Executive Finance and Accounting Recruiter (Full Desk)

Vaco; Montreal; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + uncapped commissions

Team performance bonuses

Flexible PTO

Tech support

Health benefits

Parental leave

Professional development

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an Executive Recruiter specializing in accounting and finance interim solutions. You will own your market, lead a high-performing team, and grow client relationships while coaching recruiters to deliver top-tier professionals.

You'll develop and execute a focused account strategy, expand existing relationships, and collaborate across offices to drive revenue, profitability, and client satisfaction in Canada.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in accounting/finance staffing or solutions-sales.
• Proven ability to develop new business and hit gross-margin goals.
• Experience coaching or leading sales staff.
• Established relationships within the local accounting/finance community.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow relationships with accounting and finance leaders (CFOs, Controllers, CAOs).
• Generate new business through strategic prospecting, networking, referrals, and in-person meetings.
• Sell accounting/finance interim staffing, project, and consulting solutions.
• Identify client needs, secure new job orders, and manage opportunities end-to-end.
• Lead, coach, and support team members in developing client relationships and pipelines.
• Monitor activity and pipeline health to improve execution.
• Collaborate with experienced recruiters to ensure quality client service.

Skills

Staffing sales

Relationship building

Team leadership

Prospecting

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ATS/CRM

Job description

Executive Recruiter, Accounting and Finance Interim Solutions

Build Your Business and Lead a High-Performing Team

You already know how to open doors, build relationships, and bring a consultative approach to solving client challenges. At Vaco by Highspring, you will continue to grow your own accounting and finance interim solutions business while leading, coaching, and supporting a team responsible for expanding client relationships and delivering highly qualified accounting and finance professionals.

This is an opportunity for an established accounting and finance staffing, consulting, or solutions-sales professional who wants to combine individual success with hands-on team leadership. You will have the autonomy to own your market, the platform to broaden your impact, and the opportunity to shape, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.

Who We Are

At Vaco by Highspring, we help clients solve business and workforce challenges through the right combination of talent, project support, consulting, and professional services.

• Inc. 5000: List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies - 17 years in a row
• Forbes: America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms - 6 years in a row
• SIA: Best Staffing Firms to Work For - 6 years in a row

What You'll Do

• Develop and grow relationships with accounting and finance leaders, including CFOs, Controllers, CAOs, and other senior decision-makers.
• Generate new business through strategic prospecting, networking, referrals, social media, market intelligence, and in-person meetings.
• Sell accounting and finance interim staffing, project, and consulting solutions within your local market.
• Identify client needs, secure new job orders and engagements, and manage opportunities from intake through successful fulfillment.
• Lead, coach, and support team members in developing client relationships, building pipelines, attracting accounting and finance talent, and achieving individual and team performance objectives.
• Establish clear expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and help team members strengthen business development and recruiting skills.
• Monitor team activity, pipeline health, and results to identify priorities, remove barriers, and improve execution.
• Partner closely with experienced recruiters to deliver high-quality accounting and finance professionals and ensure strong client service.
• Develop and maintain a focused target-account strategy for your own portfolio while helping the team establish effective market and account plans.
• Expand existing relationships by introducing additional Vaco and Highspring capabilities where appropriate.
• Collaborate across offices, practices, and markets to pursue opportunities, share best practices, and serve clients.
• Maintain accurate client, pipeline, and activity information in our ATS and CRM system while reinforcing consistent team usage.
• Achieve individual activity, revenue, and gross-margin objectives while driving progress toward team goals.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

• A true base salary with an uncapped commission structure and unlimited earning potential.
• Eligibility for team performance bonuses based on team results.
• The opportunity to maintain an active book of business while developing and leading a team.
• An experienced recruiting team that supports client delivery and revenue growth.
• Opportunities to cross-sell across national practices and complementary service offerings.
• An established brand combined with the autonomy to own and shape your market.
• Recognition programs, including a five-star vacation for top performers.
• Training, professional development, and transparent career-growth opportunities.
• Flexible PTO, technology support, and comprehensive benefits that include 401(k), health insurance, fertility assistance, maternity and paternity leave, and more.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of successful accounting and finance staffing, consulting, or solutions-sales experience. Relevant accounting, consulting, or financial services experience may be considered.
• A demonstrated track record of developing new business and achieving sales or gross-margin goals is highly preferred.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or leading sales or staffing professionals.
• The ability to balance personal production with team leadership, performance management, and market development.
• Established relationships within the local accounting and finance community.
• Strong prospecting, negotiation, presentation, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to set direction, create accountability, and motivate a team toward shared goals.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Travel

Occasional local client travel and attendance at company events.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring 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, Highspring 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 to be between the range below. The individual may also be eligible for a variety of bonus and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.

Base Compensation Range: $70,000 CAD - $80,000 CAD

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
• Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
• Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
• Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
• Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.

Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.