Senior Talent Acquisition Manager in London

Location: London
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: Morningstar
Job Hours: Full-time

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The Group: Morningstar’s corporate functions play an essential role in supporting our company’s strategic initiatives, day-to-day operations and infrastructure. The People and Culture team (known as Human Resources in other firms) is the steward of Morningstar’s unique culture. We design and deliver the end-to-end programs and experiences that support the entire talent lifecycle. By helping Morningstar employees succeed, we contribute to Morningstar’s growth and success.

The Role: Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, EMEA you’ll be responsible for creating a high performing Talent Acquisition function and bringing in great people to Morningstar. We seek someone who is passionate about hiring the best, values creating a great candidate experience, and understands the importance of finding talented people with a passion for our mission to create great products that help investors reach their financial goals. If you want to be part of finding and developing our next generation of Great People at Morningstar, talent acquisition is the team for you.

This position is based in our London office

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the day-to day functioning of the EMEA talent acquisition team to hire swiftly and efficiently, while maintaining superior quality standards.

  • Create and execute vision for EMEA Talent Acquisition team to optimize processes and technology, and evaluate sourcing capabilities across the region.

  • Train new Talent Acquisition team members on recruiting best practices and processes, and on ensuring our news hires experience a smooth transition from recruitment to onboarding. 

  • Coach and mentor existing team members to meet and exceed their goals and support their career development plans.

  • Collaborate with the global Talent Acquisition leaders, talent and culture business partners, the talent acquisition operations leader and domain leaders on identifying challenges and streamlining processes to ultimately ensure an exceptional employee and hiring manager experience.

  • In addition to management and operations project responsibilities, act as a highly productive recruiter yourself to stay current on the needs, practices, and challenges facing your team.

  • Requirements:

  • Enthusiastic promoter of Morningstar’s mission and values to internal and external clients; inherent curiosity about Morningstar’s business.

  • Passion and aptitude for building and promoting employer brand through innovative sourcing.

  • Proven track record in a talent acquisition leadership role, including a complete understanding of full-cycle recruiting.

  • Proven experience in leading a team and a strong ability and desire to coach and mentor team members.

  • Great verbal, written, and data-oriented communication skills.

  • Proven success in process improvement; good command of data and analytics.

  • Skilled at influencing stakeholders and experienced in leading change.

  • Ability to present data to key stakeholders, establishing credibility and building trust with team and internal clients.

  • Proficiency working with tools of the recruiting trade, including applicant tracking systems and sourcing tools.

  • An ownership, client service and entrepreneurial mindset, with experience in seeking creative solutions to business challenges.

  • Bachelor’s degree.

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    Morningstar’s hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We’ve found that we’re at our best when we’re purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you’ll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.


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