The posting
At La Fosse, we’re an employee-owned talent solutions business specialising in tech, digital, and change, but people are always at the heart of what we do.
Our mission is to create a working world where talent is recognised for its value, not its background. We help businesses of all sizes solve people and growth challenges through recruitment, our academy, solutions, and executive search.
What makes us different? Everyone here has a stake in the business. Being employee-owned means we all have a voice, and we all share in our success - quite literally. Through our employee ownership model, everyone benefits financially from the value we create together, with profit-sharing and long-term wealth-building opportunities built in.
We’re ambitious, collaborative, and care about doing great work with great people. There’s real focus on learning, development, and building meaningful careers, in a culture that’s grounded, inclusive, and fun.
If you’re after purpose, progression, and the chance to shape something exciting, La Fosse is the place to do it.
The Role
We're looking for an experienced Billing Manager to join and help lead our established European technology recruitment business.
You'll share leadership responsibility alongside our existing Billing Manager, working together to support team performance, development and continued growth across the European market. You'll also remain hands-on with your own billing, client relationships and business development, combining leadership with your own commercial delivery.
With an established European presence, existing client relationships and a wider UK technology business across areas including Cloud, Infrastructure, Security, Data and Software, you'll have the platform and support to help develop the European business further.
What will you be doing?
- Team Leadership: Share responsibility for leading, coaching and developing the team, supporting performance, progression and day-to-day activity.
- Commercial Performance: Work alongside the existing Billing Manager to drive billing, business development and overall commercial performance.
- Client Partnership: Build and maintain strong client relationships across the European technology market, providing market insight and developing long-term partnerships.
- Business Development: Identify and win new business through networking, referrals, proactive outreach and leveraging relationships across the wider La Fosse business.
- Own Billing: Continue to manage your own desk, developing clients, winning business and delivering placements across your chosen technology market.
- Market Development: Identify opportunities to grow into new European markets and leverage existing UK clients, relationships and areas of expertise.
- Recruitment Delivery: Support the team in delivering high-quality recruitment processes, from initial brief through to offer and placement.
- Coaching & Development: Help consultants develop their BD, delivery and commercial skills, sharing best practice and supporting individual career progression.
- Strategy & Collaboration: Work with the existing Billing Manager and wider leadership team to shape priorities and support the growth strategy for the European business.
- CRM & Compliance: Maintain accurate CRM records and ensure activity is aligned with GDPR, employment law and internal standards.
- Team Culture: Live our values of care, ambition and humility, contributing to a high-performing, collaborative and inclusive team culture.
Requirements
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Proven experience in a 360 recruitment role, ideally within the cloud, infrastructure, or security space.
- A strong track record of billing personally, with a consistent history of delivering against commercial targets.
- Previous experience leading, managing, or mentoring recruitment consultants, with a genuine interest in developing high-performing teams.
- Strong business development and client relationship skills, with the ability to open, grow and retain valuable accounts.
- A commercial mindset, with the confidence to identify opportunities, drive team performance and take ownership of revenue.
- Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle, from business development and candidate sourcing through to negotiation and placement.
- The ability to coach and support consultants across both delivery and business development, helping them build sustainable desks and increase their billings.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build strong relationships across clients, candidates and internal teams.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to balance personal billing with the leadership and development of a team.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset, with the ambition to build a high-performing team while contributing to the wider success of the business.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (Bullhorn experience is a plus) and a strong understanding of recruitment compliance and best practices.
What are the Standards & Expectations we live by?
- We support each other to be as successful as we can.
- Treat others how you would like to be treated.
- We put our teams before ourselves.
- We think and act on what is best for the overall business.
Benefits
What can you earn?
When you join our recruitment team, you will start on a flat 15% commission to help you settle in, then move you to our standard structure where you will earn 33% of any NFI up to £800k and 40% on billings beyond that, ensuring a clear and rewarding commission structure. You can also earn through additional earning streams such as Management overrides, cross-selling and referral bonuses from our Academy & Solutions service lines. Below are some example commission figures:
Benefits:
💸 Industry-Leading Commission Structure: Earn from day one with our competitive commission scheme.
🌴 Annual Leave: Enjoy up to 30 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, your birthday off, and a Christmas closure period.
🏙️ Hybrid Working Model: We work 4 days a week from our London office, with 2 weeks per year to work from anywhere, whether that’s by the beach, in the countryside, or closer to family.
🎿 Annual Company Ski Trip: Hit the slopes with the team, our all-company ski trip is open to everyone.
💆 Wellness Perks: We subsidise your gym membership to help you stay active and energised, and offer weekly in-office massages for a midweek recharge.
🧠 Mental Health Support: Access to professional support and resources to help you prioritise your wellbeing.
👶 Enhanced Maternity Pay: We provide enhanced maternity packages to support you through life’s important milestones.
🎉 Incentives & Socials: Regular team socials, performance incentives, and rewards to celebrate your success.
🦷 Private Health & Dental Discounts: Take advantage of discounted private healthcare and dental plans, because your health matters.
The Interview Process:
We want to make sure this role is the perfect fit for both you and us. Here’s what to expect:
- Call with our TA team: To learn more about you and to tell you more about us!
- 1st Stage Teams Interview: A commercial-focused conversation with the hiring manager or team lead.
- Psychometric Assessment: A short online assessment to help us understand your working style, preferences, and strengths.
- Final Stage Interview - in person: An opportunity to meet the team, learn more about La Fosse and dig into what your first 6 months could look like.
At La Fosse, we believe diverse teams create better outcomes. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every box, we still encourage you to apply!
🔗 Ready to be part of something bigger? Apply now and let’s grow together.
