Position: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location: Manila

About Us

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 3,000 colleagues worldwide.

What’s it like to work here?

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team. 

About Your New Role

We are looking for an accomplished Talent Acquisition Specialist with experience in recruitment and HR Support to join our team as part of our financial services business. This is a hybrid Talent Acquisition-HR Support role where you will be the primary on-site recruiter and central co-ordinator for local HR operations.

The Maples Group is establishing a centre of excellence in Manila. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the HR team responsible for supporting the build out of our operations there. As part of our global HR team reporting to the Regional TA Lead for Asia, you will play a key role in:

Recruitment:

• Work with local hiring teams to determine hiring needs and selection criteria.
• Co-ordinate with local vendor for candidate shortlisting, interview scheduling and offer management, through to onboarding/off-boarding and employee inquiries support. Full lifecycle recruitment will be required to supplement vendor sourcing efforts.
• Develop candidate pipelines for business groups and provide regular reporting updates to the business on recruitment efforts.
• Provide support and guidance to the local hiring teams to ensure compliance to the global TA process.
• Seek out market intelligence to gain competitive advantage in attracting and sourcing critical talent pipelines to support current and future hiring needs.
• Work with cross-functional team members to implement TA projects, including career fairs, referral and internal programs, and technology infrastructure.

HR Operations Support

• Act as the local hands-on partner for the remote HRSS team to resolve employee inquiries and facilitate onboarding/offboarding steps.
• Act as the on-site resource for employee questions regarding HMO (medical insurance) and local benefit programs.
• Serve as local liaison for government agencies (SSS, Pag-Ibig, Philhealth and BIR) when required together with payroll vendor to resolve issues or concerns.
• Together with the HRBP, ensure local policy governance and compliance with Philippine labour regulations.
• Provide ad-hoc admin support for the HRBP if needed.

About You

• You have a genuine interest in recruitment and are passionate about talent acquisition and employee support.
• You have at least 3-4 years’ experience and a proven track record in TA and HR support of successfully recruiting for roles across Finance/Accounting, Compliance, Banking, HR – preferably in a COE or shared services environment.
• You are highly organised with the ability to balance workload and manage competing priorities.
• You have superior communication skills that enable you to create compelling candidate narratives and pitch to both internal and external audiences.
• You advocate for diverse talent, and help influence equitable hiring decisions that helps teams scale in an inclusive manner.
• You are proactive with a strong client-centric and quality orientation.

Sound like you?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits & Rewards

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships.  The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events