The major US and Canadian banks are again the most active recruiters in April along with a number of the super-regional US retail banks, reports Douglas Blakey 

Citi is by far the most active financial services recruiter for the month of April, with 13,421 roles posted, according to the GlobalData jobs analytics tool.

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Chase follows with 6,510 roles posted and Wells Fargo with 5,739.

The major US super-regional retail banks are also active. Citizens posts 2,227 new roles ahead of US Bank, PNC, Truist and Regions, all of whom post over 1,000 new roles.

North American-based financial services firms continue to dominate the jobs analytics stats for new roles, with firms in Canada also active.

In April, Scotiabank posted 3,006 roles ahead of BMO (1,175) and RBC (1.021).

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But the Mexican market is also vibrant for new roles. For example, Banco Nacional de Mexico posts over 6,000 new roles in April.

Santander the most active recruiter in Europe

In Europe, Santander is the most active recruiter with 3,703 new roles. BNP Paribas, KBC, and Société Générale each post over 2,000 new roles.Of the UK-headquartered lenders, HSBC leads the way with 2,610 new roles, ahead of Barclays (1,860) and Standard Chartered (1,810).In other markets, the most active five recruiters in April are HDFC (2,947), ANZ (1,000), MUFJ (842), Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (840) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (610).

Notable job reduction announcements in April include Spanish lender CaixaBank. Caixa is laying off 8,291 employees in one of the biggest downsizing exercise in the country’s history.

The retrenchment will bring down the bank’s workforce by 18.7% to 36,109 from 44,000.

The group also plans to shutter 1,534 branches, or 27% of its branches, in response to the digital shift by customers.

Banking sector jobs snapshot: notable new hires

Mode, the LSE-listed fintech group, has appointed Ryan Moore as the Company’s first Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Meantime, João Del Valle, co-founder of EBANX, is the new CEO of the company.After more than three years as COO, preceded by almost seven as CTO, he takes over the executive leadership of the fintech, which has been led by co-founder Alphonse Voigt for the past nine years, since its founding in Brazil.