Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description – Talent Acquisition Specialist

100% Remote

Role Overview

InsuranceMarket.ae is looking for a dynamic and commercially driven Talent Acquisition Specialist to manage end-to-end recruitment across multiple business functions. The ideal candidate will bring a strong recruitment agency background with proven experience hiring for the banking, financial services, fintech, insurance, or financial brokerage sectors. This role requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced, target-driven environment and has extensive experience in sourcing niche financial talent, managing multiple hiring mandates simultaneously, and partnering closely with business leaders to deliver high-quality hires within agreed timelines.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from requisition to onboarding.
• Understand hiring requirements and develop effective sourcing strategies for each role.
• Source, screen, interview, and shortlist candidates across various business functions.
• Coordinate interviews, negotiate offers, and manage candidate engagement through to joining.
• Collect and verify pre-employment documentation, conduct professional reference checks, and ensure all onboarding requirements are completed prior to the candidate joining date.
• Take ownership of assigned vacancies and drive them to closure within agreed recruitment timelines.
• Manage multiple active vacancies simultaneously while maintaining quality and speed of delivery.
• Proactively identify and escalate vacancies at risk of delay and propose alternative sourcing strategies.
• Conduct first stage screening interviews to assess candidate suitability, relevant experience, communication skills, motivation, compensation expectations, notice period, and overall fit before presenting candidates to hiring managers.
• Evaluate candidates against defined role requirements and provide managers with structured assessment notes and recommendations rather than CVs alone.
• Identify inconsistencies, frequent job movements, compensation misalignment, notice period constraints, and other potential hiring risks during initial screening.

2. Financial Services Talent Acquisition

• Recruit for roles across Banking, Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Mortgages Business
• Banking, Auto Loans, Insurance, Sales, Operations, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and Corporate Functions.
• Leverage an existing network of financial services professionals to identify quality candidates.
• Maintain an active pipeline of candidates for recurring and critical roles.
• Understand hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and talent availability within the UAE financial services market.

3. Candidate Sourcing

• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, job portals, databases, referrals, networking, headhunting, and social media to identify top talent.
• Conduct proactive talent mapping for future hiring requirements.
• Build and maintain strong candidate relationships for ongoing hiring needs.

4. Stakeholder Management

• Partner with hiring managers to understand business requirements and recruitment priorities.
• Provide regular hiring updates and market intelligence.
• Advise stakeholders on recruitment strategy, candidate availability, and compensation trends.

5. Recruitment Operations

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers and candidate records.
• Ensure an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Prepare recruitment reports and hiring dashboards.
• Ensure recruitment activities comply with company policies and UAE employment regulations.
• Track key recruitment metrics including time to shortlist, time to hire, offer acceptance, joining conversion, source effectiveness, and vacancy ageing.

6. Employer Branding

• Support employer branding initiatives across LinkedIn and other recruitment platforms.
• Represent InsuranceMarket.ae professionally when engaging with candidates and external partners.

7. AI Adoption – Skills & Tools

• Utilize AI-powered recruitment tools to enhance sourcing efficiency and candidate engagement.
• Leverage AI for drafting job descriptions, interview questions, candidate communications, and recruitment reports.
• Stay updated with emerging recruitment technologies to improve hiring effectiveness.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong expertise in sourcing and headhunting passive candidates.
• Excellent interviewing and candidate assessment skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Commercial mindset with a results-oriented approach.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies simultaneously.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• Strong knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter and recruitment databases.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 3–6 years of recruitment experience, with the majority gained in a recruitment consultancy or executive search firm.
• Mandatory experience recruiting for Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, or Financial Brokerage clients.
• Experience recruiting for corporate functions
• Strong understanding of UAE employment practices and financial services hiring trends are preferred.
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms, and direct sourcing techniques.