Vice President, Talent Acquisition

Cls Group; Woodbridge Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement (US: 23 days)

Paid volunteer days

Generous parental leave

Pension/401K match

Private medical insurance

Learning platform access

Job summary

CLS Group is seeking a Vice President, Talent Acquisition in New Jersey. You will lead the end-to-end recruitment function for multiple corporate roles across the US, Asia, and UK, building talent pipelines, strategies, and processes.

You will partner with HR and business leaders to optimize ATS usage, ensure inclusive hiring practices, and deliver exceptional candidate and stakeholder experiences. Hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on in full-cycle recruitment across multiple functions and regions.
• Proven track record in direct sourcing and multi-channel attraction strategies.
• Strong focus on inclusion and diverse candidate slates.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across US, Asia & UK for multiple corporate roles.
• Oversee recruitment processes and governance for hiring managers.
• Manage PSL vendors, interview coordination, and offer/on-boarding processes.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Direct sourcing

Full cycle recruitment

Multi-channel sourcing

Stakeholder management

Inclusion advocacy

Communication skills

Project management

Tools

ATS

LinkedIn Recruiter

CLS job board

Job description

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

• Pivotal purpose
• Trusted guardian
• Targeted innovation
• Facilitate connections
• Delivering excellence
• Inclusive culture

Job information:

• Functional title - Vice President, Talent Acquisition
• Department - Human Resources
• Corporate level - Vice President
• Report to – Director, Talent Acquisition
• Location - New Jersey

What you will be doing:

You will be a trusted Talent Acquisition subject matter expert for our business, ensuring that CLS is identifying, attracting and hiring the very best talent from across the market.

We’re looking for someone passionate about playing a part in the continued evolution of our Talent Acquisition function - with a strong track record of direct sourcing, creating and managing effective hiring strategies, and delivering exceptional stakeholder and candidate experiences. You will take a proactive and inclusive approach to talent acquisition, championing our recruitment strategy and employer value proposition, Inclusion efforts, and building talent pipelines that align with current and future organisational needs.

• Execute the full end to end recruitment cycle for a variety of roles across multiple corporate functions and levels across the US, Asia and UK:

  • Responsible for leading direct sourcing efforts utilizing recruitment tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, employee referrals, CLS job board etc) – managing in-house searches and engaging with the external candidate market to identify and attract diverse talent.
  • Ownership and oversight of all required recruitment processes and governance - providing appropriate guidance and counsel for hiring managers.
  • Advise and agree on appropriate channels to market to maximize process effectiveness and further reduce external recruitment agency dependency.
  • Relationship manage PSL vendors and any other external stakeholders in a highly professional and commercial manner.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to facilitate interviews and ensure robust feedback mechanisms through to offer stage.
  • Offer management and seamless on-boarding in partnership with HR Business Partnering, Reward and HR Shared Services.

• Maximise effectiveness of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and support process and functionality enhancements.

• Stay well informed of latest industry trends, market information and technological advances that will ensure the CLS Talent Acquisition team is operating best practices.

• Ensure hiring managers and other interviewers conduct their role in the recruitment process in a way that promotes high quality, fair and positive candidate experiences.

• Partner with the business to execute briefings for interviewers on candidate information, role context, prior interview feedback and ensure interviews are structured and effective.

• Work with HR Shared Services to ensure and maintain and improve availability and accuracy of Talent Acquisition related headcount/vacancy information and data.

• Ensure all Talent Acquisition processes are compliant with employment legislation, immigration rules and internal policies.

• Collaborate on firmwide ad-hoc projects in support of meeting team and organizational objectives.

• Support the wider HR function in promoting internal mobility and identification of high potential talent.

What we’re looking for:

• Passionate about talent acquisition and the importance of supporting our Inclusion agenda by delivering diverse candidate slates to hiring managers.
• Proven success in direct sourcing and full cycle recruitment for relevant Financial Services / Technology roles from either agency or in-house experience.
• Experience in utilizing multi-channel candidate attraction methods.
• An appreciation of the Financial Services ecosystem in which CLS operates.
• Understands and demonstrates excellence in delivering an exemplary service to all Talent Acquisition stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a focus on quality of work and strength in attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), ability to converse credibly and professionally with internal and external audiences.
• Well organised with a systematic approach to multi-tasking and prioritising.
• Able to work with discretion and respect.
• Process driven and can recognise when flexibility and adaptability is needed.
• Proactive in approach to work, relationships and collaboration
• Solution and results driven focus on execution of deliverables.
• Self-motivated and able to work off own initiative.
• Ability to demonstrate strength in providing a consultative business partnership.
• Strong relationship management skills and ability (internal and external).

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

• Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
• 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
• Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
• Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
• Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
• Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
• Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
• Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
• Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
• Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
• Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
• Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
• Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
• All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
• Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.