Global TA Leader - Flexible, High-Growth Fintech

Allica Bank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full onboarding support and continued

Flexible working

Regular social activities

Pension contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private health cover

Life assurance

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Allica is seeking a Head of Talent Acquisition to lead a high‑growth TA function across the UK and India, with expansion support into Sweden. The role partners with senior leaders and the VP of People to set strategy, improve operating models and ensure quality hires at pace, while maintaining governance and candidate experience.

The candidate will coach a four-person team, strengthen direct sourcing, optimise recruitment analytics, and advance an AI/automation agenda within a robust control

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Talent Acquisition in a high-growth tech/fintech/financial services org.
• Experience leading a recruitment team through growth and change.
• Strong end-to-end recruitment expertise across multiple disciplines.
• Proven direct sourcing and talent-pipeline capability.
• Strong data and commercial fluency; translate data into insights.
• Experience improving recruitment operating models, governance and processes.
• Confident stakeholder management with senior hiring managers.
• Experience using AI or automation to improve recruitment activity.
• Ability to operate across geographies and cultures (UK & international).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Talent Acquisition strategy and annual hiring plan across UK and India.
• Manage a team of four with three direct reports and drive high performance.
• Oversee recruitment across the bank from intake to onboarding with focus on quality, pace and candidate experience.
• Drive pipeline-led recruitment and strong direct sourcing across tech, banking, risk, commercial and operations.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders and hiring managers; provide governance and judgement on hiring decisions.
• Define recruitment MI, report on metrics and optimize funnel, agency usage and recruiter productivity.

Skills

TA leadership

Recruitment team leadership

End-to-end recruitment

Direct sourcing & pipeline

Data-driven recruitment

Recruitment operating models

Stakeholder management

AI/automation in recruitment

Global hiring (UK/India)

Multi-disciplinary recruiting

Tools

ATS/HRIS knowledge

Job description

Allica is seeking a Head of Talent Acquisition to lead a high‑growth TA function across the UK and India, with expansion support into Sweden. The role partners with senior leaders and the VP of People to set strategy, improve operating models and ensure quality hires at pace, while maintaining governance and candidate experience.

The candidate will coach a four-person team, strengthen direct sourcing, optimise recruitment analytics, and advance an AI/automation agenda within a robust control