ZEP Finance
Two roles solved in a single hire.
How FinTalent filled a complex-lending brief and unlocked a commercial-growth ambition in a single placement.
ZEP Finance needed some of the complex, self-employed and business-owner deals taken off the Managing Director's desk.
Zain had built a structured, award-winning brokerage, yet was carrying long days because too much of the hardest work still had nowhere else to go.
- Twelve months of on-and-off searching.
- Offers to business bankers, declined.
- Hires who started, then left.
“I don't want to retire, but I don't want to work this level.”
Zain Peart, Managing Director, ZEP Finance
In discovery, Zain mentioned he'd love to grow the commercial side of the business one day. For now, he wanted a resi broker with complex-lending depth.
Most recruiters would have filled that brief and stopped. FinTalent went further, and found a broker who is also a fourteen-year commercial banker, filling the stated role and unlocking the commercial ambition in one hire.
- Phase 1
Discovery and brief
Two discovery calls surface the founder as the bottleneck, and a parked commercial ambition.
- Phase 2
Retained and sourced
Retainer signed 1 May. FinTalent sources Ryan Robson, a residential broker and ex-commercial banker in one.
- Phase 3
Interviews and fit
Two interview stages with Zain and Emma. Cultural and technical fit holds on both sides.
- Phase 4
Placed
Offer confirmed, contract executed. Six weeks from retainer to signed.
- 01
Listened past the brief
The stated ask was a resi broker with complex depth.
In discovery, a bigger goal surfaced: Zain's ambition to grow the commercial side.
- 02
Solved two problems at once
Ryan is not just a residential broker.
Fourteen years in business banking means complex deals from day one, and a commercial book he can grow.
- 03
Closed what others couldn't
Prior offers to business bankers had been declined.
FinTalent navigated the fit and the numbers, and this offer landed.
- 04
Built to stick
Past hires had walked.
Ryan was matched on the work, the culture and the growth path, then backed by structured aftercare.
“We think he would be a great fit for the team.”
Emma Peart, Co-Owner, ZEP Finance
Some of the complex, self-employed and business-owner deals now have somewhere else to go. Zain can hand more of them across and step back toward the guiding role he is planning.
The commercial growth he'd parked for later now has someone who can lead it, in the same hire.
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