Kajal Kapadia

Recruiter

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India13 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

12+ years of IT recruitment expertise in BFSI sector.
Proven track record in managing recruitment teams effectively.
Data-driven approach leading to reduced time-to-fill.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT recruitment expert specializing in the Investment Banking and Financial Services sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

It RecruitmentTalent AcquisitionEnd-to-end RecruitmentClient Management

Other Skills

RecruitmentVendor ManagementCandidate AssessmentNegotiation SkillsMarket MappingTalent IntelligenceAdvanced SourcingTechnology Skill AssessmentBoolean Logic & OperatorsClient CommunicationHeadhuntingSalary NegotiationRecruitment MISRecruitment Process OutsourcingFull Cycle Recruitment

About

• 12+ years of end-to-end IT recruitment experience, largely within the Investment Banking & Financial Services domain. • Specialized in hiring for IT roles supporting Trading, Risk, Compliance, Payments, Treasury, Data, and Digital platforms across product and services organizations. • Strong capability in market mapping, talent intelligence, advanced sourcing, and technology skill assessment aligned to banking systems. • Proven experience managing business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery heads, ensuring alignment with hiring plans and SLAs. • Expertise in vendor management, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, BGV, onboarding, and recruitment events. • Hands-on leader with experience building, mentoring, and managing recruitment teams to deliver against aggressive timelines. • Data-driven professional skilled in recruitment metrics, MIS reporting, forecasting, and process improvements, resulting in reduced time-to-fill. • Self-motivated, adaptable, and results-oriented with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Optimum solutions (s) pte ltd, singapore

Delivery Lead-Talent Acquisition / IT Recruitment-Investment Banking & Financial Services domain

Mar 2013 – Nov 2025 · 12 yrs 8 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Remote

Responsibilities:
12+ years of end-to-end IT recruitment experience, largely within the Investment Banking & Financial Services domain.
Specialized in hiring for IT roles supporting Trading, Risk, Compliance, Payments, Treasury, Data, and Digital platforms across product and services organizations.
Strong capability in market mapping, talent intelligence, advanced sourcing, and technology skill assessment aligned to banking systems.
Proven experience managing business stakeholders, technology leaders, and delivery heads, ensuring alignment with hiring plans and SLAs.
Expertise in vendor management, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, BGV, onboarding, and recruitment events.
Hands-on leader with experience building, mentoring, and managing recruitment teams to deliver against aggressive timelines.
Data-driven professional skilled in recruitment metrics, MIS reporting, forecasting, and process improvements, resulting in reduced time-to-fill.
Self-motivated, adaptable, and results-oriented with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

RecruitmentVendor ManagementCandidate AssessmentNegotiation SkillsMarket MappingTalent Intelligence+4

Ims people

Recruitment Consultant

Oct 2011 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

Managed end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for Gulf region clients across IT and professional roles.
Sourced candidates using job portals, referrals, Boolean search, headhunting, and social networking platforms.
Partnered with hiring managers to understand role requirements, timelines, and delivery expectations.
Screened, evaluated, and shortlisted candidates aligned to technical and functional requirements.
Engaged passive candidates and converted them into active prospects.
Handled salary negotiations in line with market benchmarks and company standards.
Maintained accurate recruitment MIS including offers, joins, drops, and pipeline data on weekly/monthly/quarterly basis.

RecruitmentBoolean Logic & OperatorsClient CommunicationHeadhuntingSalary NegotiationRecruitment MIS+2