John Owens Iv Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc

Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States

-Led hiring activities for key divisions of the bank, including Capital Solutions, FinTech Banking, and PeerIQ (IT focused subsidiary).-Coordinated with department leaders and stakeholders on headcount planning, legal HR policy changes, compensation metrics research, C-suite initiatives, etc.-Balanced attrition hiring priorities while simultaneously building out mission critical teams.-Built strong relationships, monitored team culture shifts, and helped managers to understand department hiring needs.-Assisted with headcount planning, coordinated costs with FP&A, conducted market research on salaries, and ensured continued success for new hires.-Managed team of internal sourcers and coordinator to implement effective hiring strategies, tailored to unique team needs, with focus on delivering exceptional candidate experience.-Recruited professionals across various skill sets, including structured finance, capital markets, investment banking, quantitative strategies, crypto, relationship management, business risk, BSA / AML, data analytics, FinTech banking, and executive leadership.-Cleaned up recruitment process for one of toughest hiring areas of bank consisting of highly technical developers.-Established new processes with managers that led to filling all high-priority roles within a few months.-Received much verbal and written praise from leaders, including CIO, for my ability to make process-oriented progress, to negotiate, and to build strong relations.-Played an instrumental role in helping the HR department plan and implement new initiatives to address problem areas within the bank.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

-Optimized processes for identifying, sourcing, and screening candidates to support urgent, high growth divisions.-Engaged with multiple teams, both onshore and offshore, to ensure smooth and timely candidate experience.-Created, advertised, and conducted hiring events for high volume candidate networking.-Assisted building out highly technical teams for multiple simultaneous IT projects.-Sourced candidates specializing in QA automation, manual testing, infrastructure engineering, application development, cloud engineering, dev ops, and IT management.-Worked with a recruitment team to understand hiring / headcount needs based on geographical areas.-Functioned as the first point of contact for candidates interested in our openings, explaining roles and responsibilities in detail while assessing candidates' social and technical skills to ensure they were a good culture and skills match for the team.-Built strong relations with recruiters, team members, and managers.-Represented company well to applicant market-Provided referrals for internal positions (all were hired) and trained new hires.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

-Generated over $300,000 in revenue for the company in my first full year-Achieved multiple quarterly bonuses by reaching personal and collective income generating metrics-Analyzed trends in client business activities to forecast engagement levels and future business needs-Developed and maintained long-term professional relationships with contractors and clients -Collaborated with mid and upper level management to precisely understand client needs and to identify how to most effectively help them achieve business growth and goals-Effectively operated in an ever-changing environment often with vague direction or guidance-Single handedly coordinated deals by balancing opposing ideas with mutual goals to achieve high satisfaction from both sides of the negotiating table -Securely handled sensitive and confidential information -Led team discussions on how to most effectively execute on business-Ensured high levels of data integrity for CRM systems

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

-Delivered a professional fine dining experience to ensure customer satisfaction-Worked quickly and efficiently under multiple managers during busy holidays and dinner rush hours-Performed janitorial duties after customers left-Assisted with food prep, food running, and bar backing-Worked in an ever-changing, fast-paced work setting