Neha Bhardwaj
Talent Acquisition Professional| Leadership Hiring At Citi | Ex- McKinsey & Co.
New Delhi
Summary
A dynamic Talent Acquisition professional, having over 13 years of hands on experience on talent mapping and hiring for niche skills.
Specialized in solving talent problems at scale and helping to create a talent strategy in ambiguity. Have developed an expertise in banking, financial services, consulting, analytics, machine learning, research, and trained in competency frameworks and assessments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
AVP- Executive Recruiting & Search Intelligence
Citi
02.2022 - Current
- Responsible for leadership hiring (Director and
MD levels) for Global Markets and Securities
Services in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Was earlier
managing hiring for Global Functions for the
region. - Hands on Recruiter delivering 360 recruitment
solutions for the business through direct sourcing
to provide comprehensive support to leadership
hiring. - Responsible for providing end-to-end strategy,
execution, and delivery of the recruitment
process in coordination with the Talent
Acquisition and wider HR team. - Providing High-touch client and candidate
management through to onboarding whilst
facilitating feedback to key stakeholders to
ensure timely status updates. - Relationship manager and partner to hiring
managers, business leaders and colleagues to
manage full-cycle recruitment from hands on
sourcing and attraction of prospective
candidates to managing them through the
interview, offer and onboarding processes (from
Officer to MD level hires) whilst ensuring we strive
to meet D&I targets. - Recommend and negotiate candidate offers
ensuring correct processes are followed and
working in conjunction with regional and global
HR & Comp teams. - Ensure all hiring policies and procedures are adhered to and that “best practice” recruitment guidelines are administered throughout the
recruitment process. - Participate in various recruitment initiatives in
support of the overall Talent Acquisition business
strategy. - Monitored industry trends, keeping current on
latest changes and competition in industry.
Used market insights to capitalize on key business
opportunities for new advantageous partnerships..
Senior Recruiter- Asia Pacific
McKinsey & Company
09.2017 - 02.2022
- Focused on "experienced-professional" recruiting of top talent across Asia Pacific together with a team of researchers and coordinators.
- Responsible for end to end recruiting solutions and account management of 4 Practices and Asset teams. Was focused on solution/ asset, research, consulting and analytics hiring across multiple cells.
- Collaborated with leadership and hiring teams of these solutions, to identify, attract and hire top talent into the key roles. Was responsible for drafting an effective sourcing strategy, seeking advice from recruiting leadership in using an appropriate combination of direct sourcing and referrals to approach
- Played a pivotal role in developing new interview process and participated in designing the assessment and interviewing process.
- Calibrated with the hiring teams to bring in feasible structured interviewing model to have the best in class interviewing process and give superior candidate experience throughout the process.
- Participated in organization re-branding and targeting of new markets and programs to attract and retain talent.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and hiring activities.
- Led sourcing jams, sourcing scopes in collaboration with our talent research teams- to hire great talent for great teams. Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
- Trained junior recruiters on best practices for sourcing, interviewing, candidate management and application tracking systems like Greenhouse and Avature.
Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisition
WNS Global Services
03.2015 - 04.2017
- Hands on recruiter delivering end to end recruitment solutions for the largest Healthcare & Pharma business (Glaxosmithkline client) . Led end to end recruiting for middle and senior levels for Research & Analytics wing of WNS.
- Was also managing Consulting and Professional Services (CPS) account with a focus of hiring for Business research, Industry Research and Investment Banking research roles.
- Was Responsible for managing and leading team of 3 recruiters.
Associate- Talent Acquisition
Evalueserve.Com
12.2012 - 01.2015
- Handled the entire gamut of Talent Acquisition for various divisions and verticals like Analytics, Corporate and Professional Services, Corporate (Support) Function.
- Independently handled end to end recruitment for one of the biggest revenue generating verticals, Financial Services.
- Worked with global team to design and maintain the New Hire Integration Process (NHIP) including designing the onboarding materials and frameworks.
- Managed recruitments through Job Portals, Professional Networking sites, IJPs, Campus etc.
- Managed and mentored a team of 2 members.
Recruitment Consultant (ITeS Vertical)
Ikya Human Capital (now a part of Thomas Cook Ltd)
01.2012 - 12.2012
- Handled accounts like- Metlife GOSC, Barclays Shared Services, HSBC, HCL, Ernst & Young, United Health Group etc.
- End to end client management - holding discussions with the client, understanding the requirements with reference to the desired candidate’s profile, job description, salary payable and dates of joining.
- Extensive involvement in sourcing and recruitment of professionals through reference generation and head- hunting.
- Extensive usage of social media for recruitment (Facebook/ Linked in, Glassdoor, etc)
Junior Consultant
XSearch HR Services
06.2010 - 01.2012
- Managing recruiting process from requisition initiation to sourcing, to acceptance of offer and final placement
- Handling recruitment from executive level to senior level positions for Travel and Hospitality, Financial Services and Banking clients.
- Key Account Management / Relationship Management / Front Ending with the Client
- Mentored a team of 4
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management (Major) And IB (Minor)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Delhi 04.2008 - 04.2010
BBA - General
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Delhi 04.2005 - 04.2008
Skills
Leadership Hiring
Timeline
AVP- Executive Recruiting & Search Intelligence
Citi
02.2022 - Current
Senior Recruiter- Asia Pacific
McKinsey & Company
09.2017 - 02.2022
Assistant Manager- Talent Acquisition
WNS Global Services
03.2015 - 04.2017
Associate- Talent Acquisition
Evalueserve.Com
12.2012 - 01.2015
Recruitment Consultant (ITeS Vertical)
Ikya Human Capital (now a part of Thomas Cook Ltd)
01.2012 - 12.2012
Junior Consultant
XSearch HR Services
06.2010 - 01.2012
MBA - Human Resources Management (Major) And IB (Minor)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
04.2008 - 04.2010
BBA - General
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
04.2005 - 04.2008
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