Business Development Manager (Accounting and Finance Talent Solutions Agency)

Vaco by Highspring; Connecticut; Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible PTO

Tech support

401(k) with company contributions

Health Savings Account

Zusammenfassung

Vaco by Highspring is seeking a Business Development Manager in Connecticut to cultivate relationships with senior accounting and finance leaders and drive revenue growth through strategic prospecting and targeted outreach.

The role combines base compensation with an uncapped commission structure and the support of an experienced recruiting team to match clients with top professionals in audit, FP&A, tax, and related areas. Travel and participation in events are expected.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required; CPA, CFA, MBA, or a related designation is highly preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting, financial consulting, and/or audit experience.
• Public accounting and/or Big Four experience is highly preferred.
• A consultative, relationship-driven approach and the ability to communicate credibly with senior financial leaders.
• Strong business development, networking, presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Aufgaben

• Build and grow trusted relationships with CFOs, VPs, and other senior accounting and finance leaders.
• Generate new business through strategic prospecting, networking, referrals, market intelligence, professional events, and in-person meetings.
• Promote accounting and finance solutions for strategic projects and interim needs, including audit, financial reporting, FP&A, M&A, tax, software implementations, and related areas.
• Identify client needs, recommend the right solution, secure new opportunities, and manage them from intake through successful fulfillment.
• Partner closely with an experienced recruiting team to present the right professionals and consulting resources at the right time.
• Develop and maintain a focused target-account strategy and consistent sales pipeline.
• Monitor local market and hiring trends, including expansions, mergers and acquisitions, relocations, and new businesses entering the market.
• Provide high-level oversight of active engagements and maintain strong client relationships.
• Manage daily and weekly activities in alignment with productivity, revenue, and growth goals.

Kenntnisse

Relationship building

Business development

Networking

Presentation

Negotiation

Problem solving

Consultative approach

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

CPA / CFA / MBA or related designation

Jobbeschreibung

Business Development Manager (Accounting and Finance Talent Solutions Agency)

Connecticut

Business Development, Finance and Accounting Interim Solutions

You understand the accounting and finance landscape because you have worked in it. At Vaco by Highspring, you can turn that experience into a relationship-driven business development career, helping senior financial leaders solve complex workforce and project challenges.

You will join an entrepreneurial, collaborative culture where experienced accounting professionals bring a consultative approach to problem solving. You will partner with a skilled recruiting team, leverage broader capabilities, and deliver solutions across accounting, finance, tax, audit, and related areas.

Who We Are

At Vaco by Highspring, we help clients navigate change, scale operations, and achieve business outcomes 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

• Build and grow trusted relationships with CFOs, VPs, and other senior accounting and finance leaders.


• Generate new business through strategic prospecting, networking, referrals, market intelligence, professional events, and in-person meetings.


• Promote accounting and finance solutions for strategic projects and interim needs, including audit, financial reporting, FP&A, M&A, tax, software implementations, and related areas.


• Identify client needs, recommend the right solution, secure new opportunities, and manage them from intake through successful fulfillment.


• Partner closely with an experienced recruiting team to present the right professionals and consulting resources at the right time.


• Develop and maintain a focused target-account strategy and consistent sales pipeline.


• Monitor local market and hiring trends, including expansions, mergers and acquisitions, relocations, and new businesses entering the market.


• Provide high-level oversight of active engagements and maintain strong client relationships.


• Manage daily and weekly activities in alignment with productivity, revenue, and growth goals.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

• A true base salary with an uncapped commission structure that provides unlimited earning potential.


• An experienced recruiting team that allows you to focus on clients, relationships, and revenue growth.


• An established brand combined with the autonomy to build and own your market.


• Recognition programs, including annual incentive trips to five-star destinations for top performers and a guest.


• Ongoing training, mentorship, leadership development, and paid CPE seminars and CPA license renewal fees.


• Flexible PTO, technology support, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, fertility, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and a Health Savings Account with company contributions.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree required; CPA, CFA, MBA, or a related designation is highly preferred.


• Minimum of 3 years of accounting, financial consulting, and/or audit experience.


• Public accounting and/or Big Four experience is highly preferred.


• A consultative, relationship-driven approach and the ability to communicate credibly with senior financial leaders.


• Strong business development, networking, presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.


• An entrepreneurial mindset, personal accountability, curiosity, and a commitment to continuous learning.

Travel: Occasional local client travel and attendance at company events.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring depends on a wide range of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as business and organizational needs. As required by applicable law, Highspring believes the compensation range below reasonably reflects the base salary or hourly pay for this position in locations where pay range disclosure is required.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to participate in incentive compensation programs designed to reward individual and company success. Actual incentive compensation will vary based on individual, team, and company performance, as well as the terms of applicable incentive plans. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan.

Base Compensation

$75,000 - $95,000 USD

EEO Notice

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