Laura Finlay

Lead the talent acquisition function for a national care organisation of c.6,500 colleagues across the UK. Responsible for operational, senior, specialist and international hiring, alongside immigration, compliance, and onboarding, ensuring safe, timely, and high-quality workforce delivery in a highly regulated environment. Provide strategic and operational leadership to a function of c.20 professionals, with direct line management of four talent leaders.

Designed and embedded a group-wide talent acquisition strategy to proactively attract, recruit, onboard, and retain high-performing, high-potential talent, directly supporting business growth across the UK, Nordic, and DACH regions for a workforce of c.10,000 colleagues.

Delivered strategic and operational leadership to build an experience-driven, end-to-end talent and career lifecycle, balancing commercial outcomes with a great colleague and candidate experience, and enhancing the organisation’s employer profile. Led a high-performing function with four direct reports and a wider team of c.16, supporting a c.6,000-colleague financial and legal services organisation.

Responsible for the smooth and robust onboarding of all colleagues, ensuring compliance with internal and external industry standards.

Direct responsibility for all aspects of the Search Solutions brands’ recruitment, compliance and onboarding process, providing a complete end-to-end function at all levels.

• Operational responsibility for ensuring client recruitment targets and attrition rates • Providing a consultative service to both business users and managers • Responsible for all aspects of multiple channel candidate attraction, including incentivising schemes for existing staff, social media usage, pro active headhunting and open days • Re-educating line managers as to a “good hire” strategically altering line managers mind set as to what candidate skill set/profile makes for a successful candidate within their busuiness

• Operational responsibility for department • Ensuring delivery of excellent customer service • Delivery of business plan • Effectively manage resource, budget and risk.