iKas International Client Marketing

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Expertise and market knowledge enable us to add ongoing valued solutions

Exceptional consultants for Exceptional partnerships

Market specialists across multiple Financial Service disciplines

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A decade of listening and understanding and providing

the best calibre of talent

Our experience and company values ensure we are aligned

to the needs of our clients and candidates



Our experience allows us to Advise and Guide you in how to manage your talent


About Us


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Working with iKas International

iKas International is a market leading Financial Services recruitment consultancy. Established over a decade ago, the brand is truly focused on delivering and developing exceptional talent. Our consistent and reputable performance since inception has seen the business grow into a global partner operating out of London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and New York.

Partnerships

A key driver of our success has been the continued desire to grow and become better, long-standing partners with both clients and candidates. Our brand is built on strong values of integrity, collaboration, excellence, passion and innovation. We always go above and beyond for any of our partners.

Multi Discipline

We have experienced phenomenal growth supporting a wealth of Financial Services clients, including Investment Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Consultancies, Software Houses, Retail Banks and Insurers. To ensure we deliver effectively to all of our partners, our brands’ core operational focus is within Technology, Risk & Control, and Business Change & Transformation.

Award Winning

Recently voted 13th fastest growing International business in the Sunday Times Fast Track 2014 list we are truly in a position to provide continued and evolving best in class partnerships. We are fully committed to our growth strategy and will continue to develop partnerships with our clients and candidates throughout our regions and sub markets. Globally iKas International has been accredited a number of times for their success.


Placing people in Leading Financial Service Organisations



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Talent Identification• Market specialists who add value through knowledge and understanding

• Leaving no stone unturned in our search for the most outstanding passive or active candidates

• Full candidate acquisition cycle

• Exclusivity across candidate portfolio

• Access to an unrivalled Global network of candidates

Valuing Partnerships• Creating long term partnerships for the benefit of both our clients and candidates

• Relationships built around honesty and integrity

• Advisory service and Progress Reports

• Service driven long term recruitment strategy – 96% of clients have used us again

Innovative Solutions• Combining talent identification and valuing partnerships enables us to

consistently deliver to your recruitment needs

• Complete Global recruitment partnerships

• Onsite Support – Client and Candidate

• Excellent Pre & Post Placement Support

• Diversity strategies - partnering with our clients to deliver a diverse workforce

• Leadership recruitment - a valuable, more cost effective solution between Contingency and Search.


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Detailed phonecall/Meeting

Progress Reporting

Detailed notes and focus areas

Formatted CV tailored to your needs

Comparison

Flexibility

Valuing our Partnerships

Post Placement Support

Advice & Progress Reports

Market Information

Competitor Comparisons

Making you an employer of choice

Building reputations

Next Level PartnershipCo-ordination of Interviews

Onsite Interview SupportImmediate detailed feedback

Understanding of wider marketInitial reference points

Test Results

True Value Partnership

Manage Urgency

Assist and actively

manage offer process

Detailed Screening

Post Placement communication

Building reputations



Our International Partnership

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iKas International is focused on delivering market leading partnerships to both clients and candidates. We have spent over a decade recruiting into many leading Financial Services companies ranging from large top tier banks to smaller hedge funds.

Our record of client retention is excellent and whether you are looking to hire one candidate or one hundred, our standards will never differ. We have always created valuable partnerships and pride ourselves on the services we provide.

Our global presence and expertise enables us to consistently evolve our processes to suit a changing market. We want to proactively drive evolution and this comes from understanding our clients’ needs and identifying how we can best add value.

With a wealth of experience recruiting into many of the worlds leading financial companies who strive for excellence themselves. We are proud to say that the majority of our business comes from recommendations and repeat business.

We are always committed to going the extra mile, not just for our clients, but our candidates too. Our commitment goes beyond the recruitment process, partnering our clients as they evolve and offering specialist advice at every stage.

By identifying the best talent, valuing partnerships and providing innovative solutions, our clients understand the need for a truly collaborative approach.


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CRM - Existing & New

Internal Recommendations

Internal Referrals

Repeat

Passive Candidates

Code Search

Identification

Technical Fit

Organisational Fit

Proven track record of success

Understanding motivations

Candidate understands client needs

Can quantify & qualify client requirements

External IdentificationJob BoardsNetworking

Online BannersLinkedIn Headhunting

External RecommendationsExternal Referrals

True Value Partnership

Manage urgency in partnership

Assist and actively

manage the offer process

Supportive onboarding

Detailed screening

Post placement communication



Candidate Attraction


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Our industry is extremely competitive and we work hard to ensure we evolve and are at the forefront of talent attraction. A decade of providing specialist skills has enabled us to consistently improve our development process to suit market requirements.

Our range of strategies include –

• Providing the specialist skills has enabled us to consistently develop our process to suit market requirements and constantly improve our speed of delivery.

• Market Leading Talent Network – attracting both active and passive candidates whilst actively marketing relevant vacancies.

• A successful track record in our sector, means many of our clients and candidates refer and recommend candidates to us.

• Social Media is central to candidate movement and is critical to identifying and developing tomorrow’s talent. Channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Social Media Groups, Blogs and forums are consistently used to attract talent.

• Our internal database, which we ensure is populated by only pre-screened candidates who are carefully interviewed by our team of specialist recruiters.

• Regularly hosting functions, round table discussions and candidate forums to encourage the leading experts to put themselves forward and enhance their reputation, as well as provide valuable insight into their respective industries.

• Market leading test environments to ensure we understand skill sets and to identify existing and up and coming talent.

• Partnering with all the main global job board advertisers in every location. Whether it be Asia, Europe or the US we are there to ensure your jobs get recognised.


We pride ourselves on building strong, long-term relationships with candidates and clients


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We are attracted to passionate people... And they are attracted to us...· We are you and you are us. Our internal hiring strategy is to hire like-minded people to ensure consistent performance and service.

· We recognise long standing partnerships and solutions we need passionate people

· Track record of going above and beyond – delivering large scale projects ahead of schedule

· Recognised as a market leader in service delivery

Excellence

Passion

Central to everything we do· We take pride in our partnerships - 42 clients have operated with us for over 7 years

· Track record of exceptional performance

· Vertically aligned markets

· Talent identification to all levels of businesses

· A global integrated and recognised delivery model which allows us to be:

· Consistently ranked as a top supplier across multiple locations

· Constantly ranked number 1 for client service

· Partnership focused, conversion focused – not just placement orientated

· Market leading post placement process

· Complete advisory service delivering evolutionary results

· Successful Track Record


A decade of proven and sustained success



Integrity

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True Client Partnership Model We partner internally. We partner externally.

Partnership Management

Aligning our business to our clients in every region enables us to build strong long term partnerships taking into account needs and cultural requirements. Providing consistent points of contact with clients and stakeholders is central to the ethos of our company and has an extremely positive impact on our speed and effectiveness in delivering the best service and talent.

Global footprint, focused client model with world class service

Diversity

We identify our client’s diversity needs and objectives and are recognised as a leading diversity focused organisations advising to multiple clients globally on needs and regulations.

We keep our promises

· We are honest and value transparency

· If we can help we will, if we cannot we will advise and point you in the right direction

· We have built a company over a decade, and have grown to over 100 consultants focused on keeping promises

· 93% of clients have used us again in the last 24 months

· History and track record of advising core projects for large and medium

size companies

Collaboration


Partnership Management has always been central to our success and it is this core skill that has led to us being able to identify and secure high quality permanent and contract professionals for leading financial services clients around the world.

Our aim is to provide solutions across multiple disciplines whilst ensuring absolute consistency and focus on independent areas of expertise. In summary our growth and service never compromises our expertise.

Our Business, Your Need

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Leveraging our extensive candidate network, enables a prompt and efficient response to your needs. We have earned a reputation for providing innovative resourcing solutions to fill critical organisational skills-gaps, often within tight timescales.

Technology

Focused on mid-to-senior level IT and business technologists, our experienced consultants are subject-matter experts who identify the highest calibre candidates for our clients, ensuring that both technical skills and cultural fit are aligned.

We also aim to deliver interesting and career enhancing opportunities for our candidates, whether in niche technologies or working on complex international programmes.

Control

The emphasis on regulatory compliance and reform has never been greater. With firms investing heavily in their compliance departments we understand the need to partner closely with them to ensure we provide the most suitable solution.

With candidates having a variety of backgrounds from legal, auditing, accountancy, or project management we maintain an extensive network to match the experience and technical ability for each requirement.

We place compliance professionals in all areas across Financial Services including Insurance, Investment Management, Investment Banking, the Regulator, Retail, and Professional Services.

Business Change & Transformation space

We offer unrivalled access to highly experienced, specialist change and project management professionals. Our consultants can quickly identify business transformation and project delivery specialists required to deliver initiatives across operational excellence, organisational design, HR / Finance Transformation and business process re-engineering.

Our Business, Your Need



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Banking

The Banking and Financial Services space is where iKas International has not only built up enviable portfolios of both clients and candidates it is also the space we have operated within for over a decade.

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• Investment Banks • Retail Banks • Private Banks • Commercial / Wholesale Banks

• Our client base is focused and our ability to partner is key to our ability to build and retain the world’s leading banking clients.

Insurance

As a key recruitment partner to many leading Insurance organisations we have over a decade of proven and sustained success which has been achieved through the medium of partnership management and understanding niche and required skill levels. We have recognised, like the Banking markets have, the Insurance industries evolution has meant focused and partnered solutions.

Our partnerships include –

• Re-Insurers • General Insurance • Life Insurance • Pensions • Managing Agencies

Asset Management

Like other Financial Service companies partnerships are critical within a market such as Asset Management. This is why we have a dedicated division in every office to deal with and focus on this growing area.

Focused expertise includes –

• Technology • Finance • Front & Middle Office

Hedge Funds

We provide a consultative service based on our knowledge of the hedge fund industry. It is this approach that underpins the strength of our partnerships and why our partners return to us time and time again.

We deliver across all functions, offering market insight and access to the industry’s best and brightest talent.

Consultancies

Working with consultancies of all sizes we work with our clients to develop bespoke recruitment solutions, tailored to meet their individual challenges.

Our areas of expertise include:

· Professional services · Change management · Technology · Corporate governance



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