Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Job Description

Our global Talent Acquisition and Development (TA&D) team provides the most effective and efficient solutions for talent attraction, recruitment, selection, performance management and development for BGC Group, Cantor Fitzgerald and Newmark including all associated entities, across all levels of the firm.

This role will be accountable for the full Talent Acquisition lifecycle across the shared services business functions including Risk, Finance, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit etc.

Key responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with prospective candidates and trusted partnerships with key business stakeholders
• Extensive CV sourcing on LinkedIn, ensuring a continual pipeline of relevant candidates are available
• Collate CVs and provide a shortlist of suitable candidates for internal stakeholders
• Coordinating interviews between the candidate and respective business area
• Overseeing the preparation of job descriptions, advertisements
• Promote methods of direct Talent Acquisition to reduce agency costs including advising on various advertising routes to market
• Increasing the number of referrals and internal mobility
• Maintaining comprehensive tracking of hiring data
• Producing quarterly hiring statistics and presenting to stakeholders
• Producing monthly reports for finance
• Sending weekly reports to internal stakeholders on the status of their open requisitions
• Develops and administers salary and internal benchmarking policies
• Negotiating agency rates and producing terms of business
• Stays abreast of relevant legislation, considers its impact on the organisation's HR Talent Acquisition strategy, and recommends appropriate action
• Contributing to TA projects such as Oracle development/upgrades

Working with wider HR:

• Communicating with both Employee Relations and wider HRBP team, ensuring a partnership approach to all stakeholders
• Support HR Assistants when managing high volumes of onboarding and contract generation
• Support and offer guidance and advice on talent pipelining and talent attraction across business areas
• Ensuring "At Risk" candidates are managed in tandem to Employee Relation processes
• Ensure correct authorisations are in place

Skills / experience required:

• Prior Talent Acquisition experience within Financial Services is essential
• Knowledge and understanding of UK & EU Employment Law in relation to Talent Acquisition
• Experience using a variety of recruiting methods, such as social media websites and job boards
• Strong communication skills are essential in order to build relationships with candidates of all levels
• Previous experience using Oracle is advantageous
• Strong Microsoft skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bachelor's degree or previous experience are required

Personal attributes:

• Problem solving - proven ability to take complex business requirements and translate these into tangible, workable and commercially smart solutions leveraging best practice tools and techniques
• Commercial awareness - demonstrated ability to see, understand and advise on resourcing matters from a business perspective, establishing credibility, trust and respect from Senior Management
• Analytical - ability to understand and respond to complex problems, draw and present the right insight and recommendations effectively.
• Proven ability to thrive in a complex matrix environment, collaborate effectively with broader HR teams and galvanise support for projects, bringing people together to deliver.
• High levels of self-awareness and committed to personal development with a growth mindset

To all Talent Acquisition agencies - BGC Group & affiliates do not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees or any other company location. BGC Group & affiliates are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please contact the Talent Acquisition function for additional details