Job Description

Responsible for recruiting highly qualified applicants for TowneBank and its affiliates who embrace the Towne culture and desire to serve and please others. Ensures that the hiring and selection practices comply with all Federal and State Regulations regarding recruitment, hiring, and selection.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Follow established processes for full-cycle recruiting, from sourcing candidates to onboarding new hires.
• Post open positions to external sources and our internal career site.
• Review applications and forward qualified internal and external candidates to the hiring managers.
• Interview candidates for positions and assist hiring managers in selecting employees to fill openings quickly.
• Enter new employees into the Payroll/Human Resources Information System (UltiPro).
• Communicate with the Learning and Development team to schedule new employee orientation and training.
• Serves as the VIP on-boarder for key hires in North Carolina and South Carolina, partnering with hiring managers, market leadership, and Enterprise HR to deliver a high-touch onboarding experience for strategic talent.
• Recommend improvements to current processes and new approaches to contribute to the business's success.
• Attend career fairs, workshops, and networking events to identify and develop a qualified candidate pool. (Occasional overnight travel may be required to attend these events.)
• Review received resumes and respond to inquiries regarding employment opportunities from prospective applicants.
• Request temporary employees as needed, verify approvals, bills, send Privacy Notice Policy to each temporary person assigned to a position, and maintain files.
• Assist the Talent Acquisition team in carrying out Affirmative Action Plan initiatives, including attending events, workshops, etc., to attract a diverse candidate pool.
• Assists in coordinating employee transfers, promotions, and salary administration as needed.
• Assists other HR team members with various initiatives and projects as needed.
• Handles other duties as assigned.
• Obeys all applicable federal laws, rules, and regulations relating to Anti-Money Laundering (AML), including the Bank Secrecy (BSA).

Minimum Required Skills and Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent knowledge from experience in a human resources environment
• Minimum five years of progressive talent acquisition, human resources, or related experience, including recruiting, hiring manager partnership, and onboarding support.
• Must possess the highest levels of integrity, discretion, work ethic, and the ability to maintain extreme confidentiality.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to interact tactfully and professionally with all levels of employees and applicants.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage time accordingly.
• Must be efficient and thorough, work well with little or no supervision, and be willing to help others.
• Ability to work outside business hours as business needs dictate.

Desired Skills and Competencies:

• Experience interviewing and hiring candidates, either as a hiring manager or supervisor involved in the hiring process or as a corporate recruiter.
• Prior financial services experience and knowledge of various positions within the industry
• Bachelor’s degree or Human Resources/Recruiting certification (i.e., CIR, PHR, SHRM-CP)
• Ability to utilize social media and internet-based recruiting platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Handshake, etc. to source passive candidates.

Physical Requirements:

• Express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word via email and verbally.
• Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, use your arms and legs, and sit most of the time.
• Have close visual acuity to perform activities such as analyzing data, viewing a computer terminal, reading, and preparing documentation.
• Not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
• The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential responsibilities.