Nikki Johns

Accomplished Talent Acquisition Specialist with 15 years experience building scalable new ventures, healthcare consulting practices, and technology offerings. Skilled at managing and growing top-performing talent while navigating direct and indirect reporting structures in national and global functions. Adept at managing work streams and business units, overseeing deliverables, and translating scope, design, and outcomes to executive leaders.

• Two Bear Capital, Whitefish, Montana
• FTI Consulting, Chicago, Illinois, 2020 - 2021, SENIOR DIRECTOR, CROSS SEGMENT AMERICAS LEADER, Direct oversight and leadership of 32 Talent Acquisition employees ranging from Senior Managers, Recruiters and Recruiting Associates., Relaunch and partnership with the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging team., Partnership and collaboration with our Asia-Pacific and EMEA leadership team., Direct reporting structure into the executive committee.
• PwC, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2011 - 2019, TALENT EXCHANGE DELIVERY LEAD (2017 - 2019), Stabilized and increased engagement usage of a newly launched proprietary platform., Streamlined and stabilized processes and workflows, including overhauling the existing model to fit the firms urgent and rapidly changing business demands., Established industry and competency expertise by creating recruiting and sourcing alignment while growing a complex structure encompassing alignment and recruitment delivery., Expanded firm education and awareness across the platform., Integrated and increased quality output in relation to a growing gig economy., Launched demand management planning and pod-style teaming by collaborating and teaming to deliver critical, niche resources specific to various engagements.
• PwC, Chicago, Illinois, 2011 - 2019, STRATEGY CONSULTING GLOBAL TALENT LEAD (2017), Aligned the focus by rethinking how the team goes to campus and where to be successful without sacrificing goals and quality., Revitalized and transitioned the newly acquired Booz & Company service offering post-merger., Streamlined recruiting strategies across executive, campus, and experienced national and global teams., Reduced the fiscal year budget by 30% by narrowing schools in a targeted approach by boosting the acceptance rate to 9% at the intern level and 12% at the MBA level.
• PwC, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 - 2019, HEALTH INDUSTRIES ADVISORY RECRUITING SENIOR MANAGER (2011 - 2017), Assumed the role of an individual talent strategist and delivery recruiter at the ground floor of a now multibillion-dollar company., Recruited talent for newly formed National Advisory Google Cloud Solutions and Amazon/AWS Practices., Created and executed recruitment capacity planning to align with ambitious client service delivery targets., Formed Google Solutions, Salesforce, Amazon, and other National Advisory incubator offerings.
• KPMG / Zanett Commercial Solutions, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007 - 2011, TALENT ACQUISITION AND VENDOR MANAGEMENT (2009 - 2011), Improved vendor relationships with third party staffing firms, onboarding, documentation, and orientation., Built relationships with vendors, addressed issues and concerns, maintained relationships with contractor resources.
• KPMG / Zanett Commercial Solutions, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007 - 2011, SENIOR IT RECRUITER AND TEAM LEAD (2008 - 2009), Introduced demand management tools and worked toward continuous process improvement., Grew the PeopleSoft headcount, expanded the general technology practice, executive, and Oracle practice recruitment.
• KPMG / Zanett Commercial Solutions, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007 - 2011, TECHNICAL RECRUITER (2007 - 2008), Promoted three times in a period of 12 months.
• Kforce Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Executive Recruiting Technology Manager, Captured a growing market demand for direct, permanent placement candidates., Developed solutions in conjunction with the contract placement team, delivery and retention, client management, and process for additional growth., Contributed to a pilot established as a full-service offering, team expansion with high expectations in retention rates and submittal-to-placement ratio and team oversight., Set priorities with recruiting colleagues, set goals daily, and developed new and existing accounts.