Sameea Ali MBA, SHRM-CP

•Recruit for mid to senior level experienced hire positions across Canada •Leverage online recruiting tools and in-house Applicant Tracking System (Taleo) to identify, engage, and recruit high-quality candidates •Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing guidance, market insight, and recruitment expertise •Inspire candidates by promoting the Firm’s employer brand and value proposition •Build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and teams across the Firm •Deliver an exceptional candidate and client experience •Work with the Talent Attraction team on other projects as required.

•Manage full-cycle recruitment for all divisions (US & Canada) including creation and posting of requisitions, conducting phone screens, managing interview schedules and monitoring and reporting on related data. •Partner with hiring managers and HRBP's before every search for in-take discussions to find the best fit for the role. •Provide metrics and areas of improvement for the recruitment cycle. •Ensure all onboarding for new hires is completed before their first day by providing all the relevant documentation to HRBP's and HR Coordinators. •Support day-to-day operational needs of the Human Resources team and employees across the organization, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in processing requests. •Provide guidance regarding HR administrative processes to employees and managers. •Create and review internal and external written content relative to HR and our people practices ensuring accuracy and relevancy. •Manage reporting on headcount, openings, new job requisitions and similar data changes. •Maintain HRIS and related downstream systems – processing, verifying and maintaining employee data.

Recruitment Specialist •Interviewed over a 100 candidates per week for store-wide positions across Canada. •Supported sourcing specialists for various locations by closing 10-15 roles in a week. •Managed virtual career events to fill entry to mid-level retail roles all over Canada. •Created detailed profiles using structured interview guides and shared recommendations with store managers.

•Screened and shortlisted 70-100 resumes daily for 10-15 roles monthly •Conducted 10-20 phone interviews daily with detailed candidate profiles and presented best 3-5 •Facilitated sourcing sessions with 9 Talent Acquisition Specialists to find & close difficult roles •Full-cycle Talent Acquisition Specialist & Recruitment Coordinator for experienced positions in all service lines (Assurance, Tax, Advisory and Internal Client Services) KEY SKILLS Communication, Collaboration, Relationship Building, Interviewing, Profiling, Creative and critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving KEY SYSTEMS Taleo Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) ✧ Workday Human Resources Information System (HRIS) ✧ HireVue (Digital Interviewing Platform) ✧ MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) ✧ Google Suite

• Implemented new Human Resources Information System (HRIS), provided input and recommendations for optimum module functioning and became focal point for queries • Consolidated employee records to HRIS and ensured timely employee updates and changes including new hires and terminations, compensation changes, benefits administration and attendance • Primary backup for payroll processing, including; bi-weekly and semi-monthly updates to employee files, bonus/incentive pay, tracking vacation/sick pay, importing expense reimbursements, inputting exceptions, and benefit changes • Conducted an organization-wide job analysis to develop job descriptions and devise new salary bands • Recruited top talent for various programs and initiatives within the organization through multiple channels and facilitated onboarding and training activities for new hires • Ensured legal compliance of HR state and federal regulations and applicable employment laws, and update policies and/or procedures as required KEY SKILLS Communication, Collaboration, Relationship Building (coordinated with various Federal and Provincial government agencies to secure funding for hiring), Interviewing, Creative and critical thinking, teamwork, Administrative support, data entry, problem-solving, job analysis KEY SYSTEMS Payworks (HRIS), MS Office Suite, Google Suite

•Led team of recruiters and managed full cycle recruitment for experienced hires (15-20 roles in a month on average) and campus hires (twice a year with 60-100 recruits each cycle) for all business units. •Managed pre and post hire operations, including all relevant documentation, reference and background checks and employee onboarding activities. •Planned and executed new-hire orientation events, from sending out the invitations, to preparing and delivering presentations, attending to all queries and having the attendees fill out the feedback forms.

•Ran nationwide campus recruitment drives from designing the brochures and presentations to conducting them in educational institutions semi-annually for induction of trainee batches. •Maintained a talent pipeline through constant sourcing and introduced and implemented new recruitment strategies to widen the pool for hard to fill roles. •Facilitated the implementation of a new Success Factors based performance evaluation system by delivering country-wide virtual presentations and live demonstrations to various employee groups.

• Documented evidence and outcomes of employee grievance cases while ensuring confidentiality • Organized training sessions by liaising with both internal subject matter experts and external trainers to meet global employees learning needs • Counseled employees in the event of any disciplinary or performance related issues and helped develop performance improvement plans with the talent leader and concerned senior managers • Provided effective and dedicated HR advisory service to employees in relation to absence and health issues, grievance matters, accessibility requests, organizational change, and all other employee-relations matters KEY SKILLS Communication, teamwork, collaboration, multi-tasking, interviewing (behavioral and technical), problem-solving, relationship building, negotiation, change management, coordination within and outside the organization for recruitment events, public speaking, data entry, personnel file management, job analysis KEY SYSTEMS Taleo Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) ✧ Human Resources Information System (HRIS) / Human Resources Management System (HRMS): Oracle PeopleSoft & SAP SuccessFactors ✧ MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Full cycle recruitment for medical and non-medical roles, from advertisement posting, shortlisting profiles against the specified criteria, interviewing candidates to bringing talent onboard • Prepared comparative analysis documents and salary offers for salary negotiations and decisions • Led educational document verification project for the medical professional services division to ensure the authenticity of the credentials submitted by employees • Prepared a Policy Handbook summarizing all the policies and resources of the institution and updated the Employee Policy Manual • Processed new and existing employee records along with transfer and promotion cases or other status changes in the HRIS • Prepared workflows and timelines for intern induction and presentations for numerous initiatives to be presented to the top management KEY SKILLS Communication, coordination, interviewing, data entry and management, detail orientation, event management, relationship building, problem-solving KEY SYSTEMS Human Resources Information System (HRIS) / Human Resources Management System (HRMS): Oracle PeopleSoft ✧ MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)