Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for filling open positions within the Firm. This includes all full cycle responsibilities of posting the positions, screening applicants, interviewing and administering any assessments, and processing new hire paperwork. The Sr. Talent Acquisition specialist will develop a pipeline of top candidates through various recruiting strategies and partner with hiring managers to understand their current needs and priorities.

• Full cycle recruiting including positing open requisitions in the HRIS system, communicating with candidates appropriately, conducting phone interviews, scheduling onsite interviews and creating offer letters and hiring candidates in the HRIS system.
• Develop initiatives to source passive candidates and create pipelines to fill positions by attending career fairs and campus events, and partnering with community organizations focused on developing talent.
• Ability to creatively approach hiring needs for hard to fill positions.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand needs and priorities.  
• Manage the agency relationships to augment staffing initiatives.
• Administer applicable assessments as part of the interview process.
• Process background checks as necessary.
• Make verbal and written job offers to the final candidate.  Resolve any final details with the job offer and hire the candidate in the system.  Decline remaining candidates appropriately.
• Schedule start date for new hires and communicate information to the appropriate teams.

• A desire to deliver the best candidate experience and ability to collaborate with hiring managers.
• Demonstrated experience with passive sourcing and growing relationships with talent while using a variety of methods.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
• Strong time management and organization skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Minimum Required:  Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field, or equivalent working experience. 
• Minimum Required:  5+ years previous full cycle recruiting.
• Preferred:  Experience recruiting Financial Services roles.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.