Matthew Rushton

Client Engagement Director @ Reed Talent Solutions | Driving Innovative Workforce Solutions

London Area, United Kingdom

About

With over 6 years experience at Reed Talent Solutions. I lead the sales and solutions team, driving private sector client engagement from solution design to onboarding. My focus lies in developing innovative workforce solutions that enhance service delivery and address dynamic hiring needs. Leveraging expertise in sales management, bid processes, and project implementation, I collaborate with clients to optimize recruitment supply chains, ensuring cost savings, compliance, and operational efficiency. My commitment is to deliver scalable, data-driven, and sustainable workforce strategies that empower organizations to achieve their strategic goals.

Experience

  • Reed Talent Solutions (Hybrid)
    • Client Engagement Director
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      • Lead the RTS sales and solutions team, focusing on private sector client engagement. • Drive all stages of pre-contract client engagement, from solution design to onboarding. • Collaborate with clients to develop innovative workforce solutions, enhancing service delivery.

    • Workforce & Recruitment Solutions Manager
      Jan 2022 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      Reed Talent Solutions are a Tiara award winning recruitment outsourcing company. Reed Talent Solutions offer bespoke solutions to clients who are looking to outsource their Contingent and Permanent workforce solutions. Reed Talent Solutions offer the following services: Managed Service Programmes - Market-leading managed services for your contingent workforce, ensuring you win back time and savings for your business. - Take control of your contingent workforce - Managed service from sourcing through to invoicing - Compliance and control of legislative and regulatory risk - Effective supply chain management - Market-leading VMS and MI Flexible Resource Marketplace - Our Flexible Resource Marketplace combines managed service delivery, talent pool, statement of work and consultancy services procurement via one digital solution. - Agency workers & contractors - Interims - Directly sourced talent - Freelance & consultancy Recruitment Process Outsourcing - Our RPO solutions are designed to revitalise your talent strategy. We use the latest technology and offer unrivalled access to candidates. - Improve your recruitment processes - Reduce your time to hire - Access talent directly with our attraction, sourcing and selection programs - Elevate your employment brand - Mitigate risk with our pre-employment vetting and onboarding Workforce Management & Payroll Solutions - Our flexible range of compliant, digital and cost effective workforce management services provide control and assurance across your entire contingent workforce. - Legislative & regulatory compliance (LTD Co, IR35, AWR) - Pre-employment vetting - On-boarding & off-boarding - Full payroll management - Workforce engagement, redeployment and retention - Supply chain worker engagement and management

  • Senior Business Development Manager at REED
    Mar 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    My current role is to work with clients across London and Essex and understand their workforce requirements and lead on PSL negotiations to ensure that REED's services align to your workforce requirements. Our contracts provide the following benefits: Cost – savings due to a strategic relationship Consistency – assured quality thanks to our robust selection process Control – regulated supply channels and detailed management information Innovation - Talent mapping, remote on boarding, assessment tools, video interviews, outplacement Our sole supply and preferred supplier accounts are viewed and treated as a strategic partnership. Like any partnership, in order to be successful, it must be personal. All of our PSL agreements come with an account manager who will insist on forming close relationships with you, getting to know the ins and outs of your business and daily challenges.

  • Associate Director | Accountancy and Finance at EllisKnight International Recruitment
    Dec 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

    EllisKnight began with the desire to recruit for local markets and really stick to our core values, working with businesses who share those too. We have a passion to contribute to our local community both in a work sense and charitably. We will fill the void left by other temporary and permanent recruitment agencies in this respect. We aim to pair highly skilled professionals with clients, saving businesses time and money. By asking open-ended questions and listening, the understanding of what our candidates and clients’ require hits a high note. We have an in-depth knowledge of our local markets enabling us to provide expert advice to all that we partner with.

  • REED (9 yrs 3 mos)
    • Executive Business Manager
      Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 · 2 yrs

      I lead a team of highly effective Finance recruiters who specialise in the placement of qualified accountants into vacancies from Management/ Financial Accountants up to C-level executives. We work with a wide spread of clients form Start up businesses to Blue Chips. We place candidates on a permanent, interim and contract basis across Surrey and Hampshire. My team and I are driven by service and understanding the needs of our clients and candidates alike. whether you retain our service or have a contingent requirement, please contact me to hear about our unique service offering and how my team and I can assist you, by providing a well planned and executed service which is all underwritten by Reeds bespoke guarantees.

    • Business Manager
      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

      I lead a team of highly effective Finance recruiters who specialise in the placement of qualified accountants into vacancies from Management/ Financial Accountants up to C-level executives. We place candidates on a permanent, interim and contract basis across Surrey, Hampshire, Thames valley, Middlesex, Oxfordshire. My team and I are driven by service and understanding the needs of our clients and candidates alike. Weather you retain my service or have a contingent requirement, please contact me to hear about our unique service offering and how my team and I can assist you, by providing a well planned and executed service which is all underwritten by Reeds bespoke guarantees.

    • Area Manager
      Apr 2015 - Jan 2016 · 10 mos