Senior Associate - Talent Acquisition

PwC; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC is seeking a Senior Associate in Human Resources to enhance their recruitment efforts. This role involves managing the full recruitment cycle, collaborating with hiring managers, and building candidate pipelines. The ideal candidate will have 3-7 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree, alongside strong communication and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• 3 to 7 years of experience in recruitment.
• Experience in full lifecycle recruiting from sourcing to onboarding.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment cycle.
• Communicate with line managers on role requirements.
• Proactively source and shortlist candidates.

Skills

CV Sourcing

Direct Recruiting

Mass Recruitment

Negotiation

Recruiting Processes

Talent Acquisition

Talent Hiring

Education

Bachelor Degree

Job description

Line of Service
Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
IFS - Human Capital (HC)

Management Level
Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary
A career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.

It takes talented people to support the largest professional services organisation in the world. Our Recruiting team works to identify and attract talent for PwC. You’ll focus on engaging the most qualified candidates by building relationships with job seekers and candidates, while understanding the dynamic hiring needs of each business. Our team actively recruits for full time employees at all levels, from experienced to executive, as well as fixed term, contingent, and flexible talent and supports the internal movement process between roles.


To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Role specific accountabilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment cycle.
  
• Communicating and collaborating with line managers on role requirements and descriptions of the vacancies.
  
• Proactively source, screen and shortlist candidates through various channels, including passive channels and networking, allowing you to better attract and engage with the candidates.
  
• To proactively build and maintain a pipeline of candidates, maintain data integrity in multiple internal systems.
  
• Mediating between candidates and hiring managers to complete the hiring proces
  
• Represent the firm at various recruitment events, including career fairs, recruitment talks, etc.
  
  

Expectations as a Senior Associate

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
  
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
  
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
  
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
  
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
  
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
  
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
  
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
  
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
  
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
  
  
  
  

Preferred skills

• Experience in full lifecycle experienced recruiting, from sourcing to onboarding active and passive candidates in an executive search firm, recruitment agency or in-house corporate talent team.
  
• Successful track record delivering the full lateral/experienced recruitment process, including hiring manager communication, providing talent mix/ talent availability recommendations, preparing and posting job descriptions, performing direct sourcing, screening candidates, delivering approved talent assessments, coordinating interviews, and, selling the Firm brand from offer negotiation to closing and onboarding.
  
• Proven interpersonal, verbal, and written business communication skills, emphasising the ability to tailor messages appropriately by audience.
  
• Experience working with Hiring Leaders and the interview support teams to confirm candidates are assessed consistently against defined interview standards and in accordance with all quality and DEI requirements.
  
• Ability to understand and interpret data while collaborating with key stakeholders to identify actionable insights for continuous improvement and make better decisions that ultimately drives quality in hires.
  
• Experience with managing stakeholder and candidate expectations throughout the recruitment lifecycle to establish compliance, consistency, and quality.
  
  
  

Minimum years experience required

• 3 to 7 years of experience
  
  
  

Additional application instructions

Please attach the following documents along with your CV when you submit an online application:

• Academic Certificates and Transcripts, from SPM (or equivalent) onwards
  
• A copy of your NRIC or passport
  
• Recent passport size photo
  
  
  

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Bachelor Degree

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills
CV Sourcing, Direct Recruiting, Mass Recruitment, Negotiation, Recruiting, Recruiting Processes, Recruitment Lifecycle, Talent Acquisition, Talent Hiring

Optional Skills
Candidate Screening, Digital Awareness

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
English

Travel Requirements
Up to 40%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date