Senior Business Partner

Oliver James Associates Ltd.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Associates LLC is seeking a Senior Business Partner to lead recruitment efforts in the US actuarial/permanent market. You will identify, engage, and place senior talent while building client relationships and advising on hiring strategies.

The role requires advanced sourcing skills, experience in financial services hiring, and the ability to coordinate with multinational clients. You will report to leadership and contribute to pipeline health and project milestones.

Qualifications

• Four years of full-time experience in recruitment consulting, account management, or related occupations.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment outcomes in the US Actuarial Perm market by headhunting candidates, developing client relationships, and tracking recruitment placement activity.
• Review profiles and job orders to match applicants with client requirements.
• Assist the SVP by providing strategic recommendations and insights into recruitment programs.
• Negotiate engagement agreements with multinational companies and define client needs and outcomes.
• Follow market developments in technology, data tools, software, and applications.
• Provide internal and external reports highlighting milestones, hiring timelines and pipeline health.
• Define client personnel requirements and map organisational structure and growth plans for hiring recommendations.

Skills

Recruitment consulting

Account management

Talent mapping

CRM platforms

LinkedIn Recruiter

Tools

Salesforce

Adapt/Bullhorn

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

COMPANY NAME:

Oliver James Associates LLC

POSITION TITLE:

Senior Business Partner

POSITION DUTIES:

• Support recruitment outcomes in the US Actuarial Perm market by headhunting candidates, developing and establishing client relationships, and tracking recruitment placement activity.
• Review professional profiles and job orders to match prospective applicants with client requirements.
• Assist the Senior Vice President by providing strategic recommendations and insights into the division's recruitment programs.
• Negotiate engagement agreements with multinational companies, defining the client's needs and expected outcomes.
• Follow market developments in technology, data tools, software, and applications.
• Provide reports internally to leadership, and also to external clients who are insurance carriers, re insurers, private equity firms and asset managers, highlighting key project milestones, hiring timelines, and pipeline health.
• Define client personnel requirements, including mapping out the organisational structure, culture and annual growth plans and make hiring recommendations when appropriate.
• Develop key market knowledge within the Financial Services sector to accurately advise clients on hiring trends.
• Attend conferences, exhibitions, and client meetings to build connections and remain informed on current trends within the Actuarial market.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Four years of full-time experience in occupations involving recruitment consulting, account management, or related occupations.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Experience to include four years in each of the following: 1) Leading full-cycle recruitment for international director and senior management roles in the financial services sector, assessing strategy based on local market trends, availability of talent, and regulatory requirements; 2) Talent mapping and market research for large, global clients using advanced sourcing platforms and tools, including Linked In Recruiter and Salesforce; 3) Utilising Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms to track candidate sourcing, conversion, and pipeline metrics, including Salesforce or Bond Adapt (currently known as Adapt by Bullhorn); 4) Sourcing and evaluating candidates in investment modelling, reporting, capital, actuarial modelling, hedging, pricing, valuation, quantitative and analytical fields for permanent positions; and 5) Partnering with executive stakeholders to support organisational workforce planning and outline role requirements for regulated and technical professional positions.

RATE OF PAY:

$95,000 to $130,000 per year

LOCATION OF POSITION:

Oliver James Associates LLC

1230 6th Avenue, Floor 18

New York NY 10020