Joss Smith Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, London, Gb

Responsible for the delivery of 1,000–1,300 mid-senior hires annually across Legal & General / L&G Investment Management. I currently lead 11 Talent Acquisition Specialists across two teams, supporting a range of specialisms, including: Front Office Investments; Investment Operations; ESG & Stewardship; Distribution; Actuarial; Finance & Audit; Risk, Compliance & Governance; Sales & Underwriting; Procurement; HR & Talent; and Marketing, Comms & PR.

London, London, Gb

Led a team of 7 TA Specialists, delivering 700-900 hires annually across Actuarial, Finance, Risk, HR, Legal & Comms. A focus on direct hiring and utilisation of sourcing channels meant that recruitment agency spend halved during my time in role, and D&I initiatives saw the percentage of external hires reach >50% female, beating the industry benchmark in all specialisms/ job families.

London, Gb

- Ownership of all end-to-end resourcing for the following LGIM business areas: ESG / Investment Stewardship; Active Equities; Active Fixed Income; Strategy / Research; & Performance. - Design & delivery of a new rotational graduate programme for LGIM.- Ownership of LGIM's international hiring, including: +50% growth for our Dublin office since March 2020; new location build-outs within Europe; hiring & onboarding for our Japan and Hong Kong offices.- Social-mobility advocate: speaker / panellist for early careers events; point of contact for Investment2020; contributor to our Social Mobility Employers Index submissions for 2020 & 2021.

London, Gb

The Harvey Nash Banking & Finance practice provides Front, Middle and Back Office professionals to the London Financial Services Industry. Within the Finance and Banking Team, I led the Compliance Desk, working in both the UK and European market. Responsibilities included:- Business Development: Banking, Insurance, FinTech, Consultancy- Candidate Sourcing: Compliance, Regulatory Development, Advisory, Financial Crime, Monitoring , etc.- Diversity: I was heavily involved in Harvey Nash's market leading Diversity offering, advising businesses on policy and organising events in this area.- Risk & Regulation Survey: Co-Founded an annual report that provides analysis and commentary of current market trends.In addition to my work in the Compliance space, I also led the Early Careers recruitment function, managing 5 graduate schemes during 2019/20. These graduate programmes included; Investment Management, Finance & Accounting, Quant and Real Assets.

Oxford, Oxfordshire,, Gb

English

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