Talent Acquisition, Associate

Schonfeld
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced recruiters with financial services background working in London, specifically in front-office roles such as Quants and Strategists.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of lateral recruiting experience in financial services, especially in Quants and Strategists roles
    — “5+ years of lateral recruiting experience in financial services”
  • Professionals who can champion the firm’s tagline and align with its culture of innovation and teamwork
    — “develop a big picture understanding of our business, brand & values, and act as a champion of our tag line”

Things to consider

  • This role is based in London, requiring local presence or relocation
    — “seeking an exceptionally talented Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team in New York”
  • The candidate must be versatile, as they are expected to support roles outside of Quant
    — “Ability to support roles outside of Quant”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience managing full-cycle recruitment for Quant/Strat roles in financial services
    — “Experience running a process from start to finish acting as a trusted advisor throughout”
  • Demonstrate your ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external search firms
    — “Ability to build excellent relationships with internal stakeholders and search firms”
  • Showcase your understanding of quant terminology and business acumen in the recruitment process
    — “An understanding of key terminology, programming languages and business acumen across the quant space”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • managing full lifecycle of recruitment
  • managing roles across front office landscape
  • developing candidate experience
Typical background
5+ years of lateral recruiting experiencefinancial services experience

Skills & requirements

Required

RecruitingTalent AcquisitionFull Lifecycle RecruitmentCandidate ExperienceNetworkingCommunicationAttention To DetailOrganization

Preferred

International RecruitingQuantitative Roles Recruiting

Stack & domain

RecruitingNetworkingCandidate ExperienceCommunicationAttention To DetailOrganizationQuantitative AnalysisProgramming LanguagesBusiness AcumenRelationship BuildingProblem-solvingLeadershipTeamworkAdaptabilityFinanceTechnologyRisk ManagementStrategic Planning

About the role

Original posting from Schonfeld via Greenhouse

Talent Acquisition, Associate (Recruiter)

The Role

We are seeking an exceptionally talented Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team in New York. A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience managing the full lifecycle of recruitment, providing best a best-in-class candidate experience. 

This role will work closely across multiple different teams to execute on the firm’s talent acquisition strategy and will have a strong emphasis on managing roles across the front office landscape including Quants, Strategists, Risk and Technology.

What you’ll do

You will partner with the business to run the entire recruiting process, providing support and expertise to the teams you are working with. You will utilize and grow your network, identify high quality candidates, provide key search updates and continuously offer guidance as searches evolve. You will manage the candidate experience, ensuring excellent communication and engagement throughout the process and serve as a main point of contact for candidates as they go through the process. You will develop a big picture understanding of our business, brand & values, and act as a champion of our tag line “Talent is our strategy.”

What you’ll bring

What you need:

5+ years of lateral recruiting experience in financial services with a mixture of inhouse and agency experience preferred

Experience recruiting Quant/Strat roles

An understanding of key terminology, programming languages and business acumen across the quant space

Experience running a process from start to finish acting as a trusted advisor throughout

Ability to build excellent relationships with internal stakeholders and search firms

Experience and willingness to support roles outside of Quant

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment

Strong attention to detail; Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented

Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills

We would love if you had:

Experience recruiting in international markets (Latam, EMEA for example)

Who we are  

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

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Source: Schonfeld careers (Greenhouse)

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