Chardi-leigh Steyn
Sydney NSW Australia,NSW
Summary
Dynamic Talent Acquisition Specialist and Leader with a proven track record, driving recruitment strategies that enhance candidate quality and experience. Passionate about employer branding and team leadership, I excel in building effective recruitment teams and delivering strategic hiring solutions.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
APAC Head of Recruitment
IMC Trading
Sydney, NSW
01.2021 - Current
- Strategic Leadership and Team Management - I lead and manage a team of 10 recruiters and coordinators across both campus and experienced recruitment. My key focus is on team effectiveness, candidate quality, candidate experience, and partnering closely with marketing on employer branding.
- Campus Recruitment – The initial objective was to enhance brand awareness, improve candidate quality, and increase acceptance rates, all of which were successfully achieved. Several key programmes have been introduced to support these goals, ultimately resulting in 30–40% of our interns being hired through these initiatives and 95-100% of our graduate hires coming from our internship pool—a target I set for the team upon joining.
- Experienced Recruitment – The initial focus was to establish awareness that MC Trading hires lateral talent for options trading roles, specifically positional traders. Our current priority is to replicate this success in support of our expanding Delta One business by building awareness and hiring Delta One traders and Quantitative Researchers. While these roles are highly specialised and challenging to fill, we have consistently maintained a fill rate above 90% and an acceptance rate exceeding 85% since the start of my tenure.
APAC Executive Recruitment Lead
Optiver
Sydney, NSW
10.2019 - 06.2020
- Executive and Niche Headhunting - My primary focus in this role was to headhunt and hire top senior-level and strategic talent into positions across our APAC offices, including Sydney, Shanghai, and Taipei.
Experienced Recruitment Team Lead
Optiver
Sydney, NSW
09.2014 - 10.2019
- Team Leadership - I built and managed a small team of 3-6 recruiters and coordinators dedicated to lateral recruitment. Our key focus areas were technology and trading; however, we were also responsible for all business operations and control recruitment.
- Shanghai office build - During my time in this role, I worked closely with HR to build out the talent acquisition function for our newly opened office in Shanghai.
- Specialist Recruiter - As well as managing the team and building and leading our strategic vision, I was also conducting hands-on recruitment for niche roles, including quant researchers, low-latency engineers, FPGA engineers, and traders.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Optiver
Sydney, NSW
09.2013 - 09.2014
- Technical Recruiter - Hired as the sole technical recruiter focused on hiring specialised engineering talent, including, but not limited to, C++ low-latency software engineers, network engineers, systems engineers, site engineers, infrastructure engineers, and FPGA engineers.
- High-Performer - I hit 100% of targets and maintained a 95% acceptance rate.
- Options Trading - I worked very closely with technology and trading to learn about the business and the skills required to be successful in options trading. I believe it was because of this that I was successful in this role and why I was asked to grow the team and take on the team manager position.
Employer Branding & Talent Attraction AM
Unimail Group
Sydney, NSW
03.2012 - 08.2013
- Employer Branding Strategies - Focused on assisting clients in building out their employer branding strategies for their graduate recruitment campaigns.
- Account Management - I managed 12 clients across banking, trading, engineering, government, and technology firms.
IT Recruiter
Finite IT Recruitment
Sydney, NSW
01.2010 - 03.2012
- IT Recruitment Consultant - focused on headhunting IT talent for my clients in Banking and Financial Services.
- Dual focus - I managed both permanent and contract recruitment.
- High-Performer - Consistently achieved targets and made the 'high-biller' board in my second year.
Education
BBA - Marketing Management
IMM GSM
South Africa11-2006
Skills
- Talent acquisition strategy
- Employer branding
- Team leadership
- Interviewing techniques
- Stakeholder management
- Highly adaptable
Affiliations
- Proud AMBA member and active NSSMBA volunteer. I regularly host 'expectant parents of multiples' sessions, and welcome new members to our association.
Certification
- Certificate in Advanced English - Cranefield College of Project and Programme Management - 2020
- Accredited Saville Wave personality profile assessor - 2021
- Leadership Development Programme - IMC Trading - 2023
Websites
Timeline
APAC Head of Recruitment
IMC Trading
01.2021 - Current
APAC Executive Recruitment Lead
Optiver
10.2019 - 06.2020
Experienced Recruitment Team Lead
Optiver
09.2014 - 10.2019
Lead Technical Recruiter
Optiver
09.2013 - 09.2014
Employer Branding & Talent Attraction AM
Unimail Group
03.2012 - 08.2013
IT Recruiter
Finite IT Recruitment
01.2010 - 03.2012
BBA - Marketing Management
IMM GSM
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