Recruiting Lead

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Job Overview

The Recruiting Lead is a senior level position responsible for providing end-to-end strategy, execution and delivery of the recruitment process in coordination with the Human Resources team. The overall objective of this role is to participate in various recruitment initiatives in support of the overall business strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with hiring managers and colleagues to manage full-cycle recruitment process, including employee referral and sourcing and diversity strategies (internally/externally, and agency and direct sourcing/networking methods)
• Source applicants, screen resumes, interview and assess candidates
• Provide advice to clients regarding talent acquisition strategies and interviewed candidates
• Facilitate feedback to key stakeholders to ensure timely status updates
• Recommend and negotiate candidate offers through proactive offer management process providing sound rationale for offer terms required
• Research and provide insight on competitors and peer organizations as well as participate in diversity recruiting events and activities
• Ensure all hiring policies and procedures are adhered to and that “best practice” recruitment guidelines are administered throughout the recruitment process
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience
• Experience in large, complex financial services organization
• Experience within consultative recruiting model
• Demonstrated experience in sourcing talent through social media channels
• Demonstrated knowledge of complex compensation structures and relocation assistance packages
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

If you are passionate about sourcing talent for revenue generating positions, this is an opportunity to join Citi’s Global Talent Sourcing team. The sourcing team is responsible for the direct execution of candidate management, search and intelligence. This opportunity is focussed on Private Banking but will also cover other revenue generating business lines such as Investment Banking and Global Markets. The successful individual will be responsible for the delivery of talent sourcing and intelligence projects which support the acquisition of talent for Citi.

Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with hiring managers and recruitment partners to manage talent sourcing processes
• Take ownership for the delivery of talent candidate pipeline against assigned requisitions
• Build and maintain a network of talent candidates in priority disciplines and markets
• Oversee the provision of high-quality market intelligence (i.e. organizational structure, scope of positions in competing companies, compensation, benefits information, market trends)
• Partner with in-house Executive Search function
• Conduct effective screening and engagement with prospective candidates in line with company standards and regulatory requirements
• Perform against a set of measures and continually improve outcomes – contributes to the quality, time and cost of talent acquisition for the Executive & Specialist segment
• Facilitate feedback to key stakeholders with regard to talent market across EMEA
• Ensure all hiring policies and procedures are adhered to and that “best practice” talent sourcing guidelines are administered throughout the recruitment process
• Participate in continuous improvement projects

Knowledge / Experience:

• Advanced English proficiency
• Direct delivery experience of sourcing either in-house, RPO or from within the recruitment agency industry
• Experience of sourcing across the Markets, Banking or Wealth is required
• Expert knowledge of specialist ‘resourcing’ market practices: able to consistently and proactively identify, locate and attract passive and active candidates at all levels by utilizing sourcing techniques
• Expert knowledge of sourcing via social media channels, Boolean or x-ray searching
• A strong working knowledge of candidate attraction channels
• Credibility with candidates and leaders: ability to lead conversations and influence outcomes
• Is a subject matter expert; has contacts for market intelligence, referrals and pipelining needs
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex sourcing and research assignments
• Experience of managing candidates through a recruitment process
• Proven ability to take ownership and accountability

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Job Family Group:

Human Resources

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Job Family:

Recruiting

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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