Recruiting Director - Siegfried Advisory

The Siegfried Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Siegfried Advisory is seeking a Recruiting Director to lead end-to-end recruiting across Financial Advisory, Tax Advisory, Operations, and Leadership roles. You will scale direct sourcing, reduce agency reliance, and align recruiting with growth objectives, while delivering a superior candidate experience.

This senior leadership role requires hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment and the ability to build a scalable recruiting function across service lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
• 10+ years of recruiting experience in professional services, finance, accounting, and tax talent.
• Proven experience building and scaling recruiting functions and direct sourcing capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive outcomes with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of the recruiting process from initial candidate engagement through close.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines aligned to hiring needs.
• Lead collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to improve outcomes.
• Develop and coach recruiting coordinators to deliver high performance.
• Ensure a high-quality candidate and stakeholder experience.

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree

10+ years recruiting experience

Leadership

Direct sourcing

Workday Recruiting

CRM systems

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Multi-channel pipelines

Strategic recruiting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Workday Recruiting

CRM systems

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

About Siegfried Advisory

Siegfried Advisory, LLC, an affiliate of The Siegfried Group, LLP encompasses strategic leadership, financial, and tax advisory services available to future-thinking entrepreneurial organizations and their leaders looking to further enhance, grow and evolve their business.

We help People transform themselves into better Leaders to exponentially improve their Lives.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of Siegfried Advisory and as part of the Siegfried Advisory Leadership Team, the Recruiting Director is responsible for owning and delivering recruiting outcomes across the Firm, including hiring results, pipeline strength, and the effectiveness and scalability of the recruiting model.

This role will build, evolve, and lead Siegfried Advisory’s recruiting function, transitioning from a predominantly agency and Referral Appreciation Program-driven model to a more balanced approach (in non-Tax Resourcing areas) incorporating direct sourcing, disciplined process execution, and proactive pipeline development across Financial Advisory Services, Tax Advisory Services, Operations, and Leadership roles.

The Recruiting Director is accountable for driving a high-quality, efficient, and consistent recruiting process, while ensuring an exceptional experience for candidates and stakeholders. This role requires a hands-on leader who can operate and execute in the near term while building a scalable, high-performing recruiting capability aligned with the Firm’s growth objectives.

Company Overview

Siegfried Advisory (“SA” or “the Firm”) is a financial and tax advisory Firm focused on helping transformative leaders such as entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals maximize their growth and wealth potential. We help growth-oriented leaders create more professional and personal freedoms in their lives by helping to clarify their vision of success through leadership advisory. When clients engage in both financial and tax advisory services, they can achieve exponential success by making more informed decisions that impact their business and personal lives. We help interested people transform themselves into better leaders to exponentially improve their lives.

Siegfried Advisory is a unique career choice, and we invest deeply in our people and believe in their potential. We have an exclusive group of talented professionals who are all ambitiously committed to continuous growth, personally and professionally. Our client-facing Professionals are helping leaders at growing entrepreneurial companies with their most important work and transforming themselves along the way, while our Operations team is thoughtfully working on the business and helping to grow our Firm with purpose. The investment and expectations of a career at SA are high because the reward of what we offer is even higher. We value and acknowledge the hard work of our employees in many ways, including competitive base salaries, energizing incentive compensation plans, career enhancement opportunities, and our hallmark MY Journey® program. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that encompasses a wide range of offerings, including robust healthcare coverage, dental and vision plans, generous PTO, a 401k plan with employer match to support your financial goals, a profit-sharing program that allows you to share in the success of our organization, and unique allowances that nurture your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

The Firm serves two distinct audiences who have different needs, operating environments and levels of complexity across three service lines, using Leadership Advisory to build strong relationships and gain clarity around our clients’ needs and challenges.

Who We Serve
Entrepreneurs and Growth Stage Organizations

• Entrepreneurs
• High net-worth (HNW/UHNW) individuals and families
• Family offices
• Small and middle market businesses
• Small/medium-sized PE Firms and their portfolios

Large Enterprises

• Fortune 1000 companies
• Large public and private organizations
• Organizations executing major initiatives

What We Do

• Financial Advisory
• Tax Advisory
• Tax Resourcing

Position Summary

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of Siegfried Advisory and as part of the Siegfried Advisory Leadership Team, the Recruiting Director is responsible for owning and delivering recruiting outcomes across the Firm, including hiring results, pipeline strength, and the effectiveness and scalability of the recruiting model.

This role will build, evolve, and lead Siegfried Advisory’s recruiting function, transitioning from a predominantly agency and Referral Appreciation Program-driven model to a more balanced approach (in non-Tax Resourcing areas) incorporating direct sourcing, disciplined process execution, and proactive pipeline development across Financial Advisory Services, Tax Advisory Services, Operations, and Leadership roles.

