Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world. We work with ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy, directly advising the owners and management teams leading them.

Our HR team focuses on ensuring we are all reaching our potential. They use their specialist expertise to help us attract great talent, enable our employees to succeed, and inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO.

In this role, you will act as a Talent Acquisition Specialist to support the firm’s Tax stream - London Tax Group and BDO's northern offices. You will be working within a small, tax-focused recruitment team, and will have sole responsibility for your own business areas, building relationships with senior level stakeholders and working with them to understand their future business needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver good people and directly influence strategic and innovative resourcing solutions to attract top talent. In this role, you will:

• Recruit all approved vacancies within the business areas with a key focus on quality of hire.
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the service line to become an ambassador for the employer brand.
• Proactively develop and deliver a resourcing strategy for your business area; provide monthly progress updates to the People Manager.
• Support on the design, implementation and evaluation of stream and firm-wide resourcing projects.
• Identify potential risks and take steps to mitigate any risk in the recruitment process.
• Act as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders and engage with your sourcing advisor.
• Keep up-to-date with market trends and provide regular updates to your business areas.
• Prepare agendas and chair regular stakeholder meetings.
• Utilise all relevant recruitment resources and social media to promote career opportunities.
• Ensure quality recruitment decisions are made by screening and assessing candidates consistently.
• Provide expert advice on interview processes and structure.
• Provide support and guidance to Resourcing Coordinators & Sourcing team.
• Collaborate with other areas of HR to ensure the best candidate experience.
• Identify and represent the Firm in external networking and recruitment events.
• Provide robust challenge and innovative solutions to workforce planning.
• Be aware of and comply with the firm’s policies at all times.

You will be someone with:

• Previous in-house or RPO Tax recruitment experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist.
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and client focus.
• Good business acumen with proven ability to build rapid credibility.
• An independent problem solver who can set priorities and make high-quality judgements.
• Up to date with employment law impacting resourcing and recruitment life cycle.
• Personable and well-presented.
• Able to work under pressure with accuracy and focus.
• Competent at using MS Office applications and Outlook.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Proactive and creative problem solver.
• Collaborative team player willing to help others.
• Flexible and adaptable style.
• Willingness to travel to other offices when required.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.