Lead - Talent Acquisition - IT

Our client focuses on providing solutions in terms of data, analytics, decisioning and automation. They focus on providing solutions to the lending lifecycle of financial institutions and their products are designed to focus on systemic fraud prevention, risk management, compliance etc.

Our client is a one stop solution provider, catering to the authentication, verification and diligence needs of various industries including but not limited to, banking, insurance, payments etc.

Headquartered in Mumbai, our client was founded in 2015 by a team of three veteran entrepreneurs, two of whom are chartered accountants and one is a graduate from IIT, Kharagpur. They have been funded by tier 1 investors and have raised $1.1M in funding.

As a Lead Talent Acquisition, you will be responsible for working very closely with business leaders to drive the TA agenda across the organization.

What you will do:

- Developing and executing recruiting plans to meet the hiring requirements

- Building and maintaining an active pool of candidates to meet future hiring targets in an effective manner

- Designing and driving employee referral programs

- Developing and implementing a strong campus hiring program, with the aim to make us the employer of choice

- Planning and coordinating events, assessment, and interviews for hiring candidates

- Serving as liaison with candidates and communicating logistics associated with assessment and interviews

- Conducting background checks for shortlisted candidates

- Implementing the on-boarding program for all selected candidates

- Conducting regular follow-up meetings with hiring managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation

- Providing advice and assistance to all levels on various recruiting/ talent acquisition related matters

- Utilizing metrics to identify and implement process improvements

- Conducting analysis and report on key recruitment metrics to appropriate business leaders

Desired Candidate Profile

What you need to have:

- 5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, 2+ years in a team management role

- Ability to lead & manage recruitment function apart from sourcing individually

- Willingness to learn and take up new challenges

- Ability to work independently, spontaneously with very less monitoring

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- A can-do attitude