Accounting and Finance Agency Business Development Manager

Vaco; Shelton (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Associate to enhance their recruitment efforts. This role involves identifying and managing candidates for contract and direct-hire positions while working closely with sales teams. You’ll leverage your interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaborate with business leaders to ensure a seamless hiring process. The organization fosters a culture of innovation and empowerment, making it an ideal environment for those looking to make a significant impact in the staffing industry. If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive and dynamic setting, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 0-24 months of relevant experience preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and recruit qualified talent for job orders.
• Utilize Bullhorn for managing recruitment activities and candidate information.
• Collaborate with sales and business stakeholders to fulfill open positions.

Skills

Customer Focus

Results Oriented

Effective Communication

Planning and Prioritization

Interpersonal Intelligence

Decision Making

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Bullhorn

Job description

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!

Description:
The Senior Associate is responsible for identifying, screening, and managing candidates and consultants for contract and direct-hire positions. This position works with the sales team to fulfill open job orders while managing candidates and consultants throughout the hiring process. This position will collaborate with business stakeholders, business leaders and subject matter experts to plan and deliver projects effectively and timely.
Essential Job Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify, assess, and recruit qualified talent to fulfill job orders.
• Update, review, and actively utilize a candidate skills matrix in recruitment activities.
• Perform weekly interviews in line with performance objectives.
• Generate leads via professional relationships, candidate interviews, and other interactions that support business development/sales efforts.
• Utilize Bullhorn to log all activity, notes, and information vital to managing and growing a book of business as well as planning daily activities.
• Collaborate with teammates to cross-sell and/or fulfill open positions across other lines of business and/or national practices as appropriate.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Desired Competencies:

• Customer/Candidate Focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
• Results Oriented - Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
• Communicates Effectively - Develops and delivers written and verbal communication that conveys clear understanding of different audiences and their levels of comprehension. Active listener to ensure clear understanding.
• Planning Forethought and Alignment - Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Interpersonal Intelligence - Understands self and others’ emotions and is able to manage self and others’ emotions to create a comfortable environment removing internal and external barriers to build rapport with others, including those with diverse opinions and beliefs, by acting with respect, dignity, and integrity.
• Decision Quality - Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Collaborative - Partners and connects with others to achieve shared goals or objectives, seeking input and inspiring others to value the same, building trust with each collaborative interaction.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 0 – 24 months of experience in audit, tax, and/or public accounting or directly relevant experience highly preferred.

Salary Range for this role: $60,000 USD - $70,000 USD

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, 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.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Industries: Software Development, Technology, Information and Internet, and IT Services and IT Consulting