Mercer Advisors

Head of Talent Acquisition

Mercer Advisors

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Lead

About the role

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy aligned with business goals and workforce planning.
  • Partner with senior leadership to anticipate talent needs and build proactive pipelines for critical client facing roles.
  • Lead workforce planning and talent forecasting in collaboration with Finance, People team, and business leaders.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of ~10 talent acquisition professionals and contractors; promote a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Oversee full-cycle recruiting for all roles, including financial advisors, client development professionals, client service specialists, and corporate staff.
  • Establish protocols for when to engage external partners vs. internal search capabilities; manage relationships and contracts with executive search firms.
  • Ensure a world-class candidate experience from sourcing through onboarding; own Talent Referral, Internal Mobility, and Onboarding programs.
  • Lead and manage higher-touch senior and executive hiring, confidential searches, and succession-related hiring with discretion.
  • Strengthen the firm’s employer brand and launch strategic campus partnerships and local pipeline-building efforts.
  • Complete implementation and integration of Greenhouse ATS; train users, customize workflows, interview kits, and reporting dashboards.
  • Continuously evaluate new recruiting technologies, including AI enablement, to improve efficiency, compliance, and data integrity.
  • Build and manage the TA budget judiciously.
  • Establish and monitor key recruiting metrics and targets; build dashboards to provide visibility into recruiting performance and trends.
  • Use data-driven insights to identify bottlenecks, improve processes, reduce time-to-fill, and improve quality-of-hire metrics.
  • Ensure recruiting practices comply with labor laws, industry regulations, and internal policies; maintain confidentiality and integrity in all hiring processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, including 5+ years in a talent acquisition leadership role.
  • Experience in professional services, financial services, or wealth management strongly preferred.
  • Proven success in building and scaling recruiting functions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Deep experience working with Greenhouse ATS, recruiting analytics, and emerging technologies that elevate the talent acquisition function.
  • Strong knowledge of recruiting best practices, recruiting technology and employment law.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Certifications such as SPHR, SHRM-SCP, or CIPD are a plus.
  • Experience leading, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team (~10 talent acquisition professionals and contractors).
  • Experience overseeing full-cycle recruiting for financial advisors, client development professionals, client service specialists, and corporate staff.
  • Experience managing executive and senior search processes and working with executive search firms.
  • Experience implementing recruiting metrics and dashboards (time-to-fill, candidate quality, pipeline conversion rates, recruiter capacity, etc.).
  • Ability to ensure compliance, maintain confidentiality, and manage background check requirements.
  • Availability Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
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