Vice President, Talent Acquisition Partner, Front Office

Job Description:

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Partner, Front Office

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 office Talent Acquisition Partner to manage the end-to-end hiring process for our revenue generating lines of business in EMEA. Working within a team of Recruiters, you will bring your expertise and technical knowledge to our Global Markets, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Research, Enterprise Credit, Global Commercial Banking, Global Payment Solutions, and Quantitative Strategies and Data clients working across several locations within the EMEA region.

Core to the role will be understanding business needs, developing and executing sourcing strategies, including managing search firm relationships, screening/interviewing candidates, partnering with senior leaders within the business and across Human Resources (HR) to achieve hiring objectives for assigned business units and execute on approved openings and hiring plans.

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 manage 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 practices.
• 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 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.
• Facilitate creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace by ensuring that the hiring process leverages a pool of candidates with varied backgrounds and experiences.
• Ensure compliance with all legal aspects of recruiting and candidate selection including applicable federal and state recruitment regulations.

Experience:

• Previous Talent Acquisition experience within the Investment Banking industry, with exposure to Front Office / Revenue Generating clients, passionate about knowing the detail and striving to be regarded as a subject matter expert.
• 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.
• Experience managing search firm relationships.
• Outstanding communication skills and proactive approach to stakeholder management and status reporting.
• Ability to prioritize in a high volume and sometimes pressurized 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

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance, and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum.
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders, and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills, and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organization understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mindset are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

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