Highlights
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual’s skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; other business and organizational needs. 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.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lexington, KY |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | http://www.vaco.com/ |
Description
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.
By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), 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.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
HR@vaco.com
.Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
About Company
Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to more than 35 offices across the globe, 700+ employees, more than 3,000 consultants and $450M in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for past 11 years and is dedicated to developing long-term relationships, life-long careers and creative client solutions.