Fabian Valencia
cell: 917-***-****
email: ac9caw@r.postjobfree.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-valencia-b7291517
Talent Acquisition and Team Builder
I take pride in helping organizations build more effective, efficient and most importantly, happier teams!
Leadership skills
Team building
Training & mentoring of junior teams
Campus Recruiting
Sourcing
Team targets & milestones
Organizational development
Full-life Cycle Recruiting
Relationship building
Process, Procedures
Brand building though specific partnerships
Proficient with MS Office and Salesforce CRM
Founder of @cider_society
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mthree Consulting, New York, NY Oct. 2017 – present
Associate Director – Head of NA Recruitment & Campus Delivery Jan. 2019 – present
Global Technology and Business Consultancy, with over 400 Consultants working on-site in key financial centers such as New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Montreal and Johannesburg.
Managing Consultant – NA Alumni Recruitment Team Lead Oct. 2017 – Jan. 2019
Line Manage a team of 6 recruiters focused on delivering top quality junior talent to our partners within Fintech
Lead the North America campus recruiting initiative
Creation of various strategic initiatives for effective recruitment
Partner with top Universities in North America to assist their recent graduate pool in attaining technology careers within large financial institutions
Manage candidate assessments and final selection
Offer management
Built an internal vetting process for a fluid candidate experience
Project Management of various diversity initiatives for our partners
Implementation of online assessment tools such as CodinGame
Internal Recruitment for Recruiters, Marketing, HR, Sales, Employee Engagement
Makosi Consulting Oct. 2015 – Jun. 2017
Senior Associate – Recruitment Team Lead
Partnered with Senior Management to identify internal and external recruitment needs in Regulatory Reporting, Operational Excellence, Finance, Infrastructure and Audit for Institutional & Retail Banks, Hedge Funds and Top 10 Audit Firms
Oversaw recruitment team day to day; provide training, mentoring, and coaching to help each team member reach their potential
Established capability and processes to manage and forecast resource allocations and new talent acquisitions
Managed full lifecycle recruitment in Project Management, Financial Markets and Accounting divisions
Ran daily SCRUM meetings
Conducted high level interviews up to MD level
FDM Group Sep. 2012 – Oct. 2015
Recruitment Team Lead Jan. 2015 – Oct. 2015
Duties included inducting, training, and mentoring new members of the recruitment team
Point person for building strong relationships with University partners
Conducted full day assessments for potential candidates
Liaised with various departments to ensure all recruitment needs are being met
Created various events in-house to promote the FDM brand and get interest with potential candidates
Researched careers fairs in spring and fall and decided which would have ideal target candidates for our business partners
Graduate Recruiter Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2014
Recruited recent college graduates and US Veterans for an intensive tech training program
Reviewed resumes and conducted phone interviews
Attended careers fairs to recruit candidates and met with University career services departments to build strong relationships between FDM and tops Universities
Worked closely with the sales team in order to recruit the appropriate candidates for their open requirements
Account Manager Sep. 2012 – Dec. 2013
Prospected and cold called companies outside of the banking industry, in order to broaden FDM’s US book of business
Provided support to other teams within FDM, including but not limited to conducting assessment day interviews of potential trainees, presenting and networking at open house events, and offering sales support to the academy team at university career fairs
Worked closely with marketing team to create targeted, client specific documents
Worked with the finance team to ensure reconciliation of invoices, contracts, and other pertinent documentation
Provided managerial support to on site consultants within client base
TD Bank / TD Ameritrade Apr. 2011 – Sep. 2012
Financial Service Representative
Provided investment and insurance products and services to new and existing customers
Assessed customers’ financial needs, investment time frame and risk tolerance and suggested appropriate investment and insurance solutions such as mutual funds, fixed annuities, life insurance, individual retirement accounts, educational savings accounts and other products within the capacity of life and health insurance licenses
Partnered with personal bankers and bank tellers to find strategic ways to present our products to customers
JPMorgan Chase Nov. 2009 – Mar. 2011
Personal Banker
Proactively met with customers to discover their financial needs and provide product and service recommendations
Contacted current clients to set up face to face meetings in order to review their financial needs.
Responsible for retaining, and deepening customer relationships as well as accounts
Responsible for opening and closing procedures at the branch
Set up and processed all new accounts; aspects included verification, funding and corporate processing procedures
Properly guided new and existing clients through selection of various accounts
Opal Financial Group Jul. 2006 – Oct. 2009
Institutional Sales Director
Worked on a sales team offering sponsorships for high yield Investment Conferences
Researched financial firms to find appropriate matches to the type of conferences produced
Created strong relationships with key decision makers including Corporate Officers and Managing Partners
Assisted key decision makers during events, to ensure complete satisfaction and repeat business
Client prospecting to Executives from Corporate Pension Funds, Endowments, Public Funds, Family Offices, Foundations, Taft-Hartley Funds, Financial Planners, Investment Consultants, Lawyers, Accountants and High-Net-Worth Individuals
Traveled to our conferences around the world to meet with clients and pitch them our product
Averaged 50K in monthly sales and expanded our new client database by cold calling methods geared towards top banks and financial firms from around the country
EDUCATION
St. John’s University, New York
Bachelor of Science; Sep. 1999 – May. 2004