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Trading & investment
Portfolio management, trading, quantitative and fundamental research, structuring, origination, and business development.
Wall Street search · Established 2019
Financial-markets recruiting for firms that need judgment, urgency, and a recruiter who remembers what was agreed on the last call.
85%+
of placed professionals are still with the firms where we placed them
70%
of the candidates we submit are brought in for an interview
Since 2019
placing permanent and consulting talent across Wall Street
Market coverage
Front office through infrastructure, across the people who take risk and the people who make sure it was taken correctly.
Explore our expertise01
Portfolio management, trading, quantitative and fundamental research, structuring, origination, and business development.
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Market, credit, counterparty and operational risk, product control, treasury, collateral, and liquidity.
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Trade support, settlements, reconciliations, corporate actions, onboarding, fund accounting, and reporting.
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Financial data, analytics, automation, AI integration, and the teams turning information into decisions.
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Trading and risk platforms, business technology, transformation, process engineering, and PMO leadership.
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Experienced specialists for defined mandates, transformation programs, coverage gaps, and urgent delivery.
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View roleThe search process
We build our own AI tools for sourcing, research, candidate evaluation, and market intelligence. They help us move faster and analyze more. They do not replace judgment, relationships, or knowing when the person behind the résumé is the right person for the business.
We get past the job description: outcomes, team dynamics, non-negotiables, and what will make the hire stay.
Proprietary in-house AI widens the map and surfaces talent traditional search can miss. Experienced recruiters decide who is worth calling, and how to call them.
A focused slate, honest calibration, and the useful details around motivation, compensation, and fit.
We manage feedback, offers, transitions, and the inevitable last-minute plot twist. Search is not done at résumé send.
Leadership

Founder
Chris started Emerald in early 2019, following in his father's footsteps of starting and running his own financial services recruiting firm. He spent several years working at International Market Recruiters.

Managing Director
Starting with Emerald in 2019, Nancy has been an integral member of the firm's success. She brings extensive recruiting experience from both the agency side and corporate, having led teams at ADP and Walmart.
For candidates
Understand the mandate, prepare for the room, get direct feedback, and make the move only when it makes sense.
Apply to a live mandate or enter our confidential talent network.
We learn what you do, where you want to go, and what would make a move worthwhile.
You get the mandate, people, process, and feedback—not a calendar invite and good luck.
We stay close through interviews, offers, resignations, and the first day.
Confidential search
Tell us what the team needs. The first conversation stays between us.
Start a Confidential Search