Talent Acquisition Specialist

Sleek-Tech-Pte-Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; Remote; MYR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sleek is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to partner with business leadership across APAC to attract and close exceptional talent. This role reports to the Country Manager of Hong Kong with global alignment, and based in Singapore, Hong Kong, or Malaysia.

Based in Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysia, this role focuses on QA, sourcing excellence, and candidate experience while ensuring regulatory compliance and high-quality hiring SLAs in a fast-growing tech-enabled services company.

Qualifications

• Fluent professional Business English is required as Sleek's primary operational language.
• Professional proficiency in Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin; written Traditional and/or Simplified) is required to manage candidate sourcing and engagement across regional growth pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end candidate screening across departments, delivering high-quality shortlists with a strong conversion rate.
• Review incoming applications promptly to maintain fast turnaround times and keep applicants engaged.
• Proactively build and manage relationships with hiring managers and leadership to prioritize feedback.
• Maintain up-to-date candidate data within the ATS (Workable) and ensure compliance with recruitment regulations.

Skills

Business English

Chinese language

Job description

Through proprietary software and AI, along with a focus on customer delight, Sleek makes the back-office easy for micro SMEs.

We give Entrepreneurs time back to focus on what they love doing - growing their business and being with customers. With a surging number of Entrepreneurs globally, we are innovating in a highly lucrative space.

We operate 3 business segments:

Corporate Secretary:

Automating the company incorporation, secretarial, filing, Nominee Director, mailroom and immigration processes via custom online robots and SleekSign. We are the market leaders in Singapore with ~5% market share of all new business incorporations

Accounting & Bookkeeping:

Redefining what it means to do Accounting, Bookkeeping, Tax and Payroll thanks to our proprietary SleekBooks ledger, AI tools and exceptional customer service

FinTech payments:

Overcoming a key challenge for Entrepreneurs by offering digital banking services to new businesses

Sleek launched in 2017 and now has around 15,000 customers across our offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. We have around 500 staff with an intact startup mindset.

We have recently raised Series B financing off the back of >70% compound annual growth in Revenue over the last 5 years. Sleek has been recognised by The Financial Times, The Straits Times, Forbes and LinkedIn as one of the fastest growing companies in Asia.

Backed by world-class investors, we are on track to be one of the few cash flow positive, tech-enabled unicorns based out of Singapore.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist who is excited to be the ‘face of Sleek’—partnering with business leadership to attract and close exceptional talent across the region to drive our next phase of growth.

Based in Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysia, this role reports directly to the Country Manager of Hong Kong, with a dotted line to the Head of Talent Acquisition.

Key outcomes in the first 6-12 months:

Candidate quality & delivery

• Bring in exceptional talent who are excited about Sleek and are a great fit for our stage of growth and culture.
• Execute end-to-end candidate screening across a variety of departments, delivering high-quality shortlists that consistently achieve a minimum 80% conversion rate from TA screen to Hiring Manager interview.

Pipeline management

• Review incoming applications promptly to maintain fast turnaround time and keep applicants engaged.
• Demonstrate creative problem-solving in sourcing and candidate engagement to build appropriate pipeline depth within the first few weeks of a role going live.
• Proactively source candidates to ensure the top of the funnel remains strong throughout the year.

Business Partnering

• Proactively build and manage relationships with Sleek’s hiring managers and Leadership team, soliciting feedback and working with the Head of Talent Acquisition to prioritise that feedback.

Process & ATS Integrity

• Maintain up-to-date candidate data within Workable to ensure seamless tracking and reporting.
• Ensure 100% compliance with Singapore recruitment regulations (MOM, Tripartite, MCF).
• Ensure job postings are of the highest quality and meet standards set by the Talent Acquisition team.

Requirements:

• Language Proficiency:
  • All Applicants: Fluent professional Business English (verbal and written) is strictly required as Sleek’s primary operational language.
  • In addition to Business English, professional proficiency in Chinese (Cantonese and/or Mandarin; written Traditional and/or Simplified) is required to manage candidate sourcing, screening, and stakeholder engagement across our Hong Kong and North Asia growth pipelines.
• Legal Work Authorization: Must have valid legal working rights in your country of residence (Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong).
• Workplace Arrangement: Comfortable with the applicable local working arrangement (Hybrid for Singapore and Hong Kong; Fully Remote for Malaysia).

