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OVERVIEW:

Seasoned HR/Recruiting professional with specialized experience in highly competitive, high compensation, categories. In financial and other professional services companies recruited and landed talent across all levels including c-suite executives and top sales/business development. Ability to work within all relevant tech platforms as well as concept and build custom platforms to serve specific needs. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Piermont Bank November 2022 - present

Consultant - Recruitment

• Proactively source, screen and deliver no-fee mid to senior level top talent to C-Suite managers

• Coordinate interviews with prospective candidates

• Negotiate compensation, prepare offers, deliver justifications as a trusted partner for potential hires to senior management

Sound Point Capital January 2022 - August 2022

Vice President - Recruitment

• Proactively source, screen and deliver no-fee mid to senior level top talent to C-Suite managers

• Coordinate interviews with prospective candidates

• Negotiate compensation, prepare offers, deliver justifications as a trusted partner for potential hires to senior management

Credit Agricole CIB (Contract through Madison-Davis) April 2021 – December 2021 Cross-Divisional Investment Banking Recruiter

• Collaborate with C Level management to seek, screen and interview top talent for the corporate Investment Banking groups

• Partner with senior management to guide them through the recruitment process; job posting, sourcing, screening, vendor management, interviewing and hiring process

• Create and build strong relationships with candidates guiding them through the recruitment process providing updates, follow-up and support.

Lazard (Contract through Core Staffing) August 2019 – December 2019 Technology Recruiter

Lazard, a leading asset management firm, was looking to enhance their tech offering and knew they had dated systems and were understaffed to deliver in this critical area..

• Collaborated with the CIO to successfully build a custom recruitment desk to support the Technology teams across all areas of the firm.

• Partner with senior management to guide them through the recruitment process; job posting, sourcing, screening, vendor management, interviewing and hiring process

• Create and build strong relationships with candidates guiding them through the recruitment process providing updates, follow-up and support.

Apollo Global Management (Contract through Core Staffing) February 2019 – June 2019 Recruiter

For Apollo creating “uncommon opportunities” often means finding those perfectly uncommon candidates.

• Identify and manage top tier external talent through direct and creative sourcing methods

• Support the Sales, Compensation Accounting, Finance and Corporate Functions organizations senior management in successfully filling critical new roles for the Target Operating Model (TOM) to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements in support of the front office business lines.

Scotiabank (Contract through Bachrach Group) August 2018 – December 2018 Recruiter

Identify and manage top tier external talent through direct and creative sourcing methods

• Partner with senior management to guide them through the recruitment process; job posting, sourcing, screening, vendor management, interviewing and hiring process

• Create and build strong relationships with candidates shepherding them through the recruitment process providing updates, follow-up and support.

• Support the AML, PMO, Data Governance, Finance and Onboarding organizations senior management in successfully filling critical new roles for the Target Operating Model (TOM) to ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements in support of the front office business lines.

T. Rowe Price (Contract through Bartech) April 2017 – July 2018 Sourcing Specialist New York

• Successfully identify and manage top tier external talent through direct and creative sourcing methods

• Remotely sourcing for the firm’s global expansion taking the firm from current state of six thousand employees to over eight thousand supporting Retirement Services group, Investment Operations, Data Analytics, UX/ UI Design leads for the new design/ Development Lab created in Linthicum, MD as well as thought leaders for the Client Management group.

• Conduct in-depth screenings of potential candidates and creating detailed biographies on their experience, skill set, job history and cultural applicability for the firm.

• Create and build strong relationships with candidates shepherding them through the recruitment process providing updates, follow-up and support.

