Nitish Lim Shaw Doolub

360 recruitment in building the Practice Desk from scratch (no existing clients in the regional offices). Through using a candidate first methodology, finding niche candidates such First Time Passes ACA/ACCA/ICAS candidates and spec'ing them into various practices across the UK, Netherlands, Channel Islands and Cayman Islands. Business developed through a candidate first methodology.

TOB' signed with: UK - Johnston Carmichael, Jackson Stephens, Clive Owen LLP, Dykes Yaxley, Dodds Accountants. Netherlands – Blomer, RSM NL, Crop NL, Moore MKW.

Cayman

Islands – BDO Cayman. £30,000 per quarter target. First placement in 6 weeks at Saffery Champness – Peterborough (Audit Semi-Senior) £6,600. On target to hit £30,000 in the first quarter.

Senior Recruitment Consultant (360 Role) - Ambition UK (International Recruitment Agency) - London, United Kingdom

(2025-12 - 2026-03)

360 recruitment in building the Practice Desk from scratch (no existing clients in the regional offices). Through using a candidate first methodology, finding niche candidates such First Time Passes ACA/ACCA/ICAS candidates and spec'ing them into various practices across the UK, Netherlands, Channel Islands and Cayman Islands. Business developed through a candidate first methodology.

TOB' signed with: UK - Johnston Carmichael, Jackson Stephens, Clive Owen LLP, Dykes Yaxley, Dodds Accountants. Netherlands – Blomer, RSM NL, Crop NL, Moore MKW.

Cayman

Islands – BDO Cayman. £30,000 per quarter target. First placement in 6 weeks at Saffery Champness – Peterborough (Audit Semi-Senior) £6,600. On target to hit £30,000 in the first quarter.

Senior Recruiter - People Scout (TrueBlue – NYSE: TBI) - London, United Kingdom

(2025-08 - 2025-11)

3 Month - Fixed Term Contract.

Client: Shaw Gibbs (Top 40 UK ranked Accountancy Firm). Working as part of a Managed Services Provider (MSP).

• Driving recruitment initiatives that support the successful integration of firms into the Shaw Gibbs brand through mergers and acquisitions.
• Managing and optimising the end-to-end recruitment process across Accounts, Audit, and Tax, reducing time-to-hire and improving candidate quality.
• Partnering with stakeholders to deliver consultative advice, shaping effective hiring decisions and long-term workforce planning.
• Designing and embedding scalable recruitment strategies for newly acquired businesses to ensure smooth transitions and alignment with group standards.
• Conducting in-depth market mapping to build strong talent pipelines, securing access to niche candidate pools and reducing reliance on agencies.

Recruitment Advisor – International Hires (External Audit) Assistant Manager (Grade 40) - BDO UK - London, United Kingdom

(2022-05 - 2025-07)

Project manager of a £3.2 million pound programme to recruit SAICA qualified External Auditors from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Currently project manager for the SA Programme 2025. Business partnering with all BDO Offices across the UK, including London Audit Group (LAG), Birmingham, Manchester, etc.

High level stakeholder management with partners across the audit practice, delivering consultative business solutions to recruitment challenges within this dynamic market. Creating recruitment proposals for International Recruitment Campaigns such as the Pakistan Programme/South Africa Programme. Then presenting it to the Senior Leadership Partner Team.

Directly reporting line into Justin Chait (Head of Financial Services Audit).

• Project manager for the the Pakistan International Hiring Programme 2022 and responsible for recruiting 25 External Auditors into London Audit Group (LAG).
• Successfully recruited 173 Assistant Audit Managers (Grade 40)/Audit Semi-Seniors (Grade 45) in the South Africa Programme 2022.
• Planned and executed the South Africa Programme 2023, the visits to Cape Town and Johannesburg involving 10 Partners to recruitment 180 Assistant Audit Managers/Audit Semi-Seniors.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Chartered Accountancy Qualifications – ACA, ACCA, SAICA, ICAI, ICAP, CPA, etc.
• Directly responsible for Direct Sourcing, driving, and delivering direct savings across the international hiring. Whilst providing methodology and strategy.
• Extensive knowledge of UK visa process and co-chair of the weekly Global Mobility call with the agencies.
• Direct Reports include 1 Direct Sourcer and 2 Recruitment Coordinators.
• Working closely with the Resourcing Directorate across the business to ensure headcount is filled through external hiring and working closely with the business in terms of sector allocations with candidates.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (External Audit) - RSM UK (RSM International) - London, United Kingdom

(2021-07 - 2022-04)

Leading end to end External Audit recruitment for the North-East, North-West, Yorkshire, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Roles covered: Audit Assistant, Audit Supervisor, Assistant Audit Manager, Audit Manager, Senior Audit Manager and include more specialist and technical focused Audit roles within the service line. Direct savings of over £100,000 within 3 months of joining RSM. Specialising in External Audit recruitment, however made placements in Corporate Finance and Internal Audit.

