Full Desk Recruiter (Accounting and Finance Talent Solutions Agency)

October 19, 2026
Columbus, OH, US
$65,000 – $85,000/yr
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Full-Desk Recruiter / Business Development, Finance and Accounting Direct Hire

Build Your Client Base and Talent Network With a Stronger Platform

You know how to open doors, build relationships, identify exceptional talent, and bring a consultative approach to solving hiring challenges. At Vaco by Highspring, you will join an empowered, collaborative culture where experienced professionals are trusted to own their markets and manage the full direct-hire lifecycle.

This is an opportunity for an established full-desk recruiter, business development professional, or finance and accounting industry professional who wants the autonomy to build a book of business and a specialized talent network without building either one alone.

Who We Are

At Vaco by Highspring, we help clients solve business and workforce challenges 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

  • Develop and grow relationships with financial leaders, including CFOs and other senior decision-makers.
  • Generate new business through strategic prospecting, networking, referrals, social media, market intelligence, and in-person meetings.
  • Sell finance and accounting direct-hire solutions within your local market.
  • Identify client needs, secure new job orders, lead intake conversations, and establish clear search strategies.
  • Source, engage, evaluate, and recruit finance and accounting professionals for direct-hire opportunities.
  • Build and maintain pipelines of qualified clients and candidates within a focused market or specialty.
  • Present qualified candidates with clear, accurate summaries of their experience, motivation, and fit for each opportunity.
  • Manage client and candidate relationships throughout the hiring process, including interview coordination, feedback, offer negotiation, acceptance, and closing.
  • Develop and maintain a focused target-account strategy and consistent sales pipeline.
  • Expand existing relationships by introducing additional Vaco and Highspring capabilities where appropriate.
  • Collaborate across offices, practices, and markets to pursue opportunities, share talent, and serve clients.
  • Maintain accurate client, candidate, job, pipeline, and activity information in our ATS and CRM system.
  • Achieve individual activity, placement, revenue, and gross-margin objectives.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

  • A true base salary with an uncapped commission structure and unlimited earning potential.
  • The autonomy to build and own both sides of your market while leveraging an established brand and national platform.
  • Opportunities to cross-sell across national practices and complementary service offerings.
  • Collaboration with experienced colleagues across offices, practices, and markets.
  • Recognition programs, including a five-star vacation for top performers.
  • Training, professional development, and transparent career-growth opportunities.
  • Flexible PTO, technology support, and comprehensive benefits that include 401(k), health insurance, fertility assistance, maternity and paternity leave, and more.

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What You Bring

  • 3+ years of successful full-desk recruiting, finance and accounting staffing, executive search, consulting, or solutions-sales experience. Relevant accounting or financial services experience may be considered.
  • A demonstrated track record of developing new business, recruiting specialized talent, closing placements, and achieving revenue or gross-margin goals is highly preferred.
  • Established relationships within the local business or finance and accounting community.
  • Strong prospecting, interviewing, negotiation, presentation, closing, and relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to balance business development, recruiting, and process management across multiple searches and client relationships.
  • Bachelor's degree required.

Travel

Occasional local 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

$65,000—$85,000 USD

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](mailto:HR@vaco.com).

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

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.