Talent Acquisition Specialist

We are seeking a passionate, high performing, driven and creative Recruiter to support Above Lending’s hiring goals as we rapidly grow and scale to meet business demands. The ideal candidate will play a strategic role in recruiting high caliber candidates across business functions; delivering results-oriented service and outcomes to the teams they support and creating candidate experiences that set us apart from our peers in industry. You will be inspiring, innovative, and challenge the status quo. This is a hybrid role based out of our Northbrook, IL office.

What You'll be Doing

• Manage the full recruitment cycle for roles across the business
• Act as a trusted advisor and partner to hiring managers; establish recruitment action plans and build relationships to understand departmental needs
• Ensure a positive candidate experience by corresponding quickly and effectively throughout the recruitment process
• Create and implement effective recruitment strategies to build a diverse pipeline of qualified candidates
• Coordinate and schedule phone screens, hiring manager interviews, and in-person interviews 
• Review existing recruitment processes to identify gaps and areas for improvement; executing on strategies to build out and revise our processes
• Be a brand ambassador for Above Lending, become embedded in the local market, sharing company, culture, and values

What you'll need to be successful

• Bachelor’s degree, or related degree 3+ years’ experience recruiting in a corporate setting
• Fintech or Consumer Lending Industry Experience Preferred
• Experience recruiting for an early or mid-stage startup
• Experience building recruitment processes and identifying areas of improvement in existing processes
• Knowledgeable pulse on the hiring market and understanding of how to use that data to improve our hiring strategy
• Comfort challenging the status quo and bringing ideas to leadership
• Experience with Lever Preferred

What we Offer

• Considerable employer contributions for health, dental and vision programs
• Unlimited personal time-off 
• 401(K) match with immediate 100% vesting
• Merit advancement opportunities 
• Career development & training