Banking & Insurance
Banking and Insurance Recruitment in Thailand
Technology, transformation, risk and actuarial talent for banks, insurers and financial services employers across Thailand. Permanent hiring and outsourced teams.
The problem we are hired to solve
Regulated hiring, on a regulatory timetable
Financial services hiring in Thailand runs to deadlines that other sectors do not have. IFRS 17 took effect for insurers on 1 January 2025. The risk-based capital framework is moving into its next phase. Three virtual bank consortia are building operations from nothing. Every one of those pressures pulls on the same small group of people.
The result is familiar to anyone running a transformation programme here. The budget is approved and the roadmap is signed off, and delivery is late because three roles in the middle of the structure are still open.
Evantis recruits into exactly those roles. We work with banks, insurers, brokers and financial services technology employers on permanent hiring, and we build outsourced delivery teams where headcount is constrained or the work is project shaped.
How we deliver
Permanent recruitment and outsourced teams
Two engagement models, used side by side by most of our financial services clients.
Permanent recruitment
For roles that belong on your headcount. We headhunt passive candidates rather than advertising and waiting, because the strongest people in regulated financial services are employed and not looking. No upfront fees, and you pay only on results.
IT outsourcing and contract staffing
For programme shaped work, headcount freezes, and specialist skills you need for eighteen months rather than forever. We employ the people and handle the compliance, you direct the work. Widely used for core banking migrations, data platform builds and regulatory reporting programmes.
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Roles we recruit
The roles we are asked for most
Technology and digital
Core banking engineers, cloud and platform engineers, data engineers, data scientists, solution and enterprise architects, DevOps, mobile and API developers, digital product managers.
Transformation and leadership
CIOs and CTOs, heads of digital, transformation directors, programme and PMO directors, change leads, agile delivery leads.
Risk, compliance and financial crime
Technology and IT risk, information security and cyber, third party and vendor risk, cloud security, data privacy, AML and financial crime, regulatory compliance.
Insurance specialist
Solution architects and business analysts, which is where most of the current demand sits, plus actuarial across pricing, valuation and reporting, IFRS 17 and RBC specialists, underwriting, claims transformation, insurance data and analytics, product and proposition.
Banking specialist
Credit risk and modelling, treasury and ALM technology, payments, lending platform specialists, regulatory reporting, finance transformation.
Not seeing your role?
We recruit well beyond this list across banking, insurance and financial services. Tell us the brief and the deadline, and we will tell you honestly what it will take.
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Working with Evantis
A consultant who understands the brief
Financial services briefs are technical and the deadlines are often set by a regulator rather than by you. You deal with one consultant who knows the difference, not a rotating account team.
Why employers use us here
Why Evantis for financial services hiring
We reach people who are not applying
Outbound headhunting by consultants who can hold a real conversation about IFRS 17 or a core banking migration, not read a job description aloud.
We challenge a brief that describes two people
Most stalled financial services searches are a specification problem, not a market problem. Splitting a role, or identifying the genuinely non negotiable requirement, usually unlocks it.
We know which adjacent backgrounds transfer
Fintech, telecom, consulting and large scale e-commerce all produce people who succeed in regulated financial services. Regulatory instinct is a coachable gap for the right candidate, and screening it out at CV stage narrows your pool for no good reason.
We move at the speed the process needs
A first shortlist within 3 days, and honest timelines after that. 88% of our clients hire with us again, and we have been recruiting in Thailand for 15 years.
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Financial Services Recruitment in Thailand: Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to what banking, insurance and fintech hiring managers ask Evantis most often about recruiting into regulated teams.
Do you actually understand regulated roles, or just the job titles?
Evantis recruits into compliance, risk, internal audit, AML and regulatory reporting, and screens on what a person has owned rather than what their title says. Where a role carries regulatory exposure, that shapes the shortlist and the questions asked at screening, and the consultant will tell you where a candidate is genuinely strong and where they are not.
How long does it take to get a shortlist?
Three to five working days on mainstream banking, insurance and fintech roles. Regulated specialisms and leadership roles take longer because the pool in Thailand is smaller and the approach has to be mapped. Evantis says which of the two your role is at the brief.
Do candidates need to speak Thai?
For most roles that face the regulator, a Thai-speaking candidate is effectively a requirement. Regional and technology roles inside a group function are often fine in English. Evantis will tell you honestly how far a Thai-language requirement narrows the pool before you commit to it.
Can you help us hire foreign professionals, and who handles the visa and work permit?
Yes. Evantis has been bringing foreign professionals into Thailand for years. On a permanent placement your company is the employer and holds the visa and work permit, with Evantis advising and coordinating the process. On an outsourced or contract placement Evantis is the employer and handles both directly.
What happens if the person we hire leaves?
Permanent placements carry a 90 day replacement guarantee. If the candidate leaves within 90 days, Evantis re-runs the search at no additional fee.
What does it cost, and when do we pay?
No retainer and no upfront cost on permanent recruitment. The fee falls due when the hire is made and starts. Contract and outsourced headcount is quoted as a monthly rate agreed before anyone begins.
Regulated Roles Need Recruiters Who Understand Them.
Evantis places risk, compliance, actuarial and technology professionals across banking, insurance and financial services in Thailand.