The Direct Hire / Executive Recruiter role for AcctPositions, the Accounting & Finance Division of the TemPosition Group of Companies, is responsible for proactively sourcing and recruiting top-tier Accounting & Finance Professionals, new business development and building strong relationships with existing client companies. Duties include interviewing, networking and interfacing with C-level clients and other hiring authorities to market and place top-tier candidates into direct-hire positions. We are building something special here and want only “A Players” to be a part of our future. If you are an “A Player and want to be a part of a winning team with a very aggressive compensation plan, we would love to know more about you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Recruiting Top Talent

• Networking and sourcing to identify and recruit the top talent in the marketplace
• Interviewing top-tier professionals.
• Conducting in-person interviews, recruiting and placing top-tier professionals in direct hire positions
• Interviewing and successfully matching candidates to the clients
• Creating candidate profiles
• Creating company profiles and conducting pre-selling of staffing solutions
• Providing management and career counseling to prospective and current assignment and direct hire candidates
• Obtaining and using feedback to enhance customer relationships, continuously improving the quality of service, and increasing profitability.

KEY SUCCESS INDICATORS:

Recruiting Focus

• Understanding TemPositions/AcctPositions and our points of difference
• Recruiting plan execution and candidate flow activity
• Behavioral Interviewing skills
• Ability to conduct effective behavioral reference checks
• Ability to effectively evaluate, match, brief and debrief
• Candidate re-contact program participation
• Taking thorough permanent job orders
• Telephone marketing skills
• Sourcing, prospecting and daily call planning
• Customer service and quality program execution
• Time management and organization skills
• Meeting minimum production activity requirements / KPI stats
• Understanding line of business terminology (Accounting & Finance)
• Local competitor knowledge

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:

Service Orientation

• Consistently meets the expectations and needs of internal and external customers.
• Delivers quality services to clients/candidates/peers.
• Provides timely, responsive follow-up, ensures that all are treated in a fair and respectful manner, talks and acts with customers in mind.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers/peers.

Team Participation and Collaboration

• Works well and cooperatively with others.
• Develops and maintains appropriate relationships with others in the branch and throughout the organization.
• Understands how his/her position relates to other positions in the company and contributes to company’s overall effectiveness.
• Balances the team’s objectives with own.

Technical/Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates Finance industry knowledge or functional expertise within the Accounting & Finance industry
• Demonstrates the skills and knowledge to fulfill responsibilities of the position.
• Applies his/her skills to maintain a high level of productivity is accurate and thorough in delivering quality work, pays attention to all relevant details.
• Picks up on new technical and procedural knowledge quickly, applies new learning to become more effective at work, works to continuously improve him/herself.
• Applies business knowledge through effective business transactions.
• Actively works to improve him/herself.

Effective Communication

• Communicates oral and written information accurately, concisely in a form appropriate for the target audience.
• Provides information others need to know to do their jobs.
• Proactively informs manager of need-to-know information and situations.
• Listens to others and responds professionally with timely and accurate information.
• Builds rapport with others.

Drive For Results

• Challenging, pushing the organization and themselves to excel and achieve results.
• Delivers results

SKILLS, EDUCATION &/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience highly recommended.
• 2 to 5 years recruitment experience
• Staffing industry experience is preferred but not essential, however proven record of success hiring Accounting & Finance professionals is required
• Ability to build high-level relationships with professionals up to C-level client contacts
• Self-motivated and possess a sense of urgency to achieve outcomes and exceed expectations
• Strong desire to succeed, results-oriented
• Professional appearance, demeanor and approach to work
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills and phone etiquette
• Works well in a fast-paced dynamic atmosphere
• Energetic and enthusiastic personality and fearless attitude.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Strong time management skills with ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
• Proactive, resourceful and creative
• Ability to succeed in a competitive environment
• Be proficient in handling difficult client negotiations with professionalism and respect
• Team-oriented mentality.
• Strong computer proficiency. MS Office Suite. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.