Accounting & Finance Executive Recruiter (Team Lead)

vaco

Nashville, Tennessee · Nashville · United States

Posted Jun 25, 2025

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Vaco Financial

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

A Day in the Life

Your CFO client just called. Her VP of Accounting just gave notice, or maybe she needs an experienced treasury manager with a strong regulatory background.

The Senior Director is a strategic business thinker and team builder. Someone who is highly competitive with a servant leader’s heart. Leading through individual production, the Senior Director is the beacon of success by identifying market trends, attracting, and retaining top performing talent, developing high performing teams, coaching, counseling, and teaching.

Duties and Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of sales and recruitment professionals, ensuring they meet their weekly and monthly sales and recruitment targets.
Set the standard for the team with pace and intensity of personal production.  
Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture by encouraging teamwork.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, including other teams and leaders, to support the fulfillment of open job orders across the organization.
Ensure that the team is using technology effectively to log all activities, track job orders, and maintain comprehensive records for business development.
Analyze team performance and identify trends or issues that could affect team output or client satisfaction.
Collaborate with clients to understand their needs and ensure that recruitment efforts are aligned with their hiring goals.
Encourage a culture of continuous learning and improvement, staying up-to-date with industry trends, recruitment strategies, and business development techniques.
Implement and share best practices across the team to drive consistent performance and results.

‘Best Place to Work’ Perks

True base salary and uncapped compensation package that surpasses industry standards. 
Annual, FIVE STAR vacations (we call it “Vatopia”) for meeting top tier performance goals. 
World class training where Vaconians learn and exchange ideas.  
Flexible PTO to take time off that fits your needs and supports your well-being. 
Technology packages that include smart phone coverage, up-to-date equipment, and top tier online resources. 
Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k, fertility, pet insurance, life insurance, disability and more!

Desired Competencies and Skills:

Ensures Accountability ‐ holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.  
Attracts Top Talent ‐ attracts and selects the best talent to meet current and future business needs.  
Manages Conflict – handles conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
Customer Focus ‐ builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer‐centric solutions.
Instills Trust ‐ gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity.
Drives Results ‐ consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances  
Resilient ‐ rebounds from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations.  
Action Oriented ‐ takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.  
Communicates Effectively ‐ develops and delivers multi‐mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.  
Decision Quality ‐ makes good and timely decisions that keep the team moving forward.  
Drives Engagement ‐ creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree required. CPA, CFA, MBA or other professional designation a plus.
Minimum 5 years’ selling accounting/financial permanent placement or direct-hire recruiting services.
Background in audit, tax, and/or public accounting a plus.
Proven success achieving and/or exceeding performance goals.
Strong desire to lead while remaining hands-on in business development and/or recruitment.

Technical Skills:

Must have working knowledge of MS Office Suite
Experience with Bullhorn preferred.

Basic Skills:

Able to work with a sense of urgency and meet tight deadlines; Organized, detailed, and results driven.

Travel:

<20% -Occasional travel to annual conference or client sites

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/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 in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. An applicant may also be eligible to participate in certain incentive compensation programs based on achieving certain performance targets set forth each year and subject to the incentive compensation plan’s terms and conditions. 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.

Salary Range for this role:

$55,000—$165,000 USD

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