Walk-in || Talent Acquisition Specialist

Company: (Z-First) Ziel Financial Technologies Pvt Ltd

Job Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Executive

Industry: Microfinance Industry

Location: Jaipur (Rajasthan)

Job Summary: We seek a Talent Acquisition Specialist for the recruitment efforts at Z-First, a growing financial services company focused on bridging the gap between lenders and customers in rural India. The ideal candidate will have experience in high-volume hiring, field recruitment, and workforce planning within the Microfinance or NBFC sector. Key Responsibilities:

Key Responsibility Areas:

Talent Acquisition Sourcing and CV Submissions: Source relevant CVs daily for assigned mandates. Ensure quality and relevance as per job specifications. Maintain a healthy pipeline of active candidates across roles.

Interview Coordination: Facilitate and ensure interviews. Align with stakeholders for scheduling, availability, and timely feedback.

Offers and Closures: Ensure offers and fill the position Gaps.

Data and Tracker Management: Maintain accurate and updated excel trackers for all hiring data sourcing, interviews, offers, and joining status.Ensure no data deviation; weekly performance to be derived directly from these trackers. Track own offered and referral candidates till their date of joining.

Candidate Management & Follow-up: Maintain regular follow-ups with offered candidates for resignation submission, offer acceptance, and joining timelines Handle counteroffer situations and drop-risk proactively with solutions.

Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct daily and weekly connects with hiring managers to discuss hiring status, upcoming needs, and gap areas.

Build strong internal relationships to act as a strategic partner in recruitment.

Branch Visits (if required): Be open to branch-level visits as needed to understand ground-level hiring needs and improve TAT.

Process Adherence: Follow SOPs, TATs, and internal SLAs with zero deviation. Ensure candidate experience is maintained at all stages of hiring.

Requirements and skills:

• Proven work experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist.
• Ability to develop and maintain long-term strategic relationships with candidates as well as with internal teams and external partners
• Demonstrable experience managing full-cycle recruiting and employer branding initiatives Solid understanding of sourcing techniques and tools (e.g. social networks)
• Good team-management abilities
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster long-term relationships (with internal teams, external partners, and candidates) Key Qualifications & Skills:
• 1+ years of experience in talent acquisition, preferably in MFI, NBFC, or BFSI.
• Should have experience in bulk hiring
• Knowledge of rural hiring challenges and workforce planning.
• Hands-on experience with ATS, job portals, and recruitment tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills.
• Willing to travel in the entire region/Zone.