Ikon Search connects financial services, legal, risk, and compliance leaders with rigorously vetted professionals for permanent, contract, temp-to-hire, and retained search needs. With boutique focus, deep industry networks, and a quality-first process, our team helps clients move quickly without compromising cultural fit, technical capability, or long-term hiring outcomes.
Specialized recruitment solutions for legal, risk, compliance, governance, and financial services hiring needs.
Recruitment for compliance analysts, model risk analysts, market risk managers, financial crimes specialists, enterprise risk leaders, and senior compliance professionals across financial services, investment banking, and governance-focused organizations.
Placement support for legal assistants, paralegals, litigation paralegals, corporate paralegals, and related legal support roles within financial services, professional services, hedge funds, family offices, and corporate environments.
Exclusive retained searches for senior leadership and C-suite mandates, including compliance, governance, risk management, general counsel-related, and board-level hiring requiring confidential outreach and deep market mapping.
Direct-hire recruitment for long-term legal, risk, and compliance positions, with candidate qualification, technical assessment, cultural alignment review, and reference checks before shortlist presentation.
Flexible contract staffing for interim coverage, project-based work, leave coverage, regulatory initiatives, scaling needs, or specialist support without immediate long-term headcount commitment.
Talent market mapping, competitor analysis, compensation benchmarking, and availability insights to help hiring leaders understand candidate pools, role expectations, and strategic recruiting opportunities.
We begin by understanding the role, regulatory context, team structure, culture, compensation range, and long-term hiring objectives. This ensures every search is built around the organization’s real operational needs, not just a job description.
Trusted by financial services, consulting, investment, and corporate clients for specialized recruitment support.
"Ikon was instrumental in building out my marketing team, from senior executive to associate. A truly full service staffing partner."
"Ikon Search filled a highly critical PR Director position at a hedge fund HQ in NY. We were to demonstrate our expertise in the financial services sector and a deep understanding of the unique skill set required for the role. We ensured that each candidate was not only highly qualified..."
Ikon Search combines boutique attention with deep networks and disciplined recruitment execution.
Founders bring 25+ years of executive search experience across specialized, high-stakes hiring markets.
Qualified candidates are typically presented within two to three days without sacrificing vetting quality.
Every search begins with your culture, values, goals, and role-specific success requirements.
Candidates are screened through interviews, technical assessments, reference checks, and fit evaluation.
Experienced recruiters focused on specialized, high-impact hiring.
Head of Contract Services
Kristin Lutz serves as Head of Contract Services at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm she helped establish in 2021. With deep expertise in contract and contingent workforce solutions, Kristin brings a client-first approach to every engagement, investing time upfront to thoroughly understand each organization's culture, values, and long-term hiring goals. Her extensive background in executive search and staffing enables her to connect businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing with exceptional professionals efficiently and accurately. Kristin is committed to delivering clean, quality-driven candidate pipelines and building lasting partnerships that support sustainable growth for clients ranging from growing startups to established corporations and PE-backed portfolio companies.
Head of Insurance
Connor Brown is the Head of Insurance at Ikon Search, leading the firm's specialized Insurance, Risk & Compliance recruiting division. With a focused expertise in the insurance sector, Connor works closely with carriers, brokerages, MGAs, reinsurers, and TPAs to identify and place top-tier talent across a wide range of roles. He leverages deep industry knowledge, broad professional networks, and Ikon Search's cutting-edge recruitment technology to present highly qualified candidates typically within two to three days. Connor takes pride in building genuine relationships with both clients and candidates, ensuring every placement aligns with the organization's operational needs, culture, and long-term strategic objectives.
Managing Partner
Adam Levy is a key team member at Ikon Search, the boutique staffing firm founded in 2021 with a mission to deliver tailored talent solutions across select industries. Adam contributes to the firm's commitment to pairing rigorous candidate vetting with a deep understanding of client needs, helping businesses across financial services, technology, insurance, and marketing find exceptional professionals. He embraces Ikon Search's core values of tailored focus, market speed, and data quality, working diligently to build and maintain strong relationships with both clients and candidates. Adam's collaborative approach supports the firm's ability to handle diverse hiring engagements, from full-time permanent placements to contract and temp-to-hire arrangements.
Ikon Search recruits across a broad spectrum of legal, risk, and compliance functions, including compliance analysts, compliance advisory leaders, financial crimes analysts, model risk analysts, market risk managers, operational risk leaders, enterprise risk directors, legal assistants, paralegals, and senior governance roles. Searches can support permanent, contract, temp-to-hire, or retained executive hiring needs.
Speak with our specialists about your next critical hire.
Founders bring deep executive search experience.
Qualified shortlists typically delivered in days.
Candidate quality prioritized over volume.
Share your hiring goals, role requirements, and timing. Our team will respond with a tailored recruitment approach and next steps.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 347 332 9668. You can also send us a quick email at KristinL@ikonsearch.com.