Business Development Director

A Day in the Life

Your CFO client just called. Her accounting department could really use help prepping for an upcoming audit. Or maybe she needs a seasoned project manager to lead a merger integration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Grow and develop strong relationships with clients and senior accounting & financial leaders.
• Work with an elite recruitment team to fulfill special projects and interim positions in audit, financial reporting, FP&A, M&A, taxation, software implementations, and more.
• Keep a regular pulse on the market as it relates to businesses and hiring trends. (e.g., Expansions, mergers/acquisitions, dissolutions, relocations, new businesses entering the market, etc.…)
• Establish and conduct client visits according to activity goals.
• Actively develop and maintain a target account list.
• Manage open client opportunities from intake to fulfillment.

Vaco Values

• A Team First Approach
• Self-Awareness
• Solutions Oriented
• Grit

Desired Competencies and Skills

• Ensures Accountability
• Attracts Top Talent
• Manages Conflict
• Customer Focus
• Instills Trust
• Drives Results
• Being Resilient
• Action Oriented
• Communicates Effectively
• Decision Quality
• Drives Engagement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required. CPA, CFA, MBA or other professional designation highly desired.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years’ selling accounting/financial project solutions or comparable client relations experience in audit, tax, and/or public accounting.
• Proven success achieving and/or exceeding performance goals.
• Must have working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Experience with Bullhorn preferred.
• Able to work with a sense of urgency and meet tight deadlines; Organized, detailed, and results driven.

Education/Experience

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. CPