Vice President, Front Office Recruiter

Job Description:

Job Title: Front Office Recruiter

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location:  London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Front House Recruiter to managing the end-to-end hiring processes within our revenue generating lines of business in EMEA. Working within a team of Recruiters, you will be supporting (amongst others) the Investment and Corporate Banking divisions. Core to the role will be understanding business needs, developing and executing sourcing strategies including direct sourcing and, where applicable, managing search firm relationships. You will have full end to end responsibility for screening/interviewing candidates, partnering with senior leaders within the business and across Human Resources (HR) to achieve hiring objectives for assigned business units. You will be well versed in handling complex compensation scenarios and managing offers and closing of senior hires.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the assigned business groups, to provide both consultative and transactional recruitment support to deliver an end-to-end talent acquisition process
• Conduct intake sessions with hiring managers to understand the business needs and manages requisition within the applicant tracking system (Workday)
• Partner closely with colleagues within Talent Acquisition, Human Resources Generalist teams as well as Compensation, Onboarding, L&LD, Mobility
• Provide accurate real time reporting on open positions and progress against the hiring plans
• Provide regular market information from internal and external sources.  Advising clients of competitor activity, availability of talent, salary trends and hiring best practice
• Screen CVs in line with the hiring managers’ requirements
• Ensure that the right candidates are recruited in a timely and cost effective manner
• Ownership and efficient execution of the new hire approval process working closely with the global colleagues
• Ownership of successful transition from offer stage, through resignation to start date.
• Search firm relationship management, including performance monitoring and governance.
• Actively manage risk around selection decisions, interview panels, hiring restrictions, and compensation decisions
• Manage all aspects of the recruitment process from validation of headcount approval through to day 1 of employment
• Responsible for the smooth running of day to day operations, governance and reporting
• Facilitates creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace by ensuring that the hiring process leverages a pool of candidates with varied backgrounds and experiences
• Ensures compliance with all legal aspects of recruiting and candidate selection including applicable federal and state recruitment regulations

Experience:

• In-house Front Office recruitment experience is essential.
• Previous experience of hiring Analyst/Associate/VP levels into corporate or investment banking is desirable.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholder groups with the ability to tailor your approach to the client base
• Experience managing high volumes of hiring
• Ability to manage client expectations and relationships with both hiring managers and HR colleagues
• Must possess strong ability to develop rapport with all levels of hiring managers and candidates
• Strong talent sourcing expertise
• Outstanding communication skills and proactive approach to stakeholder management and status reporting
• Ability to prioritise in a high volume and sometimes pressurised environment
• Possess excellent attention to detail and take pride in accurate and timely completion of tasks
• Open, accountable and collaborative in working style
• Ability to exercise diplomacy and discretion
• Excellent planning, organizing and follow through abilities. Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and remain focused, yet calm under pressure
• Confident using Excel
• A very high level of written attention to detail

Skills:

• Active Listening
• Candidate Screening
• Hiring and Onboarding
• Recruiting
• Workforce Diversity Management
• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Executive Presence
• Relationship Building
• Workforce Planning
• Business Process Analysis
• Confronting Bias
• Data Collection and Entry
• Emotional Intelligence
• Prioritization