Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Solaris
6 Months Contract
$60-70k
Banking-as-a-Service platform
Posted today
Banking-as-a-Service platform
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$60-70k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a world where financial services seamlessly sync with life.
Role
Who you are
- Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range
- We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team
- 4 - 6 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of closing candidates in competitive markets
- Demonstrated experience recruiting broad technical and banking/fintech roles in the German market, with working knowledge of local talent dynamics, compensation norms, and employment practices
- Proficiency with an applicant tracking system like Greenhouse and other modern sourcing tools
- Business fluent in English; German language skills are a strong plus
- Ability to build trust quickly with senior hiring managers in fast-moving, scalable environments
- Willingness and ability to build technical and business depth quickly enough to run credible intake sessions and screens
- Proven ability to maintain quality under volume pressure and manage multiple complex searches at once
- Genuine interest in the financial services or banking space and an understanding of the critical role recruiting plays in it
- Comfort with ambiguity and with improving or building processes rather than just running an established playbook
- A self-starter who works independently while staying aligned with internal hiring practices and compliance standards
- Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use. We expect you to demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted workflows and a willingness to continuously develop their AI capabilities as the technology evolves
- If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us
What the job involves
- This is a highly autonomous, individual-contributor and a very hands-on role for a 6-month contract, open to being based in either Berlin or Frankfurt
- You will operate as a strategic talent partner for leaders across both technical and non-technical business units, helping them define great talents, build robust pipelines, and secure critical hires
- In our fast-paced and changing environment where priorities can rapidly evolve, you will take full ownership of your search portfolio and drive hiring outcomes from day one
- Own full-cycle recruiting for a diverse portfolio of technical and non technical roles within the German market, managing everything from initial role scoping to final offer acceptance
- Lead comprehensive kick-offs with hiring managers to set a high talent bar, align expectations with market realities, and provide consultative pushback when necessary
- Screen talents with a critical eye, moving beyond surface-level polish to accurately assess a candidate experience against role's requirements
- Proactively hunt and engage both passive and active talent, generating competitive and diverse candidate pools even within highly constrained talent markets
- Champion a structured interviewing framework that thoroughly and fairly evaluates skills while delivering an outstanding, candidate-centric experience
- Partner closely with the Works Council (Betriebsrat) to ensure smooth, compliant processing of all hiring decisions, internal approvals, and employment offers
- Collaborate with people partners to design competitive compensation packages and navigate complex negotiations to successfully close talents
- Monitor and analyze key recruitment metrics (e.g. conversion rates, time-in-stage, offer acceptance, calibration, etc) to proactively manage pipeline health and provide data-backed recommendations to stakeholders
- Contribute to the ongoing process improvement and automation of the recruiting area by refining and documenting recruitment best practices, playbooks, and workflows
Our take
Many obstacles in place prevent companies from offering their own financial services. Complex and high-cost processes mean that companies find it difficult to build their own banking systems or even apply for a banking license. This can stunt development as it reduces a company's growth and expansion options.
Solaris offers a Banking-as-a-Service platform that allows companies to seamlessly integrate financial services within their existing operations, removing traditional hurdles that companies would have to face. The company differs from the competition through the use of an API for optimal integration. It also holds a full German banking license, granting it an efficient position to deal with any red tape and complex processes, taking this strain away from companies.
Through moves such as its acquisition of MER, as well as many other collaborations, Solaris has paved the way for increased operations across Europe to now offer significant market coverage. In the long run, the company aims to be the core banking service across Europe and a foundational platform through which all companies integrate financial services into their ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2025
$157.3m
SERIES G
Mar 2024
$104.5m
SERIES F
Total funding: $736.2m
Company benefits
- Learning & development budget
- Remote working allowance
- Free online yoga
- Referral program
- Mental healthcare service
- Public transport allowance
- Partial lunch reimbursement
- Additional vacation days
- Glasses for laptop work
- Fruits and drinks at the office
- Volunteering days
Company HQ
Wrangelkiez, Berlin, BE
Leadership
Carsten Höltkemeyer
(CEO)Joined Solaris in 2022 as CEO. They are also an Executive Chairman at auxmoney. Previously they were the CFO of Merchant Services at Nets Group. CFO of Concardis Payment Group at Concardis, and a General Manager of Barclaycard Hamburg.
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