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Zibol PTY LTD is seeking a recruitment-support professional to drive lead generation and candidate sourcing for accounting and finance clients. You will engage with decision-makers, schedule discovery meetings, and build qualified pipelines. The role rewards independence and KPI-driven performance.
Ideal candidates have 2+ years in recruitment, outbound experience, and solid CRM/ATS proficiency. A remote work setup with reliable internet is expected, and prior Australian or NZ agency exposure is
Zibol helps Australian recruitment agencies scale with pre-trained offshore talent. Our founders bring 40+ years of combined recruitment experience and have each built their own agencies, so we know what a modern recruitment desk actually needs.
Most VA companies place generalists who need months of hand-holding. We do it differently: every Zibol VA is recruitment-trained, KPI-managed and supported by our operations team from day one, so our clients' billings grow instead of stalling.
You will be the engine behind an accounting and finance recruitment desk: finding the right firms, starting conversations with decision-makers and booking qualified meetings for your recruiter. This is a Level 2 role, so you are expected to work independently, own a daily outreach KPI and speak the language of the accounting market.
Your targets are small-to-medium public practice firms, wealth management and financial planning businesses, and mortgage brokers. Your candidate pools range from accountants and senior accountants to tax, SMSF, paraplanning and client services specialists.
Business development and lead generation
Build and maintain target lists of SME accounting firms, wealth management practices and mortgage brokers, excluding large corporates, government and competitor agencies
Run structured LinkedIn and email outreach sequences to partners, practice managers, directors and finance leaders
Qualify interest and book discovery meetings into the recruiter's calendar
Track market signals (job ads, growth, new partners, office openings) and turn them into outreach opportunities
Candidate sourcing and market mapping
Source and headhunt accounting and finance talent on LinkedIn, SEEK and job boards
Map talent pools by specialisation: public practice, tax, SMSF, audit, corporate accounting, financial planning and paraplanning
Conduct initial screening calls and prepare concise candidate summaries for the recruiter
CRM and database management
Code candidates and clients accurately in the CRM using the client's categorisation structure
Log every touchpoint, keep pipeline stages current and flag follow-ups
Create new lists or categories where the existing structure doesn't fit, and document the change
Reporting and communication
Submit daily and weekly activity reports against KPIs
Escalate blockers or unclear instructions early to the recruiter and Zibol Operations
Join team huddles and the weekly Zibol masterclass
Must have
2+ years in recruitment, with at least 1 year recruiting or doing business development in accounting and finance
Working knowledge of the accounting market: public practice vs corporate, tax, audit, SMSF, bookkeeping, financial planning and paraplanning roles
Proven outbound experience: LinkedIn sourcing, cold messaging and booking meetings against a KPI
Hands-on use of at least one recruitment CRM or ATS
Excellent written and spoken English, confident speaking with business owners and partners
Self-managed, organised and comfortable reporting against daily numbers
Reliable home office setup and internet connection, with a backup
Nice to have
Experience supporting Australian or New Zealand recruitment agencies
Familiarity with Australian accounting terms and qualifications (CA ANZ, CPA, SMSF, registered tax agent)
LinkedIn Recruiter or Sales Navigator experience
Comfort using AI tools to research, personalise and speed up outreach
Background in accounting, finance or business studies
Recruitment CRMs/ATS: JobAdder, Loxo, Bullhorn or similar
Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
Slack, Zoom or Teams for daily communication
Claude and other AI tools, used within Zibol's training guidelines
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