Vice President, Talent Acquisition (Front Office) - 12 months Direct Fixed Term Contract

SMBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SMBC Group in Singapore is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to lead full recruitment cycles across the Bank and its subsidiaries. You will partner with HR, hiring managers and business units to define staffing needs, deliver timely hiring, and build strong candidate pipelines through diverse channels.

The role emphasizes process improvement, digitalisation of recruitment, and close collaboration with Learning & Development to assess candidates effectively.

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field.
• 7–10 years in Talent Acquisition within banking or financial services.
• Experience hiring for front office functions is highly preferred.
• Proven track record delivering full recruitment cycles with business engagement.
• Strong communication, organization and time-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business units, HRBP and hiring managers to define staffing needs and best recruitment strategy.
• Perform full recruitment cycle across the Bank and subsidiaries including resourcing, interviewing and guiding selections.
• Execute day-to-day recruitment activities professionally within agreed timelines and standards.
• Identify and nurture a network of top talent through multiple channels to build pipelines.
• Collaborate with HR to contribute to the HR Value Chain on various projects.
• Lead recruitment initiatives including digitalisation and process streamlining.
• Develop candidate assessment strategies with the team and Learning & Development.
• Track and report all recruitment activities in a timely manner.
• Build strategic talent pipelines with market mapping and networking.

Skills

Full cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Communication

Interviewing

Banking/Finance domain

Education

University degree

Job description

• Partner with the respective business units, HR Business Partners and hiring managers to understand their businesses, define the staffing needs and agree on the best practice recruitment strategy for the assigned business divisions
• Perform the full cycle of the recruitment process across the Bank and the subsidiaries including resourcing, interviewing and guiding selection process
• Execute and deliver day to day recruitment activities professionally with the committed timeline and standards
• Identify and maintain a network of top talent through the use of different recruitment channels such as social medias to build candidate pipelines and database.
• Partnering with different HR functions to work on different projects to contribute to the HR Value Chain
• Lead and participate in recruitment initiatives including digitalisation and streamlining of processes.
• Developing candidates assessment strategies jointly with the team and Learning & Development team
• Track and report of all recruitment activities timely.
• Build strategic talent pipelines with market mapping and networking activities

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with the respective business units, HR Business Partners and hiring managers to understand their businesses, define the staffing needs and agree on the best practice recruitment strategy for the assigned business divisions
• Perform the full cycle of the recruitment process across the Bank and the subsidiaries including resourcing, interviewing and guiding selection process
• Execute and deliver day to day recruitment activities professionally with the committed timeline and standards
• Identify and maintain a network of top talent through the use of different recruitment channels such as social medias to build candidate pipelines and database.
• Partnering with different HR functions to work on different projects to contribute to the HR Value Chain
• Lead and participate in recruitment initiatives including digitalisation and streamlining of processes.
• Developing candidates assessment strategies jointly with the team and Learning & Development team
• Track and report of all recruitment activities timely.
• Build strategic talent pipelines with market mapping and networking activities
• Gather market intelligence

Job Requirements

• University degree
• At least 7-10 years in Talent Acquisition Experience (in-house) in the banking or financial services industry. Experience in hiring for front office functions is highly preferred
• Proven track record in performing the full recruitment cycle includes engaging business effectively to understand their hiring needs, formulate strategies to attract and source candidates, candidates screening and profiling, interview and selection, offer proposal and negotiation
• Ability to multi-task and operate efficiently under fast pace environment while maintaining accuracy in work delivery.
• Proactive and resilient and agile
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Professional and presentable
• Meticulous and process oriented with strong time management skills
• Strong Team player