Talent Acquisition Finance Specialist (6 month FTC)

Why we're hiring:

As part of our growing in-house WPP talent acquisition, you will be responsible for the end-to-end TA delivery of WPP Finance roles within our UK and US offices. This is an amazing opportunity for someone to drive best practices across the client group, keeping ahead of the curve through innovation and creativity, and immersing yourself as a true delivery partner to the business.  

As a Talent Acquisition Delivery Specialist, you will be responsible for building strong relationships with Hiring Managers, following up on employee referrals, proactively sourcing diverse talent and maintaining a robust recruiting pipeline within the finance stakeholder group. You will be tasked with providing excellent customer service and should be able to multitask and prioritize effectively to meet the business needs. 

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the full recruitment process for Finance hiring; hiring diverse and unique talent to WPP as quickly and efficiently as possible and proactively building pipelines of diverse talent across WPP businesses.
• Recruiting for finance professionals across both UK and US WPP offices. 
• Identifying and engaging with finance professionals through various channels such as LinkedIn.
• Advising managers on best DEI practices for recruitment, ensuring diverse candidate slates, diverse interview teams and the creation of inclusive job descriptions and candidate assessment forms.
• Monitor both industry trends in competitive industries and new recruiting platforms, and share information with the team as appropriate. 
• Maintaining up-to-date candidate and search data. 
• Acting as an ambassador of WPP and the TA team to internal and external stakeholders, helping build a positive employer brand through interviewing, networking, event attendance, partnerships and various other communication channels.
• Providing professional advice and open and honest feedback to candidates on time and in accordance with recruitment best practices. 
• Driving continuous improvement throughout the recruitment process by identifying key pressure points in the day-to-day activities. 

What you'll need:

• Significant experience in hiring/recruiting Finance specialists (Tax, Audit, Financial Control etc) either as Internal Talent Acquisition or Recruitment Agent.
• Knowledge of recruitment practices, finance job markets and research processes.
• Extensive experience with various traditional and non-traditional sourcing techniques.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems (ideally greenhouse), job boards, social media sites, etc 
• Comfort with the ownership of a workload that can be varied and heavy at times  
• Insight and experience in hiring finance specialists in the US and UK
• Comfortable working in agile environments

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

 

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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Last updated on Aug 21, 2024