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Talent Acquisition Partner
Paul Finan
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Orpington, United Kingdom
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A driven and highly recognised talent acquisition professional with the capabilities to drive organisations forward on a multi-site and global basis. Utilises expertise within strategic management, stakeholder partnering and change and transformation, enabling achievement of all company objectives. Recognised for being a hands-on manager and support the team to achieve KPI's. Able to convince and gain senior candidates and clients trust due to extensive knowledge. A driven Leader with experience of pitching for new business/mandate, finding the right candidate for the role. Career successes have been large scale with significant positive financial impact being achieved. Instrumental in transforming underperforming operations into progressive profitable functions, generating real stakeholder value through strong leadership, performance optimisation and sophisticated vision. Strategically driven with the ability to initiate and deliver change combined with evaluating business plans, market and feasibility analysis, using this analysis to support the direction of a company.
TRANSFERABLE EXPERTISE
Leadership: Developing strategic vision, underpinning strategy and goals, leading and encouraging cultural change, motivational skills, the ability to persuade others at all levels.
Requirements Gathering: Expertise in utilising a variety of investigative techniques to elicit information from stakeholders and develop ways to manage their interests and expectations.
TRANSFERABLE EXPERTISE
Leadership: Developing strategic vision, underpinning strategy and goals, leading and encouraging cultural change, motivational skills, the ability to persuade others at all levels.
Requirements Gathering: Expertise in utilising a variety of investigative techniques to elicit information from stakeholders and develop ways to manage their interests and expectations.
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United Kingdom
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English
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My experience
2018 - 2019
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Talent Business Partner
We Are Move Limited.
● Part of the leadership team tasked with generating revenue to support the growth of a brand new business
● Identify and cultivate strategic partner alliances that align and support growth and market expansion; create detailed account plans to track partner progress and achievement to revenue and milestone goals
● Research and qualify new relevant partners based on revenue potential, time to revenue realisation, and strategic significance. Drive contract negotiations, including modelling impact on revenue and product margins
● Responsible for the entire recruitment cycle, hiring professionals in permanent roles: screening, recruiting, interviewing, offers negotiation and closing candidates for the assigned requisition
● Sourcing high calibre executives who are specifically matched to positions
● Establish relationships with clients (new/existing) through high level marketing calls, offering market intelligence
● Present at pitches and business development meetings, and actively introducing colleagues
● Create and maintain excellent relationships with various stakeholders including WPP, UNIT9, Framestore, FutureLearn, Kamet and rehab across locations London, Paris, LA, New York, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Singapore
● Drive account management and support the development of key accounts
● Develop a personal profile both internally and externally, through effective relationship building as well as via LinkedIn, and job boards becoming a recognised professional within the sector
● Accountable for the training and direct management of a team of eight, maximise productivity through ongoing performance monitoring and review
Key Achievements:
● Led a talent acquisition team to placing 10-14 permanent places a month
● Time to hire - fast turnaround from briefing of new vacancy to 3-5 candidate shortlist to placement
● Cost to hire - reduce spend for hiring by up to 70% against traditional methods
● Report on hiring analytics and best routes for candidate attraction
● Social media strategy, job posting, candidate evaluation and interview techniques for the team
● Identify and cultivate strategic partner alliances that align and support growth and market expansion; create detailed account plans to track partner progress and achievement to revenue and milestone goals
● Research and qualify new relevant partners based on revenue potential, time to revenue realisation, and strategic significance. Drive contract negotiations, including modelling impact on revenue and product margins
● Responsible for the entire recruitment cycle, hiring professionals in permanent roles: screening, recruiting, interviewing, offers negotiation and closing candidates for the assigned requisition
● Sourcing high calibre executives who are specifically matched to positions
● Establish relationships with clients (new/existing) through high level marketing calls, offering market intelligence
● Present at pitches and business development meetings, and actively introducing colleagues
● Create and maintain excellent relationships with various stakeholders including WPP, UNIT9, Framestore, FutureLearn, Kamet and rehab across locations London, Paris, LA, New York, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Singapore
● Drive account management and support the development of key accounts
● Develop a personal profile both internally and externally, through effective relationship building as well as via LinkedIn, and job boards becoming a recognised professional within the sector
● Accountable for the training and direct management of a team of eight, maximise productivity through ongoing performance monitoring and review
Key Achievements:
● Led a talent acquisition team to placing 10-14 permanent places a month
● Time to hire - fast turnaround from briefing of new vacancy to 3-5 candidate shortlist to placement
● Cost to hire - reduce spend for hiring by up to 70% against traditional methods
● Report on hiring analytics and best routes for candidate attraction
● Social media strategy, job posting, candidate evaluation and interview techniques for the team
Sourcing, Social, LED, UP, Business Partner, Monitoring, Development, Growth, Support, Talent acquisition, Turnaround, Recruitment, Social Media, Leadership, Analytics, Management, Linkedin, Interview, Account management, Training, Research, Business development, Marketing
2017 - 2018
freelance
Senior Consultant, UX & Technology
Red Sofa Limited.
