Recruiter

Recruiter
Company: Buhay Platforms Inc. (Fintech)
Location: BGC — Hybrid (4 days onsite)
Job Type: Full-time
Reports to: HR Head

About Buhay Platforms Inc.

Buhay is a premier financial capital advisory engine and fintech marketplace connecting Philippine SMEs to over 30 SEC-licensed lenders. We're a fast-scaling startup on a mission to help Filipino SMEs grow into ₱1 Billion powerhouses.

The Role

We're looking for a proven closer — someone who already knows how to find great people and convince them to join something they didn't apply for. This isn't a role where you'll learn to recruit; you'll bring that skill with you on day one.

But we're not just looking for someone who can fill an assigned mandate well. We want someone with genuine taste for interesting people — someone who, left to their own instincts, goes and finds candidates other companies aren't smart enough to have found yet, and who gets a thrill out of convincing someone excellent to bet on us instead of the safer, better-paying option. If your version of a great hire is "checked every box on the spec," this probably isn't your role. If it's "I found someone genuinely impressive and I made them want this," it might be.

What we're offering in return is scope. If you've been closing great hires without the title or platform to match — maybe you've been doing this inside an agency, a smaller team, or a role that didn't give you the mandate to run it solo — this is where you get that mandate. You'll partner directly with our HR Director, with real mentorship and a fast path to owning the recruiting function outright as you prove yourself here.

Alongside recruiting, you'll pick up the operational side of HR — onboarding, compliance, employee lifecycle. We'll train you on all of that. What we won't train is the ability to close, or the instinct to know who's actually worth closing. If either of those isn't already true of you, this isn't the right role.

You'll also be involved in Employee Relations — disciplinary cases, difficult conversations, and yes, sometimes firing people. We don't expect you to walk in already hardened to this. What we do need is someone willing to grow into it — someone who won't avoid a hard conversation just because it's uncomfortable, and who's open to building that muscle with real coaching and support from our HR Director.

This also isn't for someone chasing the next pay bump. It's for someone who gets energized by convincing a great candidate to bet on an unproven story, and who wants ownership over a function they'll help define.

Key Responsibilities

• Talent Acquisition & Closing (primary focus): Partner with the HR Director to recruit for growth, sales, and core operational roles, with growing ownership of the function as you build track record here. Proactively identify and pursue candidates who aren't necessarily looking — not just fill roles as they're assigned. Source passive candidates, pitch Buhay's vision, handle objections with poise, and close.
• HR Operations & Lifecycle (we'll train you): Support onboarding, offboarding, contract management, 201 file maintenance, and HRIS administration.
• Payroll & Benefits Coordination: Prepare payroll inputs (attendance, leaves, lates, commissions) for Finance and administer mandatory statutory benefits (SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, BIR).
• Compliance & Employee Relations: Support Incident Reports (IRs), Notices to Explain (NTEs), disciplinary processes, and — when it comes to it — terminations, in line with Philippine labor law and DOLE due process. You'll be coached on how to do this well; what matters is your willingness to lean into it rather than avoid it.
• Policy & Culture Execution: Help establish SOPs, support performance evaluations, and contribute to a high-ownership culture focused on real outcomes.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of closing senior, passive, or hard-to-fill candidates — through executive search, agency recruiting, enterprise/BD sales, or growth hiring. This is the one thing we won't compromise on, regardless of your current title.
• A genuine eye for talent beyond the job spec — you notice who's interesting, not just who's qualified, and you've gone after people proactively rather than only working assigned reqs.
• Willingness to grow into handling difficult employee conversations and disciplinary matters — you don't need this experience on day one, but you can't be someone who shuts down or avoids conflict when it's needed.
• Polished, confident communicator — comfortable pitching to founders, C-level candidates, or senior leadership.
• Genuinely energized by ambiguity and building something from scratch, not just executing a defined process.
• HR operations knowledge (contracts, compliance, HRIS) is a plus, not a requirement — we'll build this with you.
• Based in Metro Manila, available for a hybrid schedule in BGC.

What We Offer

• A market-competitive salary — if you're optimizing purely for total comp, this probably isn't the highest bid you'll get, and that's okay to know upfront.
• Direct mentorship from our HR Director and a real, fast path to owning the recruiting function.
• A flat, high-ownership environment where impact — not tenure, not title — is what gets rewarded.

Pay: Php40,000.00 - Php60,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person