Director, Finance and Accounting Permanent Placement (Full Desk) (San Francisco)

Director, Finance and Accounting Permanent Placement (Full Desk)

Welcome to Vaco – an uncommon company with an empowered culture. At Vaco, we welcome talented innovators seeking a collaborative environment where creative freedom rings.

Since 2002, we have expanded to more than 40 locations, and we have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. We are seeking big thinkers to lead us into the future and explore the career of a lifetime.

• Ranked the #1 Best Staffing Firm to Work for in North America by Staffing Industry Analysts (Category: 500+ Employees)
• An Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company in America every year since 2007

A Day in the Life

Our CFO client just called. Her VP of Accounting just gave notice – she’s taking early retirement to open a beach bar. Or maybe she needs an experienced treasury manager with a strong regulatory background. As a Director in our Financial Permanent Placement group , you will work in a multi-faceted role, recruiting top talent to fulfill open client job orders while establishing and developing client relationships with area finance and accounting leadership.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Market services and candidates to fulfill talent needs in accounting, finance, tax, and/or audit.
• Source, screen, interview, and evaluate candidates for client opportunities.
• Consult hiring managers and serve as a client partner through the candidate selection process.
• Foster long-term relationships within the accounting and finance community.
• Develop strategies designed to qualify candidates through various tools or networks.
• Negotiate salary based on position requirements.
• Meet with candidates in person, telephone, or video conference to assess qualifications.
• Manage open job orders from intake to fulfillment.
• Collaborate with teams both in office and throughout the enterprise to fill open positions and cross-sell other lines of business.
• Achieve established sales and performance goals.

‘Best Place to Work’ Perks

• True base salary and uncapped compensation package that surpasses industry standards.
• Annual, FIVE STAR vacations (we call it “Vatopia”) for meeting top tier performance goals.
• World class training where Vaconians learn and exchange ideas.
• Flexible PTO to take time off that fits your needs and supports your well-being .
• Technology packages that include smart phone coverage, up-to-date equipment, and top tier online resources.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k, fertility, pet insurance, life insurance, disability and more!

Desired Competencies and Skills:

• Communication: Speaks in a clear, concise, and confident manner; listens attentively.
• Emotional Intelligence: Maintains a high level of self-awareness and the ability to appropriately identify, manage, and respond to the emotions of self and others; able to read others.
• Written Communication: Develops written communication that is clear, concise, grammatical, and engaging.
• Adaptability: Responds to changes, delays, or unexpected events in a positive manner; adapts working style to best fit a given situation.
• Leadership: Self-directed with an innate drive to succeed; accepts feedback with a desire for continuous improvement.
• Relationship Building: Builds, develops, and maintains strong relationships with others while building trust and connection.
• Social Intelligence: Able to understand and manage interpersonal relationships.
• Diligence: Able to effectively search for, organize, and evaluate information.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in audit, tax, and/or public accounting highly preferred.
• Experience in a staffing, recruiting, or consulting role highly preferred.
• CPA, CFA, MBA or other professional designation a plus.

Technical Skills:

• Must have working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Experience with Bullhorn preferred.

Basic Skills:

• Able to work with a sense of urgency and meet tight deadlines; Organized, detailed, and results driven.

Travel :

<10% -Occasional travel to annual conference or client sites

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. An applicant may also be eligible to participate in certain incentive compensation programs based on achieving certain performance targets set forth each year and subject to the incentive compensation plan’s terms and conditions. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Salary Range for this role:

$55,000 - $165,000 USD

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