● Direct management for contingency based search across freelance and permanent UX/Technology hiring for a number of clients across the agency and ecommerce sectors. Clients included Burberry, Photobox, AKQA and Foolproof
● Worked with clients in a variety of disciplines included digital product design, UX, CX, UI and technology including native JavaScript (React, Angular), full-stack developers (Python, PHP, Node.js) and senior technical requirements
● Worked with clients in a variety of disciplines included digital product design, UX, CX, UI and technology including native JavaScript (React, Angular), full-stack developers (Python, PHP, Node.js) and senior technical requirements
Ecommerce, CX, Native, Search, Technology, Node, Management, UI, Product Design, Javascript, UX, Angular, React, Node.js, Python, Design, Php
2017 - 2017
job
Director
Onward Search Limited.
● Tasked upon commencement to lead the Onward Search UK offering and carry the blueprint from their US HQ to London
● Developed and embedded an in-depth business plan, recruiting new clients from scratch and leveraging existing relationships in the US whilst growing a digital recruitment footprint in the UK market
● Demonstrated a 360 approach which included social media strategy to raise brand awareness, extensive business development / sales funnel, talent mapping, recruiting, executive search, interviewing/assessment of candidates, consultancy/hiring strategy for clients and P&L responsibility
● Sourced candidates with digital disciplines in digital creative, UX, technology and client services across freelance and permanent hires leading
● Developed exposure to new platforms such as Bullhorn and LinkedIn Recruiter
● Established solid relationships across a variety of clients and sectors for example developing some solid relationships with global agencies in the WPP group and international financial clients
● Developed and embedded an in-depth business plan, recruiting new clients from scratch and leveraging existing relationships in the US whilst growing a digital recruitment footprint in the UK market
● Demonstrated a 360 approach which included social media strategy to raise brand awareness, extensive business development / sales funnel, talent mapping, recruiting, executive search, interviewing/assessment of candidates, consultancy/hiring strategy for clients and P&L responsibility
● Sourced candidates with digital disciplines in digital creative, UX, technology and client services across freelance and permanent hires leading
● Developed exposure to new platforms such as Bullhorn and LinkedIn Recruiter
● Established solid relationships across a variety of clients and sectors for example developing some solid relationships with global agencies in the WPP group and international financial clients
Social Media, Business development, UX, SoMe, Linkedin, Sales, Embedded, Technology, Recruitment, Development, Recruiter, International, SOLID, Search, Assessment, Social
2015 - 2016
job
Head of UX, Product, Service Design Recruitment
Cogs Agency.
● Managed and developed a team of two across the UX, product and service design talent space, with the aim of developing a new area for Cogs Agency and to develop a UX network across London, Berlin and Europe
● Steered the team to meet all quarterly targets with very high conversion rates against permanent and freelance vacancies
● Sourced talent through social media channels and internal databases
● Played a key role in a new initiative called 'Cogs Crunch' which brings leading industry people to breakfast events in London and Berlin to talk about their experiences in UX, how they developed their careers and they see the UX market developing in the future
● Steered the team to meet all quarterly targets with very high conversion rates against permanent and freelance vacancies
● Sourced talent through social media channels and internal databases
● Played a key role in a new initiative called 'Cogs Crunch' which brings leading industry people to breakfast events in London and Berlin to talk about their experiences in UX, how they developed their careers and they see the UX market developing in the future
Social Media, Design, UX, Service Design, Network, Service, Recruitment, Social
2006 - 2009
freelance
Senior Consultant (Digital)
Preferred Choice Ltd.
2004 - 2006
job
New Business Manager
Telewest Broadband Ltd.
Manager
2002 - 2003
job
Business Recovery Administrator
BDO Stoy Hayward.
Administrator
1999 - 2001
job
Customer Liaison / Police Liaison / PAYT Team Leader
Vodafone Ltd.
My education
1995
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1997
Swansea University
HND, Business Marketing
HND, Business Marketing
1993
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1995
Swansea College
N/a, Business Studies
N/a, Business Studies
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