About CLS

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

Pivotal purpose
Trusted guardian
Targeted innovation
Facilitate connections
Delivering excellence
Inclusive culture

Job information:

Functional title - Vice President, Talent Acquisition
Department - Human Resources
Corporate level - Vice President
Report to – Director, Talent Acquisition
Location - New Jersey

What you will be doing:

You will be a trusted Talent Acquisition subject matter expert for our business, ensuring that CLS is identifying, attracting and hiring the very best talent from across the market.

We’re looking for someone passionate about playing a part in the continued evolution of our Talent Acquisition function - with a strong track record of direct sourcing, creating and managing effective hiring strategies, and delivering exceptional stakeholder and candidate experiences. You will take a proactive and inclusive approach to talent acquisition, championing our recruitment strategy and employer value proposition, Inclusion efforts, and building talent pipelines that align with current and future organisational needs.

Execute the full end to end recruitment cycle for a variety of roles across multiple corporate functions and levels across the US, Asia and UK:
Responsible for leading direct sourcing efforts utilizing recruitment tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, employee referrals, CLS job board etc) – managing in-house searches and engaging with the external candidate market to identify and attract diverse talent.
Ownership and oversight of all required recruitment processes and governance - providing appropriate guidance and counsel for hiring managers.
Advise and agree on appropriate channels to market to maximize process effectiveness and further reduce external recruitment agency dependency.
Relationship manage PSL vendors and any other external stakeholders in a highly professional and commercial manner.
Work with internal stakeholders to facilitate interviews and ensure robust feedback mechanisms through to offer stage.
Offer management and seamless on-boarding in partnership with HR Business Partnering, Reward and HR Shared Services.
Maximise effectiveness of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and support process and functionality enhancements.
Stay well informed of latest industry trends, market information and technological advances that will ensure the CLS Talent Acquisition team is operating best practices.
Ensure hiring managers and other interviewers conduct their role in the recruitment process in a way that promotes high quality, fair and positive candidate experiences.
Partner with the business to execute briefings for interviewers on candidate information, role context, prior interview feedback and ensure interviews are structured and effective.
Work with HR Shared Services to ensure and maintain and improve availability and accuracy of Talent Acquisition related headcount/vacancy information and data.
Ensure all Talent Acquisition processes are compliant with employment legislation, immigration rules and internal policies.