Richa Pandey

About Richa Pandey

I am a results-oriented Talent Acquisition professional with a strong focus on technology hiring, particularly in niche skills, leadership roles, and critical transitions. I’ve led and delivered complex hiring campaigns with a sharp eye on quality, speed, and stakeholder partnership.I actively lead from the front — mentoring colleagues, managing workflows, and being the go-to person for high-impact and time-sensitive hiring needs. My experience spans Diversity & Inclusion hiring, building recruitment strategy for new capabilities, and ensuring seamless transitions for business-critical teams.I bring a strong sense of ownership, an ability to influence without authority, and a future-ready leadership mindset. I’m passionate about building high-performing teams, elevating candidate experience, and aligning recruitment with long-term business success.I am managing portfolios into Technology, Risk Modeling, Reporting, investment banking, wealth & private banking. Managing different portfolios across shared services.Skills-*Cloud Engineer (AWS, GCP+ Devops, CI/CD, Python, Golang)*Release Lead (PMP, PSM, SaFe)*Network Engineer*Incident Manager (ITIL, Service Now)*Risk Modeling (Development, Validation, Insights)* Regulatory Reporting *Country Risk*Market Risk*Data Analyst*Financial Crime *Financial Crime Model ValidationIn my prior years stint with other companies has given me an opportunity to explore “head hunting” techniques and manage retain searches for KPO, IT and Manufacturing segmentsI have been recognised for my contributions pertaining to source mix hiring, cost reduction, diversity and inclusion hiring, redeployment services and process improvement initiatives.Domains: Talent Acquisition, Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder engagement, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Change Management, Process governance, negotiation, candidate engagement

Experience

1. t & C Consultant

   ANZ

   Sep 2018 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Practice Lead for Specialized and Niche Hiring.I am managing end to end recruitment responsibilities for Technology,Risk, Retail, Institutional & wealth Operations by translating business goals into Talent acquisition strategies.Doing Niche Marketing Activities for Niche role.Generating energy by supporting leaders to activate a culture where all employees, no matter their different perspectives, are empowered to achieve more.Prioritisation of the team’s work to balance high volume against candidate and Hiring Manager experience, with data at the heart of this decision making and in alignment with the J&M Service Proposition.Understanding each role’s requirement, sourcing candidates based on skill match and culture fit, scheduling interviews, conducting, and reading personality assessments and ensuring candidates join in time.Owning accountability to manage the hiring needs of the business, streamlining and implementing the best practicesUtilise data and analytics to develop insights that inform engagement, recruitment, talent retention and development initiatives.Keep up to date with innovative diversity practices and relevant policy and regulatory changes that impact the country.Working on Diversity & Inclusion.Enthusiastic about expanding the presence of LGBTQ+ candidates in the workforce. Hired one LGBTQPetitioner of helping woman grow after their career break and thrive in the workforce.Have a strong stakeholder management experiencePassionate about candidate & employee experience,Adept in personality assessments and psychometric analysisAn SHL certified professional.

Education

• Kanpur University

  B.com

  2007 — 2010

• GBTU UNIVERSITY

  MBA, Finance/HR

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Screening
• Deferred Compensation
• Compensation
• Recruiting
• Human Resources
• Team Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Employee Engagement
• Recruitments
• Compensation
• Interviews
• Performance Appraisal
• Job Descriptions
• Soft Skills
• Exit Interviews
• Training
• Human Resource Development
• Strategic HR
• Management
• Employee Relations