1. Oliver James
a s s o c i a t e s
Financial Services Recruitment
Germany
2. Search and Selection in Financial Services
Oliver James Associates is a market leading search and selection consultancy operating exclusively within the international financial services
industry. While our business was initially established in 2002 as a niche supplier of skilled professionals to the Insurance and Asset
Management industries within the UK, we have grown organically, consistently and successfully since then across the broader financial
services sector. More specifically, over the past four years we have further developed our international presence into Switzerland, Germany,
Benelux and Asia.
Each Senior Consultant is a vertical market specialist within their chosen discipline and has developed an extensive network of contacts
across all sizes of business. Our team is made up of three Senior Consultants supported by three Researchers and between us we speak a
combination of fluent German, French, English and Dutch.
3. Search and Selection in Financial Services
We entered the German market in response to two main areas of weakness within the financial services recruitment sector:
1. Low employment turnover results in a lack of talent available for mid-senior level roles;
2. The supply gap between the top-end reach of most contingency recruitment firms and the bottom-end reach of most search firms
results in poor quality of service being delivered in the 80,000 to 140,000 salary range.
Oliver James Associates satisfy these needs by:
1. Passive German Market: proactively reaching out to build relationships with high calibre individuals who are not actively looking for a
new role, but are receptive to being presented with their next logical career step. Our Research team is mapping out the entire German
market, enabling us to present the highest calibre local talent for our clients;
2. Client Focus: building value-added relationships with a handful of carefully selected Financial Services providers and ring-fencing the
rest of the market as a source of candidates so that our clients have access to key talent from their key competitors;
3. Search Methodology
needs. No matter which solution is chosen, we treat each instruction as an individual project and apply our proactive search
methodology to sourcing a high quality shortlist for mid-senior level roles;
4. International Reach: we also have vertical market teams across Actuarial, Risk, Compliance and Change Management that specifically
identify talent in the UK, Benelux, German or Asia Pacific financial services markets. This gives our German clients access to a global
candidate pool and we are experienced at introducing professionals that are open to relocation to Germany.
4. Actuarial
currently a team of 6 Consultants.
Understanding Actuaries and the insurance markets very well, we have built a vast network throughout the UK, Ireland, Belgium,
Netherlands, Germany, Asia and Switzerland.
We invest 100% of our time, energy and resources in developing a pool of active and passive German Actuarial candidates. In Germany, our
German-speaking consultants map out local candidates to add to our global database and we now have an extensive understanding of this
extremely candidate short market. We are now one of the few genuine leaders in the actuarial recruitment space and during 2011/2012 we
have successfully reacted to the high-demand for nearly/newly qualified candidates due to the new Solvency II regulations. We have
managed this by tapping into our passive local candidate base and international Actuarial network.
We use proactive search methodologies and offer a bespoke recruitment solution on a contingency, sole agency or retained search basis to
suit your needs. Our candidates are from a pure Life or Non- atives, as
well as locally based international candidates. We recruit for a variety of technical and managerial roles.
5. Actuarial
Our recent assignments and placements include:
Chief Actuary Non-Life Reinsurer Senior Actuarial Analyst Leading Global Insurer
Head of Non-Life Consulting International Consultancy Consultant Leading Global Insurer
Senior Reporting Actuary World-leading insurer Life Actuary Leading Swiss Insurer
Non-Life Partner International Consultancy Senior Risk Actuary Global Specialty Reinsurer
Head of Pricing Life World Leading Reinsurer Senior Casualty UW - Germanic Countries Bermuda-Based P&C Insurer
Modelling Expert-Capital International Consultancy Senior IFRS Actuary Leading Swiss Insurer
Non-Life Specialty Lines Pricing World Leading Insurer Senior Analyst International Consultancy
Senior Client Manager Longevity Global Reinsurer Senior Pricing Actuary Leading International Reinsurer
Legal & Compliance Officer Europe Boutique Non-Life Insurer Pricing Actuary Leading International Reinsurer
Client Partner Longevity International Reinsurer Junior Analyst World Leading Reinsurer
Platform Developer and Modelling Expert Global P&C Insurer Property Treaty Underwriter European Life Reinsurer
Junior Risk Actuary (Non-Life) German Non-Life Insurer International Casualty Treaty Bermuda-Based P&C Insurer
Senior Coverage Officer Leading Global Insurer Risk Manager / Actuary Non-Life Germany-based Insurer
Actuarial Analyst International Consultancy Reporting Actuary Leading Swiss Insurer
Senior Actuarial Analyst Germany-based Insurer Solvency II Technical Author Germany-based Insurer
Head of Group Actuarial Life Germany-based Insurer Global MoSes Project Actuar Leading Swiss Reinsurer
6. Key Contact Details
Permanent Employment Freelance/Contract Employment Permanent Employment
Manuel Lovell Ben Moses Emina Biscevic
Senior Consultant Consultant Senior Consultant
+49 (0)8922 061 003 +49 (0)8922 061 068 +49 (0)893 803 8965
manuel.lovell@ojassociates.com ben.moses@ojassociates.com emina.biscevicl@ojassociates.com
Manuel specialises in the Actuary market Ben specialises in the recruitment of Emina is a specialist in placing actuarial and
for German Life and Non-Life Actuaries to the European Life and Non-Life risk professionals in Germany where she
insurance/reinsurance companies. Through insurance and reinsurance markets. By has built trusting relationships with her
constant communication with market extensive networking in the market and the clients and candidates alike in
specialists to gain the trust of both clients development of relationships based on trust understanding their needs and how best to
and candidates, Manuel seeks to maintain and integrity, he has developed formidable provide them with a tailored service. She
and further his knowledge within his client relations and influential candidate always operates with professionalism and
specialist area in Germany and Switzerland. contacts. Ben is committed to expanding his discretion, while adding a personal touch
Manuel is a native English and French specialist market knowledge and is always as she understands how important the next
speaker and speaks near-fluent German. keen to take on new projects. career steps are for every individual.