Proactively provide regular, timely and thorough updates to highly demanding senior managers Citibank August 2015 – February 2017

Vice President, Executive Recruiter – ICG Legal and Compliance New York

• Work directly for the bank’s global leaders in Legal and Compliance as well as successfully managing highly sensitive roles for C-level critical hires

• Maintain clear and precise focus in a high-stress/ fast-paced environment

• Create and build strong relationships with managers on-site as well as off-site including nationwide

• Proactively provide regular, timely and thorough updates to highly demanding senior managers

• A trusted advisor consulting with C-level management regarding recruitment process, strategy, compensation and talent assessment

Credit Suisse - Alexander Mann Solutions August 2012 – August 2015 Cross-divisional Recruitment Business Partner / Talent Acquisition Specialist–Consultant New York

• Work directly for the bank’s global leaders in talent acquisition as well as the business’ successfully managing highly sensitive roles for C-level critical hires

• compensation and talent assessment

• Provide weekly recruitment reports for submission to the Credit Suisse global CEO Brady Dougan

• Successfully led and drove the pilot program for Credit Suisse’s Internals First Program in New York which was eventually rolled out to the UK and APAC

• Created, implemented and trained New York recruitment staff on process for sourcing, screening and hiring internal talent cross-divisionally

• Source externally for cross-divisional workforce consisting of upwards of 40 open requisitions – Investment Banking, Investment Management, Equities, Fixed Income, Risk, IB Operations, IT, Compliance, RSS, Shared Services

• Responsible for America’s recruitment for Strategic Risk Program

• Manage relationships with C-level stakeholders

• Create detailed spreadsheets for potential candidates and report on weekly status of open roles Short-Term Assignments

The National Basketball Association March 2012 – June 2012

Fidessa Corporation September 2011 – December 2011 Credit Suisse - Alexander Mann Solutions March 2011 – September 2011 MF Global, Inc. October 2010 – March 2011

Lehman Brothers/ Barclays Capital November 2006 - April 2009 October 2006 - April 2009

Investment Management Division/ Recruiter November 2006 - May 2009

• Leading contributor in a 40-person team that provided recruitment services for employees at all levels, from sales to hedge fund analyst to project managers at all levels.

• Held full authority for recruiting and filling as many as 40 open positions simultaneously.

• Directed the entire recruitment process, including identifying candidates, developing employment contracts, negotiating terms and on-boarding new employees.

• Tracked recruitment process to ensure maximum return on investment.

• Recognized as one of the top three recruiters for 10 consecutive months in 2008, out-performing all established metrics.

• Responsible for recruiting all (Lehman Brothers’ partner) Neuberger Berman’s senior sales force nationally in difficult branch markets as well as New York.

• Coordinated all recruiting for Certified Sales Associates nationwide.

• Saved $500,000+ in vendor fees by personally sourcing candidates and quickly filling open positions.

• Averaged 1.1 hire per week by implementing methods such as employee referral, Internet sourcing, alumni sites and previous candidate records.

• Maintained a diversity record of 40% despite limited candidate pools in some markets. Advantage Staffing, Inc. January 2006 -November 2006 On-Site Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Recruitment/ Talent Identification Specialist

• Promoted from front-line investment banking recruitment specialist to assist in establishing a new team to source candidates for all divisions

• Met with hiring managers to capture job requirements and plan for recruitment needs

• Worked closely with recruiting vendors throughout the recruiting process

• Maintained database for employee referrals, unsolicited submissions and internal referrals

• Quickly promoted from the IBD Recruitment Desk to focusing on mid- and senior-level front- office recruitment management in less than 1 yr

• Recruited senior investment banking professionals in areas such as Financial Sponsors, Sales and Trading, Financial Advisory, Equities, F/X, Fixed Income, Leveraged Finance

• Successfully worked to find low fee/no fee candidates

• Selected as 1 of only 4 recruiters sourcing the key New York City market Resource Solutions March 2000 - November 2003

On-Site Recruiter for Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs

• One of only 3 recruiters charged with filling more than 130 positions in just 7 months for a new IT division at Credit Suisse First Boston

• Provided on-site recruiting services to key clients such as Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs, supporting various divisions in staffing key positions

• Contacted and recruited candidates in partnership with vendors, HR staff and department leads

• Served as the main point of contact for temporary/consulting assignments

• Maintained database for recruitment operations and tracked headcount for assigned departments

Education:

University of Massachusetts Bachelor of Arts

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