Preqin Hiring for Talent Acquisition Specialist Job at London, England Full Time

Overview: The Company:

Preqin is an award-winning, independent, research company providing data and intelligence to the financial industry. Investment professionals use Preqin’s online products to obtain key information for business-critical decision-making. Preqin’s clients include fund managers, legal firms, institutional investors, financial advisors and placement agents.
Primarily a data company; Preqin is also a fast-moving fintech with a strong growth record and a world-wide staff base. Owned by our founder, directors and employee shareholders, we care passionately about our customers, brand and the employees that make it all happen.

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Team Overview: *

Preqin’s Global Talent Acquisition team is a newly formed team that is responsible for discovering and hiring the best talent across our 14 global offices. The Global Talent Acquisition team works with Preqin’s global hiring leaders, partnering to develop innovative recruiting strategies to attract, assess and hire the best talent to empower Preqin’s growth across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions.

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Role Overview: *

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Preqin your role will focus on proactively attracting, sourcing and assessing top talent from across EMEA to support our three main EMEA offices (London, Frankfurt & Dubai). You’ll also be responsible for guiding candidates through our hiring process and ensuring an exceptional candidate experience.

As member of the Global Talent Acquisition team, you will partner with EMEA hiring leaders to provide subject matter advice on recruitment, candidate engagement and pipeline generation. Alongside operational responsibilities you will also support the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (EMEA) and the VP of Talent Acquisition in the strategic delivery of recruitment projects such as D&I, Employer Branding and Graduate Recruitment. This role will report into the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (EMEA).
Responsibilities: Roles and Responsibilities:

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Utilize both standard and creative sourcing strategies to identify and assess top talent across Research, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Software Engineering (passive and active)

• Reviewing resumes and assessing candidates’ applications, pre-screening candidates, submitting candidates to hiring managers and preparing candidates for interviews
• Developing a detailed understanding and awareness of each business unit and its organization to improve the quality and alignment of recruitment support
• Maintain network of candidates using the applicant tracking system iCIMS, Handshake and LinkedIn Recruiter
• Managing candidate and hiring manager expectations to ensure a smooth recruiting process
• Well versed in employment laws and best-practices to ensure compliance with federal, state and local requirements in all hiring and employee relations practices
• Actively participating in the development of recruiting strategies, including helping to build on-campus recruiting programs and to develop relationship with universities
• Develop and manage relationships with recruiting search firms, both contingency and retained
• Contributing to the development and success of various talent related projects such as employer branding, employee referral program, Diversity & Inclusion partnerships and university recruitment programs
• Provide recruitment added value services to hiring leaders such as market trend reports, salary benchmark data, job description advice, recruitment process re-engineering
• Supporting other general human resources/office functions

Qualifications: Key Requirements for this Role:

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At least 1-2 years of direct recruitment experience working with hiring managers and candidates to deliver a high-quality candidate experience throughout the process

• Experience in passive candidate sourcing utilizing LinkedIn to head-hunt candidates as well as utilizing other sourcing channels like referrals
• Experience advertising roles via LinkedIn and headhunting candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter. LinkedIn recruiter certification is highly desirable
• Experience headhunting Sales professionals within FinTech, SaaS, Computer software or B2B would be a plus
• High volume In-house recruiting experience is preferred. Our team manages an average of 10-15 requisitions per person
• Experience using and managing candidates through an Applicant Tracking System (We use iCIMS)
• Experience managing university recruitment programs and developing university partnerships is highly desirable

Other: Company Benefits:

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The opportunity to work within a well-regarded organisation in a fast-growing sector.

• Develop your career in a high growth company with an international presence.
• Subsidised Private Medical Insurance via Vitality Health BUPA, after successful completion of 3 months should you wish to.
• Interest-free season ticket loans on completion of probation
• A pension plan under auto-enrolment which currently requires a minimum employee contribution of 5% of annual salary. This is matched by an employer contribution of 4%. You can opt to contribute more should you wish to. After your 1-year service with the company the employer contribution will be enhanced to match your contribution up to a maximum of 10% of your pensionable earnings. This means that if you are contributing the minimum contribution of 5%, after your 1-year service, Preqin will automatically uplift the company contribution to 5% of annual salary.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Study support of up to £900 per annum for relevant business qualifications and enhanced support of up to $2,500 for CAIA.
• Excellent Offices in London close to Victoria station and the proximity to many shops and restaurants and London’s West End.
• Company-sponsored sports teams.
• Winter and summer office parties and a company-funded team social budget.

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Our Company Values: *

At Preqin we’re driven by our values: everything we do is in line with the six guiding principles we have set for ourselves.

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Quality Data and Solutions, Comprehensive Coverage: *Preqin is the first port of call for alternatives data, research and tools.

• Customer Centricity: Our customers are the central focus of Preqin.
• Objectivity: Preqin is data led and impartial.
• Innovation: Preqin sits at the forefront of the dynamic alternatives industry.
• Collaboration: Effective communication is essential to our success.
• Personal Development: Our business is built as much on our people as it is on our data and solutions.

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Our Shared Culture: *

Preqin is a fast-growing company, but we are passionate about keeping an entrepreneurial spirit at the heart of everything we do. Our aim is to deliver for our customers, but as one united, progressive, and successful team. Today, our more than 700 people globally share six core values. We strive for quality and put our customers first. We are objective, and we innovate, collaborate, and invest in our personal development. We also have fun together. We hold social events, play sports, and celebrate our shared successes.

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Equal Opportunities: *

Preqin is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Preqin is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, so everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please let the Preqin recruiter know at the start of the application process. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.

Location: Verde,10 Bressenden Place, London SW1E

Job Type: Full-time