Associate, Talent Sourcer

Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy. The New York City-based fintech platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement education and healthcare savings needs. Today Vestwell enables over 790000 businesses and more than 2.75 million active savers with over $57 billion in assets saved across all 50 United States.

Vestwell offers a range of products including workplace-delivered retirement plans employer-offered student loan repayment benefits and various savings accounts for education emergencies and individuals with disabilities.

Vestwells platform serves a diverse clientele including financial advisers employers third-party administrators financial institutions payroll providers government agencies and individual savers. To learn more

Who Are We Looking For As a Sourcer on our Talent Acquisition team you will be a key partner to our recruiters and hiring managers building and nurturing the candidate pipelines that fuel our growth. You will proactively identify engage and evaluate talent across a range of functions while helping ensure every candidate has a thoughtful professional experience with Vestwell. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys the craft of sourcing and wants to make a visible impact on how we hire.

What Will You Be Doing

Day-to-day you will be expected to:

• Build pipelines proactively: Source passive and active candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter Boolean searches professional communities and other channels to create diverse qualified talent pools for open and upcoming roles.
• Engage candidates: Craft personalized outreach across email LinkedIn and other channels follow up consistently and build genuine interest in Vestwell and the opportunity.
• Screen and evaluate: Review inbound applications conduct initial screening conversations and assess candidates against defined role requirements to support objective data-driven hiring decisions.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers: Participate in intake conversations align on role requirements and ideal candidate profiles share market insights and refine sourcing strategy based on feedback.
• Manage the process in Greenhouse: Keep candidate records notes stages and dispositions accurate and up to date so the team has clear visibility into pipeline health.
• Track and report: Monitor sourcing metrics such as outreach response rates screen-to-submit ratios and pipeline diversity and use the data to continuously improve results.
• Deliver a great candidate experience: Communicate clearly and promptly represent Vestwells brand and culture and ensure candidates feel respected whatever the outcome.
• Contribute to the team: Share best practices help improve sourcing playbooks and templates and support employer branding and recruiting events as needed.
• Own the end-to-end candidate interview process from conducting initial interview screens to coordinating virtual and on-site interview panels across multiple time zones and stakeholder groups.

Requirements

The Necessities:

• 13 years of experience in sourcing or recruiting in an agency in-house or high-growth environment
• Demonstrated success building pipelines for professional roles; experience with technical fintech or other specialized hiring is a plus
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and advanced search techniques
• Experience with an applicant tracking system ideally Greenhouse
• Experience reviewing applications and conducting candidate screens against defined role criteria
• Ability to partner effectively with recruiters hiring managers and other stakeholders

The Extras:

• Experience working in startup and or FinTech environment(s)

This role will be based in our Austin office and will be part of Vestwells hybrid in-office operation.

This role will be hired on a W-2 contract-to-hire basis of up to 3 months with the potential to extend and/or convert to full-time employment.

The expected hourly range for this position is $35 - $40/hour base. This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.

Full-Time Employee Benefits
Were an innovative high-growth company with an exciting future ahead. At Vestwell we prioritize employee wellbeing through comprehensive health benefits generous time off and a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee. Our hybrid work model offers flexibility while providing access to our collaborative offices in Midtown Manhattan Austin King of Prussia and Scottsdale. And of course as a company focused on helping people save for the future we offer a competitive 401(k) plan.

Interview Process
Our interview process starts the same for every candidate with 1-2 introductory conversations to learn more about your background interests and what youre looking for while also giving you the opportunity to learn more about Vestwell and the team. From there the process varies by role but typically includes a skills or experience-based assessment such as a coding interview portfolio review or deeper discussion of your relevant experience. Successful candidates then move on to a virtual or in-person interview panel. Before extending an offer we complete a reference check with a current or former manager and a peer. Throughout the process we prioritize transparency clear communication and minimizing surprises.

For your awareness you will only receive correspondence from any other domain not ending not our Recruitment team.

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