Senior Early Career Talent Acquisition Partner - Banking

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Job Overview

Senior Early Career Talent Acquisition Partner – Banking

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

The UK, Europe & Middle East Africa (MEA) Early Career team directly supports Citi businesses in the attraction, selection, recruitment and program management of graduate, internship, placement, apprenticeship and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) hires. In this role you will be managing the end-to-end early career talent acquisition delivery of the UK, Europe & MEA Banking Analyst, Internship and Placement Programs .

What you’ll do:

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment, onboarding and program management for early career offerings for the Banking Division across UK, Europe and MEA.

• Partner with internal business stakeholders on setting the talent acquisition strategy.

• Act as a credible business expert on campus talent acquisition market trends.

• Ensure best practice and fully compliant recruitment processes are followed.

• Keep the candidate tracking system and candidate pipeline updated on a day-to-day basis.

• Plan and host interview days, assessment centres and other relevant selection/offer events.

• Attend and lead the assessment centres and wash up sessions with the relevant business stakeholders.

• Support candidate engagement activity.

• Produce candidate Management Information/statistics for both the business and early career talent acquisition colleagues.

• Ensure all Citi applicants receive an excellent candidate experience during their application journey.

• Train the supporting screening teams to ensure a clear understanding of analyst/associate profile and criteria is achieved.

• Review and innovate processes and procedures when identified to improve efficiency.

• Assist if required in any additional engagement events and programs including the spring and summer programs.

• Support program management activities to ensure onboarding, development, and engagement initiatives are executed effectively.

• Support the University Relations team by attending on-campus and in-office attraction events.  

• Be involved with wider Early Career talent acquisition projects and initiatives

What we’ll need from you:

• Recruitment experience required ideally within an early career /graduate recruitment function or agency.

• Experience in UK, Europe & MEA intern & graduate hiring programs is an advantage.

• Demonstrated skills in managing multiple recruitment campaigns and early career programs, with strong attention to detail, organisational and prioritisation abilities.

• Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with hiring managers, internal teams and external partners across multiple countries.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage with diverse audience, from candidates to senior stakeholders.

• Proficiency in using applicant tracking systems and ability to provide insights and reports to inform decision making.

• Understanding of the banking industry and culture is an advantage.

What we can offer you:

By joining Citi Solutions Center Poland, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (currently up to 2 days working at home per week), but also (potentially, subject to final offer) receive a competitive base salary and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits which can include:

• Employer paid Defined Contribution Pension Plan contribution of 6% of employee’s pensionable earnings (PPE Program)

• Employer paid Private Medical Care Package for employees and Private Medical Care Packages for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Employer paid Life Insurance Program for employees and Life Insurance for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Employee Assistance Program financed by Employer

• Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave; statutory and 2 weeks additional paid paternity leave)

• Sport Card for employees subsidized via Social Benefits Fund and

• Sport Cards for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Additional benefits from Company’s Social Benefit Fund, in particular:

• Holidays Allowance, support for sport and cultural activities, team building events.

• Additional day off for volunteering

• Cafeteria/ flex benefit – a company benefits system which enables employees to select and purchase benefits offered by a provider and available for employees on the platform.

• Opportunity to receive an annual discretionary incentive award

• Special offers and discounts for employees

• Copy and paste the URL below into a new tab on your web browser to view the Remuneration Regulations extract:https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/287/cms/v3/docs/policies/RemunerationRegulations-KeyProvisions-CitibankEurope_plc_05012025_A.pdf

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. 

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.