Senior Associate - Experienced Hire Recruiter (Tax) Ernst & Young AE

As a valued member of the MENA Experienced Hire Recruitment team, you will play a critical role in delivering a best in class hiring experience while supporting the growth of one or more business units.

In this role, you will operate with autonomy as a strategic partner to stakeholders advising on best practices, defining sourcing strategies, and shaping recruitment approaches to attract top talent across the region. You will influence talent decisions, enhance recruitment processes, and contribute to EY s continued growth.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned business areas, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and high-quality service to stakeholders.
• Serve as a strategic talent advisor by providing insights on talent availability, market intelligence, compensation trends, and candidate expectations.
• Strengthen stakeholder engagement by building and maintaining trusted relationships with hiring managers and business leaders.
• Develop targeted recruitment plans, innovative sourcing strategies, and high-quality candidate pipelines for both generalist and specialist skill sets.
• Drive stakeholder participation throughout the hiring process while ensuring alignment with EY s diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives.
• Regularly assess sourcing channels and leverage data, analytics, and market insights to refine recruitment strategies and strengthen hiring outcomes.
• Utilize EY s AI enabled recruitment and automation tools to enhance screening accuracy, streamline shortlisting, and support data driven decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external agencies, talent networks, and professional communities to support candidate identification.
• Support initiatives such as referral programs, talent pooling, and proactive pipelining to ensure a strong flow of quality candidates.
• Manage discussions, negotiation processes, and smooth candidate closures with relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to ongoing improvements of recruitment processes, tools, and frameworks to enhance efficiency and the overall hiring experience.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Approximately 3+ years of recruitment experience, ideally within a professional services environment.
• Strong expertise in end to end recruitment, including sourcing and hiring talent up to Director level through multiple channels (internal systems, networks, headhunting, referrals, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders effectively, with strong communication and relationship building skills.
• A strategic and analytical mindset, with the ability to use data, insights, and market intelligence to guide recruitment decisions.
• Ability to coach or support junior recruiters and contribute to team capability building.
• Strong problem solving skills, a continuous improvement mindset, and a passion for innovation in talent acquisition.