we believe the role of human capital in this ever changing landscape is more critical than ever.

Many of the recruiters on our global team have significant experience of working in key industry positions prior to joining us, including such roles as Portfolio Management / Asset Allocation, Investor Relations, Distribution, and Operations.  

Our team is uniquely positioned to help asset managers adjust to the shifts in product trends, market volatility, and complex regulations. When it comes to asset management recruitment, we understand the importance of satisfying increasingly demanding investors in terms of transparency, risk and client service.

Options Group serves South America, Central America and Mexico through its offices in Sao Paulo, Bogota and New York. We have developed a broad client base from global full-service investment banks to family offices, and our portfolio of candidates ranges from executives and regional business heads to attorneys and operations professionals. 

The LatAm professionals at Options Group understand the complexities of operating in each of the countries in the region and the types of professionals required to help businesses succeed. From a head of global transaction services in Colombia to an ultra-high-net- worth private banker in the US with Mexican clients, we provide expertise to clients and candidates in local markets and abroad. 

The Operations and Supply Chain area has seen rapid growth following the financial crisis and has received increased attention from Boards. 

The Options Group Operations recruitment team has access to the best-in-class talent, who can rapidly leverage complex networks. Working closely with the competitive intelligence team, our Operations recruiting consultants can swiftly leverage the top professionals with cross-functional experience in product systems and technology and multi-industry or channel backgrounds.

Options Group is widely regarded as one of the top firms in the areas of Equity and Derivatives distribution, trading, structuring and research, with a successful track record of advising senior management at these institutions on market trends, compensation analysis, strategic initiatives and staffing.

Options Group has a long history within the quantitative research, trading, and analytical development space. Founded in 1992, we were one of the first firms to begin placing PhD candidates into investment banks. In fact, a considerable number of our long-term relationships were built through the placement of more than 100 PhDs in the mid-1990s, many of whom became among the biggest names in quantitative finance and our clients.

Options Group has grown to become the largest independent financial services talent acquisition and management provider in the United States and other key territories, with market leading capabilities across 19 segments within the financial services vertical and across all key functions and services.

Options Group employs foreign exchange recruitment specialists in each of our global offices. We offer complete recruiting services for the full spectrum of FX products and people from G10 to Exotics to Electronic Trading and Quantitative Professionals.

Additionally, our consultants partner with Option Group’s Rates Team to source best-in-class macro candidates for both the buy-side and the sell-side. 

The Risk Management recruitment team at Options Group is a global leader in providing top talent across the entire spectrum of risk management including market risk, counterparty risk, model validation, regulatory and compliance. We have successfully placed individuals at all levels, including Chief Risk Officers, Heads of Compliance, Heads of Operational Risk Management, as well as various team members. 

The Legal and Compliance team at Options Group provides best-in-class talent and advisory solutions for financial services and professional services firms, as they attract and retain General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers, as well as their direct reports. 

Option Group’s legal recruitment consultants recognize that the role of senior legal and compliance executives have changed significantly since the financial crisis and have evolved into that of a key strategic business leader.

Options Group has been an innovator in Hedge Funds recruitment for well over two decades and has played an integral role as the space has evolved from servicing high net worth individuals and family offices to becoming part of the mainstream investment portfolio of institutional investors.

Options Group is an industry leader in Securitized Products recruitment globally. Over the last decade we have played a significant role in assisting bulge-bracket clients with six major MBS trading desk build-outs — an unprecedented accomplishment. 

And over this time period we have also placed over 600 candidates with both sell-side and buy-side clients.

Option Group’s Credit Practice is deeply embedded within the industry on both the buy and sell-side and our longstanding recruitment presence in the credit space is supported by a rigorous approach to market intelligence.  

Our 10,000+ global relationships in Credit are comprised primarily of front-office personnel such as Traders, Analysts, Portfolio Managers, Strategists, Structurers, Sales & Marketing Teams and non-revenue personnel in Risk Management, Technology, and Human Resource

Through our extensive understanding of the market, we realized that while we had been placing Information Security professionals for years, the demand and need for these types of professionals was increasing significantly. 

As a result, we have spent the last few years further building our understanding, capabilities and relationships within this highly specialized sector, so that the team is now actively providing clients with access to top talent in the quickly evolving and high-demand space of Information Security recruitment.

Options Group partners with top global banks to define specific requirements for Investment Banking recruitment to ensure that hires are of the highest quality and firms remain dominant in their respective industries. 

Information Technology recruitment at Options Group is a core practice which provides the ability to hire hard-to-find, leading IT professionals through contracting, contingent or retained search. Our talent coverage runs the gamut from the top 0.01% entry-level talent to Chief Technology Officers and everything in between. Our client coverage includes global investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, proprietary trading firms, and more. 

The process of finding highly qualified professionals who can provide clear, authoritative, and concise testimony is parallel to executive search. The extensive Options Group database employs rigorous search functions that enable the team to quickly identify and qualify professionals to provide expert witnesses testimony in legal matters.

Unique to this industry are the longer investment timelines and carry-points that can make on-boarding candidates challenging. Our consultants work with clients and candidates to navigate these issues and ensure a seamless transition. They collaborate with their investment banking and hedge fund colleagues to ensure clients have exposure to the most qualified Private Equity candidates with just the right pedigree for each position.