The Recruiting Director is accountable for driving a high-quality, efficient, and consistent recruiting process, while ensuring an exceptional experience for candidates and stakeholders. This role requires a hands-on leader who can operate and execute in the near term while building a scalable, high-performing recruiting capability aligned with the Firm’s growth objectives.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities

_ Overall _

• Own end-to-end execution of the recruiting process from initial candidate engagement through close, ensuring quality, consistency, and efficiency
• Build and maintain strong, relationship-driven candidate pipelines, ensuring continuous recruiting activity aligned to hiring needs
• Identify, engage, and recruit high-caliber professionals aligned with Siegfried’s High Performance Model and cultural expectations
• Lead ongoing collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to drive alignment, improve outcomes, and strengthen recruiting strategy
• Establish and enforce clear expectations and accountability across all participants in the recruiting process
• Develop, coach, and hold accountable the Siegfried Advisory Recruiting Coordinator(s) to deliver at a high level
• Ensure an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience, with a focus on responsiveness, professionalism, and follow-through

_ Siegfried Advisory Recruiting Model Ownership _

• Own the design, execution, and continuous improvement of Siegfried Advisory’s recruiting model across all service lines and functions
• Build and scale direct sourcing capabilities (in all non-TR areas), including proactive market mapping, targeted outreach, and pipeline development for key roles
• Reduce reliance on external agencies by strengthening internal sourcing effectiveness and recruiting execution in all non-TR areas
• Maintain and optimize the current Tax Resourcing recruiting model, improving coordination, visibility, and consistency of execution
• Standardize recruiting processes to ensure clarity, scalability, and disciplined execution across the Firm
• Own recruiting performance metrics, including pipeline strength, time-to-fill, conversion rates, and overall hiring effectiveness
• Drive continuous improvement in recruiting efficiency, including speed, coordination, and decision-making effectiveness
• Implement structured tracking, reporting, and data-driven insights across all stages of the recruiting lifecycle
• Enhance interview quality and candidate assessment through strong process design, preparation, and feedback discipline
• Build and sustain multi-channel pipelines leveraging agencies, referrals, and direct sourcing strategies for all non-TR areas
• Partner with The Siegfried Group recruiting leadership to ensure alignment and leverage of shared capabilities where appropriate

Supervisory Responsibility
This position supervises the Siegfried Advisory Recruiting Coordinator(s).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• 10+ years of recruiting experience, with demonstrated success in professional services environments, in particular finance, accounting, and tax talent disciplines
• Proven experience recruiting for a broad range of roles, including leadership, advisory, business development, and operational positions
• Demonstrated experience building, scaling, or significantly enhancing recruiting functions, including the development of direct sourcing capabilities and proactive pipeline strategies
• Demonstrated ownership of recruiting outcomes, including hiring results, pipeline strength, process effectiveness, and stakeholder alignment
• Strong understanding of financial advisory, accounting, and tax talent markets, including candidate profiles, competitive dynamics, and sourcing strategies
• Proven ability to operate with a strong commercial mindset, aligning recruiting priorities with business growth objectives and talent needs
• Track record of reducing reliance on external agencies through the development of effective internal recruiting capabilities, while appropriately leveraging external partners where needed
• Experience building and managing multi-channel recruiting pipelines, including agency, referral, and direct sourcing approaches
• Strong time management, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data and insights to drive decision-making and improve recruiting outcomes
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including setting clear expectations, driving accountability, and developing team members
• Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing recruiting team members, including driving performance and supporting long-term professional growth
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, engage candidates effectively, and convey complex ideas clearly and concisely
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, with a passion and demonstrated ability to develop and maintain compelling, trust-based connections with candidates and stakeholders
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple processes simultaneously, and execute with consistency in a fast-paced environment
• Selflessly collaborative, with demonstrated success working across functions in an entrepreneurial, high-expectation environment
• Strong alignment with Siegfried’s culture and values, including fairness, honesty, trustworthiness, respectfulness, flexibility, and a strong work ethic
• Experience using Workday Recruiting, customer relationship management systems, and data analytics tools to support pipeline management, tracking, and process rigor
• Familiarity with modern recruiting tools, technologies, and automation to enhance efficiency, scalability, and insight generation
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel, with the ability to support reporting, communication, and data analysis
• A minimum of 15% travel required, as applicable or requested
• Ability to work nine to ten hours per day consistently throughout the year
• Ability and willingness to work in a Siegfried office as requested, in accordance with company policy
• Availability to work nights and weekends, as needed
• Entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to Firm’s vision
• Strong intangibles aligning with High Performance Model®

Location

You must be commutable to one of the following office locations:New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Wilmington, DE; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Miami, FL; or Chicago, IL

FLSA / At-Will Employment

• This position is an exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act
• This position is and will remain at-will in nature

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