Financial Recruiter

Confidential; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Life & disability insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking a Financial Recruiter in New York, NY or Buffalo, NY. The role supports Corporate & Institutional Banking, Asset Management, and Wealth Management with end-to-end recruitment and stakeholder collaboration.

You will build pipelines, engage passive talent, and drive efficient hiring processes across a matrixed environment while reporting progress to senior leaders. This is an impactful, front-office recruitment opportunity.

Qualifications

• Front office recruiting experience.
• Commercial or global banking experience desirable.
• Sourcing and full life cycle recruitment background.

Responsibilities

• Execute recruitment strategies aligned to business priorities and hiring goals.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and hiring approaches.
• Own end-to-end recruitment from intake through offer.
• Manage sourcing campaigns on LinkedIn and direct outreach.
• Build diverse talent pipelines for current and future needs.
• Deliver reporting and insights on hiring progress and pipeline status.
• Ensure recruitment activity complies with regulatory and internal policy.

Skills

Front office recruiting

Sourcing

Full life cycle recruitment

Stakeholder management

Boolean search

Passive candidate engagement

Tools

LinkedIn

Job description

Our client, a major bank, is looking to hire a Financial Recruiter in New York, NY or in Buffalo, NY.

Pay Rate Range:

$51-58/hr W-2, based on experience

Office Location: 66 Hudson Blvd East, New York, NY 10001 or 239 Van Rensselaer St in Larkin Square 2nd fl. Buffalo, NY 14210

Contract Duration: 12 month

Responsibilities:

Role overview

Join a high-performing recruitment team supporting Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB), Asset Management and Wealth Management in the US. This role partners closely with senior leaders and hiring managers to deliver recruitment strategies for mid-to-senior level lateral hiring. You’ll own end-to-end recruiting across a portfolio of roles in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. Success means translating business priorities into clear hiring plans, bringing strong market insight and building robust pipelines for current and future needs. You’ll keep stakeholders informed with clear reporting while strengthening the candidate experience throughout. You’ll also help enhance how we recruit by identifying practical improvements that increase quality and efficiency.

This is a chance to shape hiring outcomes across key bank businesses where the quality of every hire matters. You’ll connect senior stakeholders with market talent and bring structure and clarity to complex hiring demands. If you’re looking for a role with end-to-end ownership and real influence on the talent agenda we’d like to hear from you. Apply to help build the pipelines and hiring decisions that support bank growth and priorities in the US.

What you’ll be doing

• Execute recruitment strategies aligned to business priorities and hiring goals
• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and define effective hiring approaches
• Own end-to-end recruitment from intake through offer to ensure consistent candidate and stakeholder experience
• Manage sourcing campaigns through LinkedIn, direct outreach and other platforms to engage passive talent
• Build and maintain diverse talent pipelines for immediate hiring needs and future demand
• Collaborate with recruiters and coordinators to deliver accurate, timely recruitment processes
• Deliver reporting and insights on hiring progress and pipeline status to internal stakeholders
• Ensure recruitment activity complies with legal, regulatory and internal policy requirements
• Recommend process improvements that strengthen hiring efficiency and experience
• Promote bank employer brand and EVP in the external talent market

Requirements:

What we’re looking for

Candidate needs to have front office recruiting experience. Someone who has commercial banking or global banking experience. Someone who has sourcing and full life cycle background. The role will start with sourcing and will acquire more responsibility for full cycle management as the candidate progresses in experience.

• Bring strong corporate recruiting experience ideally in financial services or another highly regulated environment
• Demonstrate proven full-cycle recruitment capability across sourcing, interviewing, stakeholder management and offer processes
• Partner effectively with senior leaders to support hiring decisions and outcomes
• Apply proactive sourcing approaches including Boolean search and passive candidate engagement
• Manage multiple roles in parallel while maintaining quality and attention to detail
• Communicate clearly with strong organization and reporting skills
• Collaborate across teams and functions in a matrixed environment
• Operate with a strong understanding of governance expectations in recruitment and selection activity

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates:

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.