Nice-to-have experience:

• Experience in full-cycle recruitment or client-facing roles.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced startup, scale-up, or high-growth environment.

Behavioural fit is also important at Sleek, and we will be looking for candidates that have a proven track record of embodying the below attributes in their recent roles:

Attention to detail:

You’ll be managing multiple, complex workstreams from numerous stakeholders. It will be important for you to keep track of everything and notice when information is missing or inconsistent.

Excellent listener and clear communicator:

We have a variety of nationalities and for many people, English isn’t their first language. For you to excel, you’ll need to be present in your calls and make sure you properly receive and thoughtfully send messages to others in the business.

Tech + services savvy:

We are a tech-enabled services business, automating traditional, manual processes and delighting customers while doing so. You will thrive as someone who understands and is excited by the challenges and opportunities of utilising AI in this role to optimize candidate sourcing, streamline ATS workflows, and elevate overall hiring speed and quality.

Collaboration-Driven:

You thrive in a cross-functional environment, working closely with hiring managers, department leads, and HR operations to ensure alignment on candidate profiles, hiring goals, and interview SLAs. You communicate effectively, advocate for candidate quality throughout the recruitment process, and proactively address pipeline bottlenecks before they impact hiring timelines, fostering a culture of shared accountability.

Ownership:

This shows reliability and helps build trust within the team. We move fast and need to know that everyone will see things through to completion and proactively help to get things back on track when challenges arise. Accountability is really important to us.

Humility:

There is so much we don’t know. Humility allows for open-mindedness to feedback and a willingness to learn from others. It paves the way for collaboration and creates a positive work environment. It is a key ingredient of self-awareness and emotional intelligence.

Structured thinking:

Our business is complex with many layers (many services, many countries, many cultures). Regardless of whether you’re more analytical or creative in nature, being able to show sound judgement is important to us. It ensures solutions are pragmatic and balance the needs of the organisation, team and customers.

The interview process

The successful candidate will participate in the below interview stages. We anticipate the process to last no more than 3 weeks from start to finish.

Whether the interviews are held over video call or in person will depend on your location and the role.

One-way Video Interview

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a one-way video interview. This allows us to better understand your skills and experience early in the process and ensures a streamlined experience for all applicants.

Technical Round

A 60–90 minute interactive session with our Chief of Staff combining a background chat with a live case study. No preparation needed—we’ll explore how you tackle real-time hiring challenges.

Soft Skills Assessment

A ~45 minute chat with Country Manager Hong Kong, where they will dive into some of your recent work situations to understand how you think and work.

Reference verification

Prior to final offer confirmation, we will conduct one professional reference check with your recent direct manager or supervisor. To keep the process moving smoothly, this step may be initiated during the final interview stages.

Requirement for background screening

Please be aware that Sleek is a regulated entity and as such is required to perform different levels of background checks on staff depending on their role.

This may include using external vendors to verify the below:

• Your education
• Any criminal history
• Any political exposure
• Any bankruptcy or adverse credit history

We will ask for your consent before conducting these checks. Depending on your role at Sleek, an adverse result on one of these checks may prohibit you from passing probation.

Some other great things about working at Sleek…

Humility and kindness:

Humility is a core attribute we hire for, which means we have a culture of not taking ourselves too seriously and being able to laugh. Kindness is also incredibly important. We are committed to creating and nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment.

Flexibility

3 days of work from home per week. If you need to start early or start late to cater to your family or other needs, we don’t mind, so long as you get your work done and proactively communicate. You can also work fully remote from anywhere in the world for 1 month each year

Financial benefits

We pay competitive market salaries and provide staff with generous paid time off and holiday schedules. Certain staff at Sleek are also eligible for our employee share ownership plan and can share in the upside of our stellar growth trajectory as we work toward listing on a prominent stock exchange in the Asia Pacific region.

Personal growth

You’ll get a lot of responsibility and autonomy at Sleek - we move at a fast pace so you’ll be making decisions, making mistakes and learning. There’s also a range of internal and external facing training programmes we run. We’re also at the forefront of utilising AI in our space and are developing a regional centre of AI excellence. It is our intention that if you leave Sleek, you leave as a more well-rounded person and professional.

Sleek is also a proudly certified B Corp. Since we started our journey in 2017, we’ve been committed to building Sleek as a force for good. In just over 5 years, we’ve joined a community of industry leaders like Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, and P&G who are building an inclusive, equitable, and a regenerative economy.