Talent Acquisition Partner (SA) at AZA

Description

Company Summary

AZA is a digital foreign exchange and treasury solution that leverages cutting edge technology to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. With our API and white label products, our partners utilise our hybrid financial infrastructure and deep local knowledge to manage liquidity and send payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators globally.

Licensed by the UK’s FCA and the Bank of Spain, AZA is a market-maker in every major African currency and opens corridors for business payments and trade between frontier markets and the rest of the world. Founded in 2013, AZA now has offices in Lagos, London, Luxembourg, Nairobi, Madrid, Johannesburg, Kampala and Dakar. Our company values are Accountability, Customer-Centricity, Resiliency, Creativity, Teamwork and we aim to change the landscape of finance and remittance.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Partner is responsible for ensuring we find, attract, hire and retain the best technical talent at AZA. We are looking for a highly motivated self-starter who will be entrusted with an ongoing quest to discover talent, build a strong employment brand and ensure great relationships with both candidates and hiring managers.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, we expect you to have a knack for spotting and sourcing top talent globally, have demonstrable experience in full cycle recruitment, employer branding and provision of an awesome candidate hiring experience.

We are looking for someone who is independent, practical, energetic, passionate, able to operate with a high sense of urgency and has a steady commitment to help candidates find success in our company.

The post-holder will be joining a distributed team and report directly to the Talent Acquisition Manager.This role is open to candidates in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Responsibilities

In the role, you will:

• Learn AZA’s recruiting process in order to assist hiring managers and stakeholders with recruiting; start to finish.

• Work with hiring managers to create and edit Job Descriptions as well as map out feasible talent attraction strategies and processes.

• Log vacancies in the Applicant Tracking System and research external platforms to publish our roles; based on their specificity.

• Creatively source candidates, build and manage a talent pool of qualified candidates utilising a variety of direct talent attraction initiatives.

• Conduct initial screening interviews with candidates and administer technical tests to assess their suitability for the specific roles.

• Schedule interviews between candidates and the interview panel.

• Conduct reference checks and personality assessments for selected candidates.

• Maintain communication with candidates and answer their questions about AZA and the hiring process

• Assist People Operations with candidates onboarding process.

• Work with People Operations to track DEI metrics and candidate attrition rates for all positions

• Provide regular updates and reporting metrics to the internal stakeholders on open vacancies, sourcing strategies, and current pipeline for each role.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional recruitment experience and excellent understanding of full-cycle recruitment processes

• Experience in recruiting specialist roles (e.g., engineering, product and sales specialists)

• Experience using an industry standard ATS (Applicant Tracking System) such as Workable.

• Extremely organised and strong attention to detail

• Reliable, independent, and able to juggle multiple tasks effectively

• Prompt and effective communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Good organisational skills and ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment

• Strong computer skills and ability to use Microsoft Package i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Gmail packages e.g Google Docs, and Google Calendar

• A personable demeanour

• A willingness to learn

Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Global and regional network / exposure in FinTech.

• Casual work environment.

• Great work-life balance.

• Health care insurance.

• Pension scheme.

• Wellness program.

• Professional development.

• Performance bonus.

• Working for one of the fastest scaling start-ups in Africa.

• …and more!

AZA is an equal opportunity employer and will consider every qualified applicant for employment. AZA does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability.