Talent Acquisition Specialist People & Culture · London ·

Cynergy Bank Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UK is seeking an Internal Recruiter to manage recruitment activities, focusing on direct sourcing and enhancing the candidate experience. This role involves collaborating with hiring managers and driving innovative recruitment strategies, ensuring a diverse and inclusive culture. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial services or technology recruitment, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder management and creative problem-solving. Join a dynamic team committed to empowering growth and achieving strategic hiring goals.

Benefits

Competitive Salary and Company Bonus

Competitive holiday allowance plus bank holidays

Option to purchase an additional 10 days holiday

Pension contribution and Life Assurance

Income Protection Scheme and Season Ticket Loan

Medical Cover (After Probation)

Electric Car Scheme and Money Coach (After Probation)

Qualifications

• Experienced FS or Technology recruiter in an in-house talent acquisition function.
• Track record of delivering revenue through strong candidate placements.
• Goal-oriented individual focused on delivering high quality recruiting results.

Responsibilities

• Manage the candidate journey from sourcing through to interview.
• Conduct specific headhunting projects to source high quality candidates.
• Champion and raise brand profile to help attract talent.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Sourcing

Problem Solving

Creativity

Education

Strong Academic Background

Tools

ATS

Excel

AI Tools

Job description

Application Deadline: Monday 26 May 2025

Hybrid Working Pattern: 3 days in office & 2 WFH

About us

Cynergy Bank is the UK’s human digital bank serving the needs of ‘scale up’ or medium sized and fast-growing SMEs; professionals; high net worth and mass affluent individuals, in essence those market segments that still value human service enabled by great technology.

We recognise that professional and personal lives often overlap and our mission is to help empower our customers to achieve their ambitions by serving all their interdependent banking needs. We provide a comprehensive range of digitally enabled products and services to meet the property finance, business and commercial banking, private banking and personal savings needs of our customers.

Our human and digital model transforms banking for customers who still value a face-to-face relationship that is enabled by the latest digital technology.

We partner with firms such as Google Cloud, Cigniti and Slalom as we continue to innovate in the human digital space.

Cynergy Bank plc is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Eligible deposits with Cynergy Bank plc are protected by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

For more information on Cynergy Bank visit www.cynergybank.co.uk

Company Benefits

• Competitive Salary and Company Bonus
• Competitive holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase an additional 10 days holiday
• Pension contribution and Life Assurance
• Income Protection Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Medical Cover (After Probation)
• Electric Car Scheme and Money Coach (After Probation)

The Role:

As an internal recruiter at Cynergy Bank, you’ll be responsible for our recruitment activity and our direct sourcing proposition, including both determining the strategy and approach to successfully source and, the recruitment activity itself. The role has a strong focus on direct sourcing as we continue to champion an in-house recruitment model. You will be supported by and work closely with an on-boarder and sit as part the People and Culture’s People Advisor team.

You will support hiring activity for all vacancy requirements across the Bank, however this typically is weighted towards front line sales and relationship management roles and technology and digital roles. The Bank is focused on ensuring we have a diverse and inclusive colleague mix and culture and, solid succession planning - creating a pipeline of talent in our recruitment channels to support this is an important part of this role.

You will also be part of the drive towards evolving the People and Culture function, adopting and maximising the potential of technology and automation opportunities to drive an efficient, modern and technology driven recruitment offer. You will lead much of this work, bringing your expertise and insights to help make an impact.

Responsibilities:

• As an In-House Recruiter, you will be responsible for helping us find the right candidates for Cynergy Bank. You will manage the candidate journey from sourcing through to interview.
• You will play a pivotal role in devising and implementing ways to attract candidates
• Conduct specific headhunting projects to source high quality candidates for live vacancies and succession planning.
• Source new candidates via headhunting, database, networking, advertising and LinkedIn
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of relevant and high quality candidates
• Championing and raising our brand profile to help attract talent.
• Write job adverts, size roles, and manage applicants on multiple job boards
• Screen CVs & organise interviews and sending relevant tests and appointments
• Full administrative support to the recruitment process including uploading job specs on to job boards, linked in and internal systems. Ensuring all recruitment activity is in line with the resourcing standards to enable the organisation to identify and attract key people with the capability to create competitive advantage.
• Proactively support team members to ensure we are attracting suitable candidates for live vacancies
• Provide feedback to hiring managers & candidates.
• Working closely with and supporting development of the on-boarder in the team
• You’ll be a trusted Recruiting Business Partner to our hiring managers and will be instrumental in helping them scale up and achieve their strategic hiring needs
• Negotiating offers and ensuring all paperwork is sent to prospective employees. Liaising with the Talent Acquisition to ensure successful on-boarding for all new starters.
• As a recruiter you will engage with a selection of top universities in order to enhance Cynergy Bank brand as a premium graduate employer
• Organisation of university careers fairs and other recruiting events such as tech talks, panel events and Open Day
• You will be involved in talent acquisition projects and recruiting channel management with a high degree of ownership
• Build strong relationships and good rapport with candidates
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders and 3rd party suppliers.
• You will be part of a People Advisor team a business facing function that provides support to colleagues and leaders across the Bank and to the People and Culture leadership team. You will champion and enact a one team mentality and dynamic building close relationships across the team.
• You will have the opportunity and access to additional People and Culture projects and activities as capacity allows

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Experienced FS or Technology recruiter, ideally in an in-house talent acquisition function.
• Have a track record of delivering revenue through strong candidate placements.
• Excel at actively sourcing candidates, taking inspiration from the latest trends in recruiting.
• Creative and curious in approach to recruitment and sourcing reflecting our challenger bank ethos.
• Well versed and comfortable with how technology, data and new practices can evolve and bring enhancements to a recruitment proposition and processes – must be comfortable with using an ATS, onboarding platform, excel, AI tools etc
• Goal-oriented individual, focused on delivering high quality recruiting results
• You're committed to delivering the best possible service to clients and have demonstrable experience managing key accounts with a focus on quality and integrity
• Competitive, resilient, and highly motivated
• Confident self-assured and clear communicator.
• Exceptional stakeholder experience up to and including Exco level – you will have direct interactions with our CEO and his leadership team
• Ability to work at pace is critical
• Go the extra mile to ensure a smooth process throughout recruitment lifecycle
• Strong academic background
• Keen networker and outgoing energy
• Ability to work strategically and be driven by data
• Creative problem solver
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, including empathy, diplomacy, and confidentiality