Mei Chen, Cheah

(Portfolio of coverage include the Global Transaction Banking Department, Project Finance Department, Treasury Department, Corporate Governance (AML, Legal & Compliance, Credit Risk Management) and other functions such as Financial Control and the General Administrative team)

• Managing end to end process including client stakeholder management, sourcing, screening candidates and initiating offers to candidates
• Understand business requirements while constantly driving results and achieving high standards of recruitment delivery
• Build relationships with the business stakeholders and provide recruitment advices and market intelligence to the respective hiring teams
• Develop and manage the execution of the sourcing strategies through various recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn, E- financial careers, Jobstreet & Brassring
• Understanding the recruitment delivery process and carrying out activities accordingly to ensure that individual/team KPIs are met

Key Achievements in Mizuho Bank Singapore

• Successfully hired at least 15 senior hires in the Global Transaction Banking Department itself through direct hiring.
• Received consistent positive feedback from hiring managers and candidates across the business with average ratings 4/5 for past 2 years
• Spearheaded initiatives such as external key career fairs in which Mizuho Bank had participated in 2023 and 2024

- Maintaining strong relationship with external stakeholders and partners such as IBF and e-Financials and actively participating in their physical/virtual career fairs

- Participating in Singapore's Top 3 University career fairs which are National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University.

• Leave system administration and compliance for >500 staff headcount
• Heading the benefits and claims administration (staff medical and group insurance, dental, health screening, overtime and other allowances, Government Paid Leaves claims, vouchers for marriage, newborn, condolences)
• Handling of any staff movement in the company which includes staff resignation, staff transfer, renewing of contract
• Managing employee's recognition and rewards project (Service Excellence, Employee of the Month & Year, Ice Cream Day)
• Administering the Annual Performance Appraisal for > 500 staff headcount.

• Responsible for sourcing for university lecturers and support staff
• Oversee recruitment functions within the organization such as prescreening, interviewing, pre-employing assessments/psychology inventories, making job offers and staff onboarding
• Compile Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) and development plan for all level of lecturer and support staff
• Carry out, maintain and improve training and development operations to enhance its effectiveness.

• Manage and process monthly payroll for 300 salaried/hourly employees using Sage EasyPay system
• Manage all areas of employee relations including benefits administration, leave policies and employee discipline cases/counselling
• Involve in online job requisitions, conducted phone interviews with qualified candidates, set-up new hire paperwork
• Providing administrative support to the HR and accounts department.

• Provide a comprehensive counseling and guidance service across the college which supports staff, students and their parents, and promoting their emotional wellbeing and mental health
• Develop and organizes workshops/programs for students and staff on personal development
• Liaises with internal staffs/lecturers/external organizations for follow up on counseling cases, where it is appropriate
• Recruiting and training student volunteers for the university's Student Counselor Voluntary Team (SVT) to promote the counseling culture in the university college
• Develop and implement the Student Mentor-Mentee program as a measure to benefit academically weak students in the university college
• Conducting student orientation and facilitating newcomers joining formalities
• Provide assistance to students in establishing their career goals, reviewing their resume for job application submission and coordinating interview arrangement between companies and graduating students.