Sriram Koka
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with over 11 years of expertise in BFSI hiring, specializing in Investment Banking and Capital Markets. Extensive experience includes full-time and consulting engagements, collaborating with business leaders, HR heads, and founders to implement high-impact hiring solutions. Proven track record in managing end-to-end recruitment processes for niche and leadership roles across front-office, middle-office, back-office, and BFSI technology sectors. Recognized for enhancing candidate experience and effectively closing critical positions within tight timelines, while adeptly utilizing advanced sourcing techniques and market intelligence to drive recruitment success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BFS Freelance Recruiter
Search Partnerz
Remote
11.2025 - Current
- Achieved successful recruitment outcomes for Macquarie Group (Client) by implementing effective strategies for full-time roles in Hyderabad and Gurugram.
- Delivered streamlined selection processes for Non Technology and Technology positions, enhancing efficiency within investment banking and capital markets.
- Ensured optimal candidate placements in diverse roles including front office, middle office, and back office, contributing to operational excellence across various asset classes.
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
VertiScript Global
Hyderabad, India
05.2023 - 10.2025
- Sourced candidates for BFS and startup firms.
- Assisted with hiring processes for State Street, Appreciate Wealth, Cirrus Labs, and Tenth Pin clients.
- Supported business units in gathering requirements and formulating hiring strategies accordingly.
- Conducted innovative recruitment programmes to attract candidates, including employee referrals and targeting rehires.
Senior Recruiter (IC)
Wipro Technologies
01.2023 - 04.2023
- Identified and recruited qualified candidates to fulfill BFS and SAP staffing requirements.
- Secured roles in high-profile projects for HSBC, UBS, and Bank of America.
- Engaged with business units to identify needs and formulate targeted recruitment strategies.
- Executed strategic recruiting programs focused on identifying and engaging high-quality talent.
Analyst (IC)
Capco Technologies
12.2021 - 11.2022
- Responsible for end-to-end recruitment for India.
- Hired for HSBC Bank (Capital Market) projects.
- Possess good stakeholder management - across all levels of business including CEO’s/Partners for India.
- Interacting with the business Units for requirement gathering and making strategies and hiring plans accordingly.
- Conducting innovative recruiting programs to recruit candidates. Posting employee referrals and targeting rehires too.
- Making best use of all sourcing techniques to deliver best talents - Internal Database, Job-boards, Social Networking, Mass Mailers, employee referral, etc.
- Publish daily and weekly reports to the business and stakeholders.
- Experience in hiring both Technical and Functional staffs for Capco.
- Possess skills to have best candidate experience and employer branding.
- Involved in HR discussion, salary negotiation and offer release.
- Post offer Connects & follow-ups and business connects with the candidate to ensure timely joining
- Have experience working with ATS like Greenhouse.
Lead Practice (IC)
IFIN Talent Global Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - 11.2021
- Analyzing the Job Requirements and effectively handling the full life cycle recruiting process.
- Creating search strings and searching the suitable candidates using leading job sites/boards like Naukri, Monster & Linkedin.
- Sourcing and screening the resumes as per the job requirement.
- Sourced active candidates utilizing online, employee referrals, networking like LinkedIn, Corp-Corp and different search engines.
- Contacting the candidates thru mail and phone and taking a brief interview.
- Position Closed on High end niche Technology on Calypso, Electronic & Algorithm Trading.
- Working closely with Recruiting Manager
- Generating Status Reports on Daily & Weekly basis.
- Handling a wholesome LOB hiring, starting from fresher to VP levels.
- Sourcing resumes for position in Capital Market’s domains.
- Coordinating with the candidates and Scheduling interviews.
- Working closely with technical leads and hiring managers for resource planning and hiring.
- Skill mapping of profiles and conducting the initial screening.
Senior Recruiter (IC)
CF Technologies
06.2019 - 05.2020
- Expertise in Lateral hiring from Middle to Senior Management levels.
- Daily Interaction with Clients to get understanding of requirements to close the positions.
- Specialized in hiring for positions in Global Market Operations (GMO) and Middle Office (MO), Finance and Account (FAKC)
- Good Understanding of requirements around FO/MO/BO in Investment Banking Industry
- Identification of the best sourcing methodologies according to the position like taking references from existing candidates, through job portals, networking sites, Head hunting, Database etc. for sourcing of the right candidates.
