Talent Acquisition Excellence Lead
About this role
Company & Culture
EXANTE is a pioneering wealth tech company that delivers cutting-edge centralized trading solutions and robust B2B financial infrastructure, driving value through innovative technology. Our bespoke, internally engineered trading platform provides seamless access to a diverse range of financial instruments, including stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures, and options, all within a single, multi-currency account.
As a rapidly expanding global firm with over 700 talented employees from 70+ nationalities across 70 locations, we are a frontrunner in the financial sector. Our investment priorities are clear: We prioritize investing in our most valuable asset—our people. Join us in shaping the future of finance.
About the role
The Talent Acquisition Excellence Lead will be the authority on what world-class recruitment looks like. Your mission is twofold: maintain deep expertise in the best TA practices, tools, and methodologies available today, and continuously assess whether our recruitment function is applying them effectively.
This is not a recruiter or HR generalist role. You will operate independently from the HR department, reporting to the Head of Strategy & Execution with direct Board visibility. You define what “great” looks like in talent acquisition and hold the function accountable.
Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition Excellence Standards
• Define and maintain a comprehensive framework of best-in-class recruitment practices covering sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding
• Benchmark against industry leaders in talent acquisition across financial services and technology sectors
• Stay current on emerging recruitment methodologies, assessment tools, and AI-driven sourcing and screening technologies
Continuous Quality Assurance
• Conduct ongoing audits of recruitment processes, candidate experience, hiring manager engagement, and TA team performance
• Evaluate ATS utilisation, sourcing channel effectiveness, interview quality, and hiring decision consistency
• Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and gaps in the hiring funnel
Metrics & Reporting
• Establish and track Talent Acquisition KPIs: time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, candidate experience, offer acceptance rate, and others
• Deliver candid, data-driven assessments of Talent Acquisition operations to leadership with actionable recommendations
• Drive measurable improvements — this role is judged on what changes, not the reports
Qualifications
Experience
• 7+ years in talent acquisition operations, TA consulting, or recruitment function leadership
• Experience in consulting (strategic or Big4), especially in people and organisation practice or financial services / technology sectors is strongly preferred
• Track record of building, improving, or auditing recruitment functions at scale
• Experience with ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, BambooHR, or similar) at an advanced level
• Multi-location or international recruitment experience preferred
Skills & Mindset
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and technology — you already use tools like Claude, ChatGPT, or AI-powered recruitment platforms in your daily work
• Strong analytical skills — comfortable with TA metrics and using data to drive decisions
• Independent and direct — you deliver honest assessments regardless of internal dynamics
• Deep understanding of end-to-end recruitment for a range of roles: technical, commercial, and regulatory
• Fluent English required; additional languages a plus
A group of disruptive technology experts created EXANTE. With an impressive track record in the industry and knowledge of the markets, our systems are built to democratize access to global financial instruments for professional traders and institutional investors.
Through our robust, cutting-edge trading platforms, you can offer clients access to comprehensive, global financial instruments and investment possibilities while keeping their data safe and private.
EXANTE is a global prime broker backed by proprietary technology and dedicated service. All regulated group companies and fully controlled affiliates and subsidiaries are committed to compliance with data protection laws, including the GDPR. We process personal data in line with the GDPR principles of fairness, purpose limitation, transparency, data minimisation, storage limitation and deletion, accuracy, confidentiality and integrity, and accountability. We rely on legitimate interests to assess and manage your application, after determining that our interests are not overridden by your rights and interests. You have the rights of access, rectification, data portability, erasure, restriction of processing, and objection to processing. To exercise your rights or contact our Data Protection Officer, please see our GDPR policy at https://exante.eu/gdpr/.
We retain recruitment data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, after which it will be securely deleted unless we are required to keep it longer to comply with law or you consent to a longer retention.
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, it will be protected to a standard at least equivalent to that sought by the GDPR. Personal data is safeguarded by technical and organisational measures that are reviewed and updated regularly. This website is not intended for individuals under 18 and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children .
Company at a glance
Global prime broker backed by proprietary technology and dedicated service. Celebrating #EXANTE15 Years!
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Global prime brokerage solutions backed by proprietary technology and dedicated service.
Fifteen years ago, we set out to create a secure, regulated, full-service trading environment, giving clients the flexibility they needed for custom business setups.
Today, our proprietary platform enables our institutional and individual investors to diversify their investments across multiple asset classes. Through a single multi-currency account, our clients trade more than 2 million financial instruments, including stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures, and options, across 50+ markets.
In 2026 EXANTE marks its 15th anniversary! Stay tuned for the #EXANTE15 year-long celebration, featuring a series of events and platform innovations to mark the occasion.
Our technology is only part of the story. Driven by passion, ownership, integrity, and a commitment to change, our team of 750+ professionals continue to deliver next-generation trading solutions, powering up our clients in the age of AI and winning awards including ‘Most Innovative Multi-Asset Trading Platform’ and FT Diversity’s ‘Product or Service of the Year’ Award in 2024.
As a financial company, we know our investment priorities, and our best investment has always been in our people. We’re growing 70% year-on-year and hiring globally, if you’re ready to invest in your own future then join the team: https://careers.exante.eu/
Entities using the EXANTE brand are not licensed, approved, registered or in any other way authorised or regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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