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Risha Popat

Summary

I am an experienced Talent Acquisition Manager who has worked in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Investment banks serving Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Corporate Functions, Technology, Operations and Retail both as an individual contributor and a people manager. My experience has allowed me to have both a strategic and hands on approach to recruitment whilst ensuring that I am able to utilise data lead initiatives and ensure DE&I standards are continuously upheld. A pro-active leader with a proven ability to build high-performing recruitment teams, improve hiring processes, providing a best-in-class candidate experience and strengthening employer branding.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mizuho Bank
10.2020 - 06.2024
  • My role of Talent Acquisition Manager sat within the EMEA Talent and Inclusion team spanning the Corporate bank and Investment Banking Teams
  • My team was responsible for attracting, recruiting, and retaining talent, through a number of strategic initiatives across the EMEA region
  • Line-manage Talent acquisition team
  • Oversee their workload and capacity, ensuring their wellbeing, engagement and professional development
  • Provide leadership, guidance and support to the team
  • Set an example of best recruitment practice
  • Promote and create a results driven, collaborative supportive team culture
  • Deliver on the job training and support, process management and goal setting within the team
  • Build strong interpersonal relations with hiring managers, heads of department, and the wider HR team to guide and drive the recruitment process
  • Build trusted client relationships and enable the business to identify and source talent for both standard and niche skills sets; spanning from entry level to senior-level, technical roles creating a strong targeted pipeline of talent for the business
  • Establish and develop a reputation as a trusted expert who delivers successful recruitment outcomes
  • Manage all recruitment related and additional HR projects / initiatives; share market intelligence with the HR business partners and hiring managers and remains abreast of trends and innovative recruiting techniques to attract and compete in the local market
  • Introduced best practice where possible and helped streamline processes
  • Responsible for ensuring all recruitment is compliant with legislation, governance and internal processes through the creation, review and audit of processes, policies, templates, forms and reports
  • Key achievements: Reduced recruitment spend via direct sourcing which has saved the business over £6 million in agency fees in the last 3 years and reduced time to hire from 85.1 days to 41.3 on average
  • Successfully built Mizuho’s talent acquisition function from the ground up
  • Implemented MSP model for corporate bank, negotiating terms and lead on full implementation
  • Creation of in-house campus recruitment – project planning recruitment strategy, assessment centre and offer process
  • Implementation of aligned recruitment policy
  • Presenting to Exco board and on behalf of EMEA HR for global HR summit.

Maternity Leave

06.2018 - 10.2020

Vendor Manager

HSBC via Resource Solutions
10.2016 - 06.2018
  • During my time with HSBC, I worked as a vendor manager and my responsibility was to troubleshoot within areas that had been underperforming
  • I looked after Private bank, followed by Retail Bank and Wealth Management, finishing within Digital
  • I was responsible for managing the client needs and ensuring the recruitment process was followed in line with the rest of the bank in addition to promoting direct recruitment and reducing agency spend
  • Relationship management with client stakeholders, direct recruiters and PSL suppliers
  • Responsible for organising and tracking business approvals to ensure that the client has approval to hire
  • Leading face to face intake meetings to understand HM’s requirements and educate them on the recruitment process
  • Hosted conference calls with PSL suppliers and Conducted HR interviews (Hogan) for Director level candidates, produced and stored transcripts whilst Providing weekly live job status and vetting updates to both hiring managers and HR
  • Responsible for managing the offer and negotiation process around compensation, bonus guarantee and buyout
  • Working closely with Performance and Reward to establish final packages
  • Facilitated the end-to-end Internal Mobility process for international transfers
  • Worked with sponsorship and re-location teams to ensure the smooth running of Visa applications and re-location processes
  • Liaised with Employee Relations on any candidate concerns or questions around their contract and provided the business with external market data and internal relativities upon request.

Recruitment Business Partner / Account Manager

Santander via Hays
09.2013 - 10.2016
  • I was responsible for the operational management of the contractor Santander account, covering all sectors of the bank, including I.T, Finance, Risk and Middle office/Operations
  • I look after the recruitment of professional contractors all across the country, including key sites in London, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Bootle and Leicester
  • Management of all contract recruitment which includes stakeholder management, third party vendor management and the use of Hays internal delivery team
  • Full PSL management - including quarterly and annual reviews combined with monthly one to one overview of performance and delivery
  • Project lead on key deliverables to Santander including: Full ownership, management, development and review of a fit for purpose rate card
  • Ongoing review with key stakeholders regarding contractor tenure - taking into account AWR related enquiries and co-employment risk issue management
  • Cost saving analysis and capital gain share review on a weekly basis, presented to the client
  • Criticality analysis and reporting, working with key stakeholders, line management, finance business partners and third parties
  • AWR management, including rate evaluation of existing population and continual assessment for annual bonuses
  • Full management of bonus payments, performance reviews and reporting.

MSP Team leader

UBS via Hays
07.2008 - 09.2013

Vendor Manager

UBS via Hays
05.2010 - 05.2011

Direct recruiter

UBS via Hays
07.2008 - 05.2010

Consultant

McGregor-Boyall Associates
05.2006 - 07.2008

Resourcer

Reed Personnel Services
10.2005 - 05.2006

Education

BA Business with Law -

Kingston University

A-Levels -

Epping Forest College
04.2001 -

GCSEs -

Stewards School

Skills

  • Building a Talent Acquisition function from the ground up including policy creation and hiring manager training
  • End to End hands on recruitment and talent strategy including Workforce planning
  • Employer branding (EVP) and candidate experience
  • Data driven recruitment and analytics
  • Sourcing best in class talent up to MD Level across all areas of Investment Banking
  • Team leadership and cross-functional collaboration
  • Applicant tracking systems (ATS) and HR technologies
  • Campus recruitment

Personal Information

Title: Talent Acquisition Manager

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mizuho Bank
10.2020 - 06.2024

Maternity Leave

06.2018 - 10.2020

Vendor Manager

HSBC via Resource Solutions
10.2016 - 06.2018

Recruitment Business Partner / Account Manager

Santander via Hays
09.2013 - 10.2016

Vendor Manager

UBS via Hays
05.2010 - 05.2011

MSP Team leader

UBS via Hays
07.2008 - 09.2013

Direct recruiter

UBS via Hays
07.2008 - 05.2010

Consultant

McGregor-Boyall Associates
05.2006 - 07.2008

Resourcer

Reed Personnel Services
10.2005 - 05.2006

A-Levels -

Epping Forest College
04.2001 -

BA Business with Law -

Kingston University

GCSEs -

Stewards School

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