Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the Role

• A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to join its internal recruitment team.
• This is a hands-on, end-to-end recruitment role for a recruiter who can hit the ground running, manage multiple vacancies independently and build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from vacancy briefing through to offer stage.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand requirements and agree recruitment timelines.
• Advertise vacancies and manage high volumes of applications.
• Conduct proactive sourcing, headhunting and market mapping to identify passive candidates.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for specialist and professional roles.
• Screen, shortlist and assess candidates.
• Coordinate and drive interviews, assessments and recruitment processes.
• Manage multiple vacancies simultaneously while meeting time-to-hire targets.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and ensure compliance with internal governance requirements.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders, including senior management and executives.
• Use ATS/e-recruitment systems effectively.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Human Resources, HR Management, HR Development or a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years' full recruitment lifecycle experience.
• Proven high-volume recruitment experience.
• Strong headhunting, direct sourcing and market-mapping capabilities.
• Experience recruiting professional and/or specialist roles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior management.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and manage tight deadlines.
• Strong ATS/e-recruitment system experience.

Advantageous

• Experience within banking, financial services, investment, development finance or other professional services environments.
• Combination of agency and in-house/corporate recruitment experience.
• Experience recruiting roles within Finance, Investment, Credit, Risk or related specialist areas.
• HR Business Partner exposure.

The Ideal Candidate

• We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on recruiter who is confident with headhunting, understands how to identify scarce talent, can manage high recruitment volumes and is comfortable dealing with stakeholders from management through to executive level.