Bought in specifically to focus on Global Mobility and recruited and successfully placed candidates into roles across the UK from India/Pakistan/Saudi Arabia/UAE/Bahrain etc. Involvement in the onboarding process of Global Mobility candidates. Pure headhunting role as RSM does not have a Candidate sourcing database at present (CRM).

Full working knowledge of ATS - My Pathway (Cornerstone). Working alongside the Talent Acquisition Lead. Direct interaction with Key Stakeholders in the business (Partners, Managing Partners, Office Managing Partner, Regional Managing Partner, Head of Audit (UK) and Head of Talent.

Management of Daily New Submissions (Candidates) including Agency Submissions.

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Senior Recruitment Consultant (Public Practice) - Parkside Recruitment (Antal International) - London, United Kingdom

(2021-01 - 2021-06)

360 Recruitment Consultant/£12,000 Per Month Target. Built the Practice Desk from scratch (no existing clients). Local company looking to expand nationally. Through using a candidate first methodology, finding niche candidates such First Time Passes ACA/ACCA/ICAS candidates and spec'ing them into various practices across the UK, Channel Islands, Cayman Islands and Middle East.

Head up the Public Practice Desk and grew the team by a further Associate Consultant. Created a large number of relationships from BDO, GT, RSM, Saffery Champness, etc. First permanent placement within 3 weeks of starting, end to end recruitment for an Anderson Anderson Brown (£7,560) - Audit Senior.

Under

Partner – James Pirrie (Head of Audit AAB). Heavily candidate driven market and working on a cold desk. Candidate go to market strategy. Extensive talent and market mapping, using various methods of headhunting. Started off the UK National Accountancy Practice Desk at Parkside Recruitment. Headhunted by the Client – Business Development and joined the RSM PSL through Speculative CV.

Recruitment Consultant – Accountancy, Finance & Legal - ManpowerGroup Middle East (Manpower Group) - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

(2019-06 - 2020-12)

360 Recruitment Consultant / 60,000 AED Target Per Month (13,500 GBP)/ Top Biller in the Company 3 x Months. Developing the Accountancy, Finance and Legal desk through speaking to a minimum of 10 C-Suite people per day (CEO/CFO/COO etc), 5 Client Meetings Per Week, 2 New Terms of Business Signed (per month). Maintaining consistently a 900k AED/200,000 GBP pipeline with the view to convert 10% monthly. 72 hour turnaround on recruitment mandate given to CV's a company target (SLA) consistently met.

Whilst maintaining quality of delivery to clients as well. Heavily client driven market and working on a cold desk – 80/20 split BD and jobs given. 360 Placements in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Ghana, Namibia. Talent mapping for retained clients.

Extensive understanding of the various visa requirements in the GCC – Iqamas/NOCs etc. Nationalisation specialist in the GCC recruitment -Emiratisation/Saudization etc. Cross selling ManpowerGroup Solutions – Permanent Recruitment, Outsourcing, Right Management and Cybersecurity.

Involvement in RFP's and Tenders. Other revenue producing activities and hands on collection of outstanding invoices (helping reduce the DSO).

Recruitment Consultant – Accounts & External Audit (Public Practice) - Marks Sattin - Holborn, London

(2018-06 - 2019-06)

360 Recruitment Consultant/ 10,000 Target GBP Per Month. Developing the Accounts & External Audit desk within practice (Top 100 Accountancy Practices & Boutiques) covering London and the South East of England. Candidate driven market, which helped develop fantastic candidate management techniques. New business development through a variety of BD techniques.

LLM Law Conversion + SQE 1 - BPP University (2025-09)

BA (Hons) - Religion, Politics & Society - Kings College London (2021-09 - 2025-06)

A-Level - Collingham Independent Sixth Form College

GCSE/IGCSE - Collingham Independent Sixth Form College