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Sewell Wallis is trusted by businesses across Sheffield, Leeds, and the wider Yorkshire region to deliver recruitment that works. We're a people-focused agency built on transparency, and market knowledge built over two decades of experience in the sector. We work closely with you, spending our time getting to know you and what you're trying to accomplish; whether that's scaling an established team, looking for new leadership or starting from scratch, we can support your project. 

Your business is unique, with it's own ownership structure and growth plan. We immerse ourselves in those details before approaching candidates, which is why our placements stick. Our consultants in Sheffield and Leeds place talent across five sectors: accountancy & finance, HR, business support, not-for-profit and public sector, and executive search.

Sectors We Cover.

Accounting & Finance
HR, People & Culture
Business Support
Executive Search
Not-for-Profit
Accounting & Finance

Accounting & Finance

We place finance talent into industry and accountancy roles across Yorkshire, recruiting at every level of finance.

For our industry clients, we place candidates into transactional roles such as purchase ledger, sales ledger, accounts payable, payroll, and finance admin positions, through to qualified professionals, including management accountants, assistant accountants, finance managers and financial controllers, right up to senior positions such as finance directors and CFOs.

Our team have decades of experience recruiting into finance roles across Yorkshire – we’ll make your hiring problems a thing of the past. With extensive networks across the region, we’re the people to call whether you’re growing your finance team, looking for qualified talent or you need new senior leadership.

We can advice on all levels of finance recruitment, and we consider ourselves true partners in your business. We’re in it for the long run and can connect you to talent you wouldn’t otherwise have access to.

Recruit into your finance team
HR, People & Culture

HR, People & Culture

Strong HR talent powers your business. We recruit HR professionals at every level, from HR Administrators, HR Officers, and HR Managers up to HR Business Partners, HR Directors, and Chief People Officers. Our team can also help with specialist HR roles, including talent acquisition and people analytics, along with providing interim support at all levels if you're looking for a temporary team member to bolster your HR offering. 

Our experienced HR consultants can help you build an internal HR team from scratch, advise on leadership positions and find talent for those niche roles you struggle to fill.

As your recruitment partner, we can find you talent you wouldn’t otherwise have access to, and we spend time getting to know your business to ensure a strong alignment across culture and the technical skills you need.

Contact the team for a confidential chat about how we can help you streamline your next HR hire.

Hire your next HR professional
Business Support

Business Support

A strong business support team can elevate your business. We can find you operational talent at all levels, whether you're looking for customer service staff, you're building out your marketing team or your business needs more administrative support. We have a strong network of customer service and admin talent from entry level through to management, and can provide temporary, interim or permanent staff depending on your specific needs.

We understand how important speed is when hiring into these critical roles, and can provide you with a strong shortlist of candidates quickly, ensuring that the CVs we send you match your values as well as being able to perform in the role.

Your business functions better with a strong operational support team – we can find that talent for you.

Find your next business support hire
Executive Search

Executive Search

When you need fresh leadership, our finance, HR, and operational network across Yorkshire gives you direct access to passive senior talent. We run executive search assignments at C-suite level (CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CHRO) and can support with dedicated succession planning and salary benchmarking projects for senior teams.

Our experienced consultants have extensive contacts across the region and will work closely in partnership with you to find the right fit, no matter how niche your need.

We understand the importance of strong leadership, and take our time to get to know everything about your business, your growth plans and your current leadership team to enable us to find the best fit for you.

Build your leadership team
Not-for-Profit

Not-for-Profit

We've built long-term relationships with charities, public sector organisations and educational institutions across Yorkshire. Our network includes professionals who bring genuine commercial capability into mission-led environments, helping NFP and public sector employers attract candidates who drive impact without treating the sector as a stepping stone.

We can find you finance and HR talent across the region for your not-for-profit organisation. Our team are experienced and will help you craft an efficient process and interview structure, enabling you to find the right candidates in a shorter period of time.

We build long term relationships and our involvement doesn’t just stop at the offer stage – we can advise on salary package, onboarding, and are there throughout your new hire’s notice period to field any questions, ensuring a smooth start for everyone. We’re committed to our local community and work closely with charities in the area, as well as offering lower negotiated rates for recruitment project, as our way of giving something back.

Find the best NFP talent

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