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Matt Balenzano

Cliffside Park, NJ ***** (NYC Metro)

201-***-**** **********@*******.*** LinkedIn Profile Senior Professional successful in implementing and managing talent acquisition and staffing activities in complex global enterprises along with smaller agile organizations. Demonstrated success in hiring multiple disciplines including Technology, Finance, Sales- Engineering, Sales, Sales, and Strategic business functions. Has designed and implemented innovative strategies and processes to meet aggressive hiring goals. Works with HR and Strategic Business Partners to help achieve organizational objectives. Industry expertise includes Technology, Big 4 Consulting, Insurance and Financial Services. Core Competencies/Areas of Expertise:

Full Life Cycle Recruiting; Technical & Corporate Functions Recruiting (Finance, HR, Marketing & Shared Services)/Sourcing; Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO); Executive/Leadership Recruiting; Social Media Platform Specialist; Salary Negotiations; Talent Market Intelligence; Cross Team Collaboration & Program Management; HR Partner; Business Consulting-Partner; Team Leadership; iCIMS, Beamery, Avature & Taleo ATS Specialist; DEI & Veteran Recruiting; Client Relationship Lead; Recruiting Immigration Specialist; Behavioral based Interviewer Training; Team Mentoring; Reporting & Analytics (KPI). Experience:

BNP Paribas 05/2024 to 01/2025:

Talent Acquisition Consultant

• Providing comprehensive recruiting support for the Corporate & Institutional Banking, Global Markets & Group functions organizations.

• Sourced for multiple positions in Front Office Sales & Trading, Middle Office Operations and Investment Banking Services spanning a wide spectrum of skills from Non-Technical to Technical, Including AI/ML for the Innovation group.

• Sourced and filled Java development roles for Prime Brokerage IT that require strong application knowledge of prime services, security lending and product reference data.

• Secured hires for critical Sales & Trading roles for Strategic Equities & Foreign Exchange Solutions, Financial Institution Coverage for Credit and Structured Products.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), New Jersey 05/2018 to 07/2023: Senior Full Life Cycle Technical Recruiter-Lead

• Supported multiple Go-to-Market business groups across various segments and geographical locations for North America with hands- on recruiting, program management and team leadership. Positions recruited for included: Technical Sales Engineering, Technical Solution Architects, Technical Program Managers, Customer (Success), Solution Managers and Executive Leaders.

• Managed the candidate’s full cycle experience from Sourcing, Pre-Screening, Manager Presentation, Phone Interview, Interview Pre-Brief, Onsite Interview, Formulating Offers and Securing Acceptance of the roles. Ensured a positive experience by continuous communication with applicants and hiring leaders.

• Continuously sourced and produced passive candidate flows with skills in Cloud Technical Solutions Architecture with Big Data Analytics (BI), Data Science, AI/ML & Cyber Security backgrounds leveraging recruiting enterprise systems (Beamery, iCIMS & Amazon HIRE) along with social media platforms such as: HireEz, Indeed, LinkedIn, SeekOut and Google X-Ray Searches.

• Achieved 100% of individual recruiting productivity goal for 2018; 110% for 2019; 150% for 2020; 100% for 2021 and 140% for 2022. Winner of the 2021 “Hidden Heroes Award” given by head of the client group recognizing the recruiter who impacted the business the most with outstanding performance and delivery.

• Partnered with business leadership to understand challenges and created best practices and programs to address them in the recruiting workflow to maximize positive outcomes on interviews.

• Led Bi-Weekly team meetings with the business to discuss metrics and ensure calibration of the recruiting process. Produced multiple dashboards for the Business (KPI’s) that drove both the business and TA to meet goals.

• Launched Global Program on passive candidate pool building and drove multiple recruiting teams to 100% goal achievement. Produced metrics and analytics for the aligned recruiting teams instrumental in leading them to achieve both team and individual objectives. Teams built out of over 250,000 profiles in centralized talent pools.

• Drove recruiting campaigns for diversity, specialized skills, geographically dispersed roles, seeking highly skilled resources to meet annual diversity hiring goals. Achieved 100% diversity Recruiting goal for 2018-2022.

• Championed recruiting project initiatives such as developing the Workforce Returners program, best practices in interviewing and training on the new CRM tool Beamery which were instrumental in improving monthly hiring numbers. 2 P a g e

Matt Balenzano

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York 06/2015 to 03/2018: Senior Full Life Cycle Recruiter

• Implemented the recruiting process across the CIO & CTO Groups, Individual Markets Business, Corporate-Functions and Shared Services Organizations. Provided strategic guidance in sourcing and the selection of top talent for various positions.

• Serviced the IT Development, Infrastructure, Security and Corporate Systems groups, successfully staffed positions in technologies such as Cloud Architecture/Engineering, DevOps Automation, AWS Cloud Computing, SAN-Storage, Platform Services

(Middleware & Database), HRIS (Workday) & Network/Telecom Engineering Services with little or no reliance on search firm resources. Roles included Software Engineers, Cloud Architect/Engineers, Technical Managers, UI Developers and Security Engineers. Filled over a hundred roles annually meeting all resource needs for the organization.

• Partnered with Recruiting and HR partners in developing an innovative direct sourcing plan to better attract diverse talent and enhance the employer brand across multiple functions utilizing multiple Social Media sites (LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter), associations (Grace Hopper & Women Who Code) and various other meetup groups.

• Managed new H1 B Visa transfers by working effectively with In-House Immigration specialists and third-party legal firms. Also collaborated with legal on labor certification postings and candidate slate reviews for employee Green-Card processing. KPMG LLP, New Jersey 06/2014 to 06/2015:

Senior Technical Recruiter (Contractor)

• Recruited for positions in the Global Technology Group. Roles included Development, Program Management and Development Management on the various Engineering Teams.

• Full cycle recruiting for positions at all levels such as: Engineers, Architects, Developers & Program/Project Managers requiring a variety of skills and experience. Primarily focused on seeking individuals with Microsoft: ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, SharePoint; Mobile (iOS & Android) and Open-Source technology skills. Significantly reduced the time-to-fill for positions requiring specific skills and experience. Filled majority of the roles in Collaboration, Database & Infosec.

• Engaged in securing talent for the Core Engineering groups in support of such functions as Information Security, Communications

(Audio & Visual), Desktop, Mobile, Enterprise, Security and Big Data. Successfully identified and placed senior level Architects and Management personnel fulfilling very strategic level requirements in the organization. AdvantageCare Physicians (EmblemHealth), New York 10/2013 to 04/2014: Professional Recruitment Team Lead

• Led up the Professional, Corporate Functions and Labor Recruiting Efforts for this Start-Up Healthcare Practice. Supported 30 Ambulatory Care Facilities/Clinical Offices throughout Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn. Citigroup, New York 07/2010 to 10/2013:

Vice President/Executive Technical Recruiter

• Consultative partner to CIO in the Institutional Client Technology business, formulating recruiting strategy, planning & forecasting for a smooth and timely delivery of the services.

• Successfully staffed strategic Executive level positions working with the corporate compensation team in valuating equity shares and negotiating senior level compensation packages.

• As a Full Life Cycle Technical Recruiter staffed over 125 front-line positions annually requiring very specialized financial markets technology skills producing non-agency resources that significantly reduced fee expenditures. Roles included UI Engineers, Software Engineers, UI Designers, Technical Product Managers. Leveraged social media sites, meet up groups, job posting and research tools in maintaining a strong pipeline of top talent with little or no reliance on search firms. Maintained one of the lowest agency utilization rates amongst all recruiters in the organization. Morgan Stanley & Ally Financial, New York 05/2009 to 07/2010: Senior Financial Technology Recruiter-RPO Recruiter (Contractor)

• Supported a variety of development teams in Algo trading wealth management and quality assurance with technology recruiting, meeting an aggressive hire plan to role back layoffs from the 2008 financial crisis. JP Morgan, New York 06/2005 to 05/2009:

Vice President-Staffing Manager-CIB

Education/Professional Development:

• B.B.A., Business Management, Iona University, New Rochelle, NY

• Diploma, Certificate, Computer Technology, New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies, NY, NY

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