Capabilities Overview

1. Recruitment Specialist to
the Banking & Finance
Sector
Part of Reed Specialist Recruitment reedglobal.com.au

2. 2 Why Reed Banking
& Finance?
When you seek professional recruitment and HR services to
attract, recruit and retain individuals who create sustainable
competitive advantage for your business, look no further than
Reed Banking & Finance:
• Our specialist teams have established, successful
networks which give them access to a wide range
of professionals at all levels, throughout Australia
and overseas via our office network
• Our consultative approach to your recruitment
needs means we can offer a host of tailored HR
services that deliver results, first time, every time
• All of our consultants are recruitment and industry
sector experts, which means they understand your
business
• Our global network and leading online presence
means we can deliver maximum returns on
recruitment spend without compromising quality

3. Welcome 3
Reed Banking & Finance is a leading recruiter of
high-performing banking staff for permanent, temporary
and contract positions. Our team of consultants deliver
quality recruitment services to banks and financial
institutions throughout Australia, helping them to identify
and attract candidates with diverse, specialist skill sets.
Our specialist teams work on behalf of clients in
retail, investment and commercial banking, recruiting
staff across the board, from operations and wealth
management roles to positions in product control and
trading support.
To provide an expert recruitment service to our clients,
we proactively hire consultants with backgrounds in
the banking sector, in Australia and overseas. Reed
Banking & Finance includes individuals who have
worked in front office, client-facing and support roles in
banks in the world’s leading financial centres, including
London and New York. This gives them an insight
into the roles, responsibilities and experience of the
candidates they regularly meet, as well as the HR and
recruitment challenges faced by banking employers.
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4. 4 Powerful Resources
Whether you recruit for one or two key permanent
appointments a year, seek banking professionals for
fixed-term projects or regularly need a flexible workforce
of highly skilled contractors at short notice, our consultants
have the experience and knowledge to find the people
you need.
Our consultants maintain and develop strong candidate networks across their specialist markets. This
means every new recruitment exercise is supported by a candidate-rich CV database of active and passive
jobseekers. You’ll also benefit from a regular stream of new candidates referred to us by people we’ve
successfully placed within the industry.
Our consultative approach means we do more than simply match your vacancies to candidates registered
with us. We’ll also advise you on the likely availability of relevant candidates in the wider marketplace, typical
salary expectations and strategies for ensuring your opportunities reach them.
We know that in a banking environment characterised by a heightened emphasis on risk and compliance,
our clients have exacting skill-set demands. That is why we complement our consultants’ experience and
market knowledge with innovative technology, developed by us for the needs of clients with highly specific
requirements. We also use a range of technology to deliver a smooth quality service to all of our clients,
including:
• Applicant management technology • Online timesheets
• Customised invoicing • E-billing
• Bespoke management information • E-Financials
• Online technical testing

5. 5
Talent Attraction
Drawing on years of experience in recruitment at the most senior levels, we can help employers identify and attract
experienced talent for boardroom appointments, and for executive and V-P roles. Tailoring our service to your individual
requirements and timeframe, we might typically provide:
• Advice on the latest trends in reward and remuneration • Assistance with online and print media recruitment
• Assistance in drafting a profile of your ideal candidate, advertising;
including skills and potential background - Media buying
• Identification of the type of organisation from which - Search engine optimisation
candidates may be proactively and discreetly sourced - Major online job board & industry-specific
• Advice and assistance on direct marketing recruitment website advertising
campaigns (email and print) - Print advertising recommendations and
• Advice on how to use social media as a candidate management
attraction tool - Copywriting
• Assistance with networking events - Graphic design
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6. 6
Global connections;
International solutions
Many of our Australian clients need to import certain key skills. Our consultants work regularly with colleagues
in Reed’s dedicated global resourcing teams, tapping into a vast global CV database of candidates seeking to
relocate or return from the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and South Africa. We can manage specific
international campaigns or stage overseas events on your behalf, promoting your employer brand to a wider pool
of talent and providing practical relocation and transition support for successful candidates. In fact, many of our
clients in Australia have benefited from this service not just for banking and finance recruitment but also for head
office functions such as accounting, office support, property, sales and marketing, technology and HR.
We’re also in regular contact, through our global office network, with candidates seeking contract work in Australia
to build their skill portfolio while travelling or on sabbaticals. Many of the people we place in project-based roles,
or in positions requiring rare or highly sought-after knowledge of specific technologies, come to us via this global
candidate pipeline.

7. A Tailored Service 7
At Reed Banking & Finance, we recognise that each client
has unique requirements and tailor our services accordingly.
For instance, we can provide vital expertise to SMEs wishing
to compete for talent who might otherwise pursue only
opportunities with household-name employers.
For employers of all sizes, we deliver a wide range of services
as part of our recruitment methodology, including:
• Recruitment process analysis
• Reward & recognition benchmarking
• Assessment centres
• Psychometric testing
• Employment screening
• Application management
• An objective external opinion during the final interview stages
• Management of the offer and on-boarding processes to
maximise acceptance and ensure a smooth transition
• Talent management & development
By working with our expert consultants, you can gain a better
understanding of the skills and potential within your existing
workforce, as well as developing a strategy for attracting and
harnessing talent more effectively.
Depending on your requirements, our consultants can either
work alongside your own HR team, freeing them up for higher-
priority strategic or operational work, or assume responsibility
for some or all of your core HR activities.

8. Trusted experts, strategic partners
Globally, Reed Specialist Recruitment employs professional consultants operating at all levels across a wide range
of specialisms, including:
• Accountancy • Finance • Nurse
• Actuarial • Graduates • Property & Construction
• Banking • Health • Purchasing
• Banking Sales • Hospitality & Leisure • Retail
• Community Care • Human Resources • Sales
• Doctor • Industrial • Scientific
• Education • Insurance • Social Work
• Energy • Legal • Specialist
• Engineering • Marketing & Creative • Technology
• Executive Support • Mortgages • Training Professionals
Within Reed Specialist Recruitment, we also have industry-leading capabilities in vital added-value HR services,
including:
• Recruitment process outsourcing • Graduate recruitment
• Managed services • Transitions & outplacement
• Assessment, development & talent • Strategic research
• HR consulting • Pre-employment checks
Asia Pacific Offices Giving back
Sydney & Melbourne By working with Reed, you’ll be helping to support your
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famine relief projects in Africa. We also support socially
Singapore responsible initiatives to fight poverty throughout the
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Hong Kong
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