BINOD KUMAR SAMAL

* Lead end-to-end hiring for US Tax, US Audit & Attest, Consulting, and Growth Business roles through India-based global delivery.

* Partner with US stakeholders, business leaders, and hiring managers to understand role expectations, hiring priorities, and delivery needs.

* Own lateral and leadership hiring for Senior to Manager-level professionals across audit, tax, consulting, finance, and operations-focused roles.

* Translate business requirements into targeted sourcing strategies, talent pipelines, and candidate engagement plans.

* Assess candidates for technical alignment, stakeholder readiness, communication ability, ownership, and ability to support client-facing engagements.

* Build and manage talent pipelines across LinkedIn Recruiter, job portals, referrals, and direct sourcing channels.

* Provide realistic hiring timelines, market feedback, candidate availability insights, and early risk flags to stakeholders.

* Support quality hiring outcomes by balancing speed, role fit, candidate experience, and long-term business needs.

• Leading global talent acquisition strategy for the India region, collaborating closely with US and Philippines leadership to align hiring plans with business growth and expansion priorities.
• Partnering with executive stakeholders to translate workforce requirements into structured hiring roadmaps, with a strong focus on leadership, senior management & business-critical roles.
• Executing end-to-end recruitment delivery, covering market mapping, strategic sourcing, structured interviews, offer formulation, negotiation, and seamless candidate closure across technical and non-technical positions.
• Currently leading and mentoring a team of two recruitment professionals, strengthening sourcing effectiveness, hiring quality, and stakeholder responsiveness through continuous coaching and performance guidance.
• Driving leadership and executive hiring mandates, supporting Director, VP, and CXO-level roles with a significant compensation exposure, ensuring strong cultural alignment, ethics, and long-term organizational fit.
• Building & sustaining high-quality talent pipelines using LinkedIn Enterprise, job portals & ATS platforms, while maintaining consistent candidate engagement & transparent communication.
• Supporting recruitment operations and governance, coordinating onboarding activities, compliance adherence, documentation approvals, and recruitment reporting within a high-growth startup environment.
• Contributing to organizational scaling initiatives, advising on team structuring, role prioritization, and leadership hiring for new office setups and regional expansion plans.

• Led recruitment execution through a 4-member team, supported talent acquisition mandates for 5 clients across Defence, Aerospace, Agrochemical, and Chemical Manufacturing domains.
• Delivered comprehensive hiring support, managed talent sourcing, candidate evaluation, interview logistics, ongoing follow-ups & coordination with external recruitment vendors.