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.
Supporting law firms with the people who keep legal businesses operating at their best.
Emily is JHR's business operations, HR & legal operations specialist, with more than eleven years of recruitment experience and a particularly strong track record supporting legal organisations.
She recruits across legal operations, executive and practice support, office management, HR, talent and wider operational functions. Her recent work includes senior executive assistant appointments for managing partners, heads of department and chief operating officers, as well as multiple PA hires within leading law firms.
Emily understands that recruitment within a legal environment demands more than an assessment of administrative or technical skills. Discretion, judgement, attention to detail, stakeholder management and cultural fit are equally important.
By taking time to understand each firm’s structure, practice areas and working style, Emily can tailor the search and approach relevant candidates with a clear and credible opportunity. Her established networks are strengthened by targeted LinkedIn sourcing and proactive engagement with professionals who may not be actively looking.
Clients value Emily’s responsiveness, market knowledge and relationship-led approach. She acts as a trusted recruitment partner, focused on appointments that support both day-to-day delivery and the firm’s longer-term ambitions.
Areas of expertise:
Legal Operations & Practice Management
Legal PAs, EAs & Secretarial Support
Office Management & Business Services
Facilities & Workplace
Risk, Compliance & Onboarding
Senior & Executive Support
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
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
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