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Influential leader responsible for the HR function at Vast Bank. Ensuring that HR initiatives strategically align to our company core values, our mission and our vision.I passionately drive results around team management, employee engagement, benefits administration, payroll, candidate origination and sourcing, candidate attraction, applicant management and communication, candidate experience, vendor management, internal mobility, the employee life cycle, succession and talent planning, and employee retention.

Influential leader responsible for all Talent Acquisition functions at Mabrey Bank. Ensuring that the recruitment initiatives strategically align to our company core values, our mission and our vision.I passionately drive results around team management, vendor management, employee experience, candidate origination and sourcing, candidate attraction, applicant management and communication, candidate relationships, candidate experience, screening, assessing talent, the offer process, the onboarding experience, succession and talent planning, and retention of team members. Create & standardize recruitment policies, procedures, compliance, diversity, equity and inclusion, strategies, market intelligence, development of strategic recruitment plans and collaborating with executives and managers to understand our business segment needs. I collaborate across teams and lines of business inside and outside of HR that advance team member engagement and the team member experience.

Lead and coordinate all aspects of SageNet LLC's strategic corporate talent acquisition processes. Responsibilities are team management, employee experience, candidate origination and sourcing, candidate attraction, applicant management and communication, candidate relationships, candidate experience, screening, assessing talent, the offer process, the onboarding experience and retention of associates. This includes creation & standardization of recruitment policies, procedures, compliance, strategies, market intelligence, development of strategic recruitment plans and collaborating with executives to understand our business segment needs. As the Manager of Talent Acquisition, I passionately ensure that the recruitment initiatives strategically align to our company core values, our mission, our vision and our why. I manage all the third-party vendor relationships related to Talent Acquisitions. I manage and create SageNet's Affirmative Action Plan. I collaborate across teams and programs inside and outside of HR that advance employee engagement and the employee experience.

•Position reported to the Director of Talent & Organizational Development. •Coached, developed and supported program team as well as new incoming associates and interns for our rotational programs in Commercial, Wealth Management, IT & Quantitative Analytics, totaling around forty employees.•Developed and executed program strategy related to core objectives, training and curriculum.•Established and maintained strong partnerships with line of business executives, senior leaders and managers across the organization.•Maintained a complex $3.4 million-dollar budget for the overall program, while identifying cost saving opportunities through re-designing program activities. •Partnered with internal Talent development team, internal credit trainer and external training and credit vendors to deliver training for all tracks within the program.

•Led a team of three recruiters focused on building relationship with key stakeholders and hiring top tier talent for BOK Financials’ Consumer division.•Team hired over 946 employees to BOK Financials Consumer Division from entry level to Senior Management.•Conducted purposeful monthly one on ones, quarterly check-ins and observations with directs to enhance their skillsets.•Collaborated with direct reports on career development plans.•Sourced, interviewed and presented senior level candidates for open positions and strategic hire opportunities.•Created and managed a streamlined interview processes for the Consumer Markets across eight states.•Implemented strategic change to the Consumer recruiting process by enhancing key performance indicators for recruiters.•Delivered exceptional candidate experience to all candidates. •Built strong partnerships with executives and managers across the lines of business we supported and the HR department.•Served as primary point of contact for Senior Consumer Leadership by implementing and executing recruiting strategies.•Partnered closely with HR Business Partners for division to help execute key objectives.

•Recruit market wide for BOK Financials Consumer division and ExpressBank•Completing the full cycle recruiting process including the development and execution of searches •Completing full screening processing for all candidates to include sourcing, phone screens, applicable testing, interviews, and evaluation for presentation to Business Partner •Meeting with Business Partners to develop recruitment strategies and define requirements and expectations for the specific departments•Work with all new hires on all full compensation packages offered to include salary/pay, benefits, policies and aiding in a new hires transition into the company•Certified Diversity Recruiter