Talent Acquisition Manager

Location: Hybrid / Nottingham, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: People & Talent | Recruitment / Talent Acquisition
Salary: Competitive salary

Job title:
Talent Acquisition Manager

Reporting to:
Group Head of Talent Acquisition

Hours:
Full-time Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location
- Nottingham / Manchester - covering Midland and North of England with
Hybrid working - must be willing to travel to current & future Affinia office locations.

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose-led, purpose-built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships. With over 1600 colleagues across the East, South East, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines
- Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery. Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice, tailored to them. We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset. We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us.

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Talent Acquisition Manager to support recruitment across our growing accountancy practice.

This is a hands-on role, responsible for managing the full recruitment lifecycle across Accounts Advisory, Audit, Tax, Payroll, Corporate Finance and Enabling functions. You will work closely with Heads of Departments, Directors and hiring managers to understand their recruitment requirements, develop effective sourcing strategies and ensure we attract and secure high-quality talent in a competitive market.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of recruitment, ideally within an accountancy setting with the ability to identify and engage candidates at all levels, from entry-level and part-qualified professionals through to qualified accountants, managers and senior hires.

You will play a key role in strengthening our employer brand, improving candidate experience and reducing our reliance on external recruitment agencies through proactive direct sourcing.

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, from vacancy briefing through to offer.
• Partner with Directors and hiring managers to understand current and future hiring requirements.
• Develop targeted recruitment strategies for hard-to-fill roles across all departments.
• Proactively source candidates through Linked In, job boards, networking, referrals, talent mapping and direct approaches.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for recurring and business-critical positions.
• Identify passive candidates and engage them effectively through a consultative approach.
• Conduct telephone/video screening and competency-based interviews where appropriate.
• Manage candidate progression, feedback and offer negotiations through to acceptance.
• Ensure a high-quality and consistent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

• Develop a strong understanding of the accountancy practice market and the skills required across different service lines.
• Recruit across a range of levels, including Trainee, AAT, Semi Senior, Senior, Assistant Manager, Manager, Senior Manager and Director-level appointments.
• Build market knowledge around salary levels, candidate availability, competitor activity and recruitment trends.
• Understand professional qualifications such as AAT, ACA, ACCA, CTA and ATT, and how these relate to different career paths within practice.
• Develop talent pools of qualified and part-qualified accountants within the local and wider regional market.
• Identify transferable candidates from other accountancy practices and assess their suitability for our culture and service lines.

• Build trusted relationships with Partners, Directors and hiring managers.
• Act as a recruitment adviser, providing market insight and realistic guidance on salary, availability and recruitment timelines.
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