Talent Specialist

Position Overview The Talent Specialist, Accounting & Finance is responsible for identifying, engaging, and building relationships with accounting and finance professionals across the local market. This role partners closely with recruiters and client-facing teams to develop strong talent pipelines, understand candidate career goals, and connect professionals with opportunities that align with their experience and long-term goals. The ideal candidate is relationship-driven, organized, curious, and interested in developing expertise within the accounting and finance talent market.

Key Responsibilities

• Source and identify accounting and finance professionals across a variety of industries and experience levels.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with both active and passive candidates.
• Conduct initial candidate conversations to understand experience, career goals, compensation expectations, and what would motivate them to consider a new opportunity.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, referrals, CRM/ATS systems, and professional networks.
• Build talent pipelines across areas such as corporate accounting, financial reporting, FP&A, tax, treasury, audit, cost accounting, and accounting leadership.
• Partner with recruiters to understand current and upcoming hiring needs and identify qualified candidates.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates through calls, LinkedIn, email, and text.
• Keep detailed and accurate candidate information, notes, follow-up activity, and career preferences within the CRM or ATS.
• Research the local accounting and finance market to understand hiring trends, compensation, candidate availability, and movement within key companies.
• Assist with resume review, candidate presentations, interview coordination, and follow-up throughout the recruiting process.
• Generate referrals and expand professional networks through consistent relationship building.
• Utilize AI and recruiting technology to improve sourcing, research, outreach, and productivity.
• Participate in networking and relationship-building activities within the local accounting and finance community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, or a related field preferred.
• 1–3+ years of experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, sourcing, staffing, sales, customer service, or a relationship-focused role preferred.
• Strong interest in accounting, finance, recruiting, and the local professional market.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish credibility and build relationships.
• Comfortable making calls and conducting outreach through LinkedIn, email, and text.
• Ability to manage a high volume of relationships, follow-ups, and competing priorities.
• Strong research and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, and applicant tracking systems is a plus.
• Comfortable learning and utilizing new technology, including AI-enabled recruiting tools.

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