Accountancy & Finance Recruitment.
The right people in your finance team make everything else easier. We help you find them.
Specialist Accountancy & Finance Recruitment.
Building finance teams that give businesses confidence to grow.
Helping organisations build credible, commercially focused people functions.
Emily is JHR’s business operations, HR & legal operations specialist, bringing more than eleven years of recruitment experience and a strong track record across both temporary and permanent hiring.
Her own experience leading recruitment teams gives her a practical understanding of people management, team development, performance, internal recruitment and the importance of strong HR partnerships.
Emily recruits across HR, people and culture, talent acquisition, internal recruitment and employee-focused appointments. She works with clients to understand the culture, leadership dynamics and people priorities behind each vacancy before identifying professionals who can build trust and make a meaningful contribution.
Her extensive Yorkshire networks are supported by proactive LinkedIn search, direct outreach and long-standing candidate relationships. This enables her to engage both active candidates and experienced professionals who may not yet be considering a move.
Clients value Emily’s market knowledge, honest communication and consultative approach. Her focus is always on finding people whose expertise, values and style fit the organisation, rather than simply matching a CV to a job description.
Areas of expertise.
HR Director
Head Of HR
Head of People
People And Culture Manager
HR Manager
Learning & Development Manager
HR Business Partner
Employee Engagement Manager
Talent Acquisition Manager
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Internal Recruiter
HR Advisor
HR Administrator
EDI and Inclusion Specialists
We Recruit Across The Full Finance Function, Including:
- Accounts Assistants
- Purchase & Sales Ledger
- Payroll
- Credit Control
- Management Accountants
- Financial Accountants
- Finance Managers
- Financial Controllers
- Finance Directors
- CFOs
Our Trusted Partners
Trusted by leading organisations.
We’ve been working with Jo Holdsworth Recruitment for a couple of years, but our activity really ramped up in 2025. The quality of candidates has been consistently good, resulting in a number of successful hires. Much of this is thanks to Emily, who takes the time to understand our requirements and listens carefully to our briefs. My favourite part of the process is the openness and honesty that Emily brings. She knows how important it is to me not to waste time, so she’s always upfront. If a candidate isn’t right, she’ll say so, and if she thinks someone is a great fit, she’ll explain exactly why I should meet them. Emily is a fantastic consultant who truly listens to her clients, knows her candidates well, and consistently does a great job. She respects my time and adapts to my preferred ways of working, which I really appreciate.
Talent Manager
Leading Law firm in Leeds
I would highly recommend Emily for any recruitment needs in the Leeds area. Emily is not only quick and efficient in response times, but she ensures to do her upmost to provide an outstanding service continuously throughout. Emily understands your business needs, listens to what your business is looking for and delivers this by providing high quality candidates. It has been an absolute pleasure to be supported by Emily at Jo Holdsworth Recruitment.
Talent Manager
Building and Engineering in Leeds
Emily and JHR have recently supported us with our recruitment process. This was our first time working alongside Emily, who selected a number of high calibre candidates to fit our criteria. The communication and support throughout the process was excellent and we are looking forward to working with JHR again in the future.
Office Manager
Property and Real Estate in Leeds