Analyst (IC)
People Prime Worldwide Pvt Ltd
05.2016 - 06.2018
- Responsible for End-to-End recruitment, which includes Sourcing, screening, scheduling co-ordination, feedback, reference checks, preparation of hiring approvals, rolling out offers, Collection of Employment, Education & personal Documents for Background Check & joining formalities etc.
- Recruited candidates at all levels – junior, Middle & senior level.
- Strong in Internet research in understanding the technology before jumping into the requirement.
- Understanding the expectations of hiring managers on the resources.
- Sourcing the potential candidates from various sources i.e. Job portals, Employee references, Vendors, & Social network Sites.
- Giving brief about the role & responsibilities, Company Profiles and career growth opportunities for the candidates got short listed for the interviews.
- Responsible for Salary negotiations with the candidates and analyzing their fitment with respect to company policies to avoid deviations with respect agreed Recruitment SLA’s.
- Co-ordination with hiring managers in interview process of Technical cum managerial rounds.
- Follow-up with candidates on Daily basis to make them on-track of joining.
- Maintaining various recruitment reports (MIS).
Research Associate (IC)
Alp Consulting
10.2013 - 05.2016
- Taking full owner ship for any particular requirement, right from sourcing of a prospective resource till on-boarding.
- Sourcing profiles from Job boards, through references, networking sites at times through head hunting.
- Very importantly understand what exactly a Resource is looking out for and presenting the opportunity accordingly so that it would excite him to know more.
- Did thorough validations to check the interest levels of the prospective resources.
- Building up good rapport with the resources by providing them clarity on the opportunity and how it would benefit them if they pursue it.
- Salary and notice period negotiations.
- Updating prospective resources profiles in the centralized database.
- Creation of offers; explanation of salary breakup if needed.
- Pre joining and post joining follow-ups, to check if the resource has any queries.
- Generating Status Reports on Daily & Weekly basis.
- Clients- Bank Of America, Wells Fargo, Berkadia, Northern Trust, Broadridge, Thomson Reuters, ICE Data Services, JP Morgan, Arcesium.
Education
BBA - Business
Gandikota Business School
Hyderabad, India06-2011
Skills
- Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Money Markets, AML&KYC and Client on Boarding, Product control, Trade Support, Trade Survillance,Trade Capture, Reference Data, Product Data, Derivatives (Futures, Options, Swaps & Forward), Research, Pricing, Valuations, Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Securities, Rates, Process Excellence (Green Belt, Black Belt), Reconciliation, Settlements, Confirmations, Collateral Management, Operational Risk & Control, Corporate Actions, Loan Syndication, Regulatory Reporting (Basel, Dodd – Frank, EMIR, MIFID, Volcker), Pitch books, Investment Banking Trainer, Business Analyst, Project Manager & Change Manager, Sox Audit, Quantitative, STR (structured Trade Review), Fund Accounting , Transfer Agency, Hedge Funds, Investor Reporting, NAV & GAV Calculations, etc
Interests
Playing Cricket, Watching Movies & Hanging Out with Friends
Certification
- LinkedIn Recruiter: AI-Powered Talent Acquisition
- Excel with LinkedIn Recruiter
- Professional Services & Talent Insights - Assessment
Languages
English, Telugu & Hindi.
Awards and Recognition
Got Appreciation Award from Bank of America for Diversity Leadership Hiring & Investment Banking Domain Hiring for year 2017., Got Appreciation from clients closing the positions in TAT., Multiple rewards and recognitions from the organization., 350 On Boardings in Wells Fargo for the Year 2015.
Personal Profile
- Name : Koka Sriram
- Date of Birth : 1989-06-05
- Father’s Name : Koka Harinath Babu
- Nationality : Indian
- Sex : Male
Timeline
BFS Freelance Recruiter
Search Partnerz
11.2025 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
VertiScript Global
05.2023 - 10.2025
Senior Recruiter (IC)
Wipro Technologies
01.2023 - 04.2023
Analyst (IC)
Capco Technologies
12.2021 - 11.2022
Lead Practice (IC)
IFIN Talent Global Pvt Ltd
06.2020 - 11.2021
Senior Recruiter (IC)
CF Technologies
06.2019 - 05.2020
Analyst (IC)
People Prime Worldwide Pvt Ltd
05.2016 - 06.2018
Research Associate (IC)
Alp Consulting
10.2013 - 05.2016
BBA - Business
Gandikota Business School