RSM UK
Talent Acquisition Manager - 13 month FTC
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Job Description
As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions - we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.
About the Role
As a Talent Acquisition Manager, you will play a key role in delivering our purpose, which is to attract premium talent which will enable RSM to drive growth and achieve the best results. You will be accountable for managing a team, creating and executing RSM service line resourcing strategies that enhance direct hires, ensuring both our candidates and stakeholders experience a truly market leading recruitment service.
This is a 13 month FTC, covering maternity leave.
Key Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Director of Talent, TA teams, HR leadership and Tax and Audit Service Line stakeholders.
- Gaining a thorough understanding of current and future resource forecasts and requirements to identify, attract and hire diverse internal & external talent.
- Managing a Talent Acquisition team, setting directions and deploying resources to deliver a recruitment service to stakeholders with accountability for the performance and results of the team.
- Aligning resource based on volumes ensuring teams accountability.
- Sharing TA vision and strategy with team, accountable for the full recruitment lifecycle while delivering high service to candidates and stakeholders.
- Managing the day-to-day performance of the team, whilst ensuring they are equipped with the direction and tools they need to source and map markets.
- Engaging proactively and ensuring a positive experience for stakeholders and candidates, implementing process improvements as necessary across the team.
- Defining the team operating standards, ensuring essential procedures and policies are followed, setting employee performance objectives, conducting regular performance reviews and team meetings.
- Acting as brand ambassador for TA and RSM, enabling the team to build robust sourcing strategies, decreasing the usage of agencies where possible.
- Being the first point of contact for any hiring manager escalations within the area of responsibility on concerns or issues, owning them and working to resolve these directly.
- Developing service line relationships and seeking opportunities to promote TA vision, structure, and ways of working.
- Working with new technology and external partners to improve tools available to the team establishing and delivering a best-practice process.
- Identifying and engaging with internal and external diversity network groups to promote RSM brand and opportunities.
- Driving and owning projects to enhance the performance of the TA team. Focusing on continuous improvement, process excellence and efficiencies.
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About the Ideal Candidate
You will be operating within a TA leadership role, leading a team with senior hiring accountabilities.
What We’re Looking For
- Deep understanding of professional services recruitment, namely audit, tax or consulting.
- Proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver results in a fast-paced setting.
- A strategic mindset with a hands-on approach to delivering exceptional stakeholder and candidate experience.
- Transformation/Change – experience working within a changing environment, constantly striving for best in class.
- Actively contribute to process improvements with recent demonstrable examples.
- Communication/interpersonal skills - you must be an adept communicator, ability to engage and influence across the business.
- Discretion - you must be aware of the confidential nature of the work.
- Pressure - you must respond well to pressure and deadlines and be effective in fast-paced environments.
- Driven - it is vital that you are completely committed to the job, ready to hit the ground running and are willing to put in extra effort where necessary.
- Professionalism - you are the representative of the company to your team, new starters, candidates, and stakeholders therefore it is essential that you are a brand ambassador for RSM.
- Acts as a resource for colleagues and team members with less experience.
- Able to work outside of standard hours when necessary.
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Diversity and Inclusion at RSM
At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.
At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.
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