BOBBY RICHARDSON
Dallas / Fort Worth
Summary
Professional leader with executive experience ready to drive impactful change. Proven ability to implement strategic initiatives and enhance operational performance. Valued for collaborative team leadership and adaptability to evolving business needs. Trusted advisor with deep experience across corporate and agency recruiting. Proven success supporting complex, highly regulated environments including Risk, Finance, Capital Markets, and Technology. Known for delivering exceptional candidate experiences, influencing senior stakeholders, and closing critical hires. Adept at full-cycle recruitment, workforce planning, offer negotiation, and building diverse, high-performing teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
VP, Recruiting Lead – Global Functions
Citigroup N.A. (NYSE: C)
01.2021 - 2026
- Directed full-cycle recruitment efforts for global risk management across U.S. and Canada, ensuring alignment with financial and non-financial data analytics, model risk, cyber/technology, enterprise, and CAO functions.
- Spearheaded recruitment initiatives to successfully hire over 500 full-time employees, addressing both critical consent order transformation and ongoing business operations.
- Facilitated partnerships with senior leaders and HR stakeholders to develop and deliver recruitment strategies tailored to business needs.
- Coordinated recruitment activities for 25–35 concurrent requisitions, aligning talent acquisition strategies with leadership needs.
- Analyzed market conditions and provided insights to hiring leaders for effective candidate evaluation.
- Executed comprehensive sourcing and diversity initiatives to enhance talent acquisition through LinkedIn, Eightfold AI, and strategic partnerships.
- Collaborated with compensation team to recommend and negotiate competitive offers, including sign-on bonuses, buyouts, relocation packages, and year-end awards.
- Reviewed and validated hiring processes to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
- Enhanced stakeholder engagement by facilitating effective communication channels, improving feedback and approval timelines.
- Guided and mentored new recruiters, fostering formal and informal leadership to enhance team development.
- Achieved streamlined recruitment processes by leveraging Workday and Eightfold AI. Enhanced candidate sourcing through effective use of AI tools. Improved team collaboration and project management via MS Teams and MS Office.
Talent Acquisition Advisor – Corporate Team
OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF)
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Executed full-cycle recruiting for corporate functions, encompassing accounting, finance, capital markets, treasury, investor relations, audit, SOX compliance, data analytics, marketing, and executive office roles.
- Facilitated recruitment efforts across eight markets nationwide, managing 25–30 open requisitions simultaneously.
- Managed end-to-end recruitment processes, resulting in the successful hiring of more than 350 full-time employees, including staff and executive roles.
- Oversaw recruitment processes to support relocation of corporate accounting functions from Evansville, IN to Irving, TX.
- Collaborated with HR Business Partners, executive leadership, hiring managers, and university recruiting teams to enhance talent acquisition strategies.
- Negotiated fee structures to optimize cost efficiency and managed vendor relationships to ensure seamless operations.
- Assisted in updating Workday user guides. Supported process improvement initiatives within the team.
- Orchestrated new hire orientation, including I-9 verification and system access procedures.
- Spearheaded creation and launch of quarterly recognition program as founding member of TA Engagement Committee.
- Delivered superior candidate experiences, consistently aligning with and exceeding service-level performance standards.
- Achieved streamlined HR processes through effective use of Workday and UltiPro platforms. Enhanced compliance and risk management with Archer and HireRight tools. Improved team collaboration and communication via Cisco video technology and proficient MS Office usage.
Executive Recruiter – DFW Market
J2T Recruiting Consultants
01.2007 - 01.2016
- Spearheaded accounting and finance recruitment initiatives, collaborating with clients to assemble high-performing teams.
- Achieved top performance recognition in DFW market from 2008 to 2012 and 2014 to 2015.
- Led and mentored a team of 2–4 recruiters to optimize recruitment strategies.
- Drove new business development initiatives, enhancing account management and client retention strategies.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive recruitment initiatives focused on financial and operational accounting, audit, SEC reporting, tax, and FP&A functions.
- Facilitated quarterly and annual performance review processes to enhance employee development.
- Executed strategic planning initiatives, establishing clear goals and objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Communications
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TXSkills
- Team leadership
- Relationship building
- Decision-making
- Critical thinking
- Coaching and mentoring
- Client relationship building
- Contract negotiation
- Performance metrics analysis
- Recruiting and hiring
- Influencing and negotiating
Special Interests
Competitive golf, fly fishing, drums, coaching, Habitat for Humanity, Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni
Timeline
VP, Recruiting Lead – Global Functions
Citigroup N.A. (NYSE: C)
01.2021 - 2026
Talent Acquisition Advisor – Corporate Team
OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF)
01.2016 - 01.2020
Executive Recruiter – DFW Market
J2T Recruiting Consultants
01.2007 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Arts (BA) - Communications
University of Texas At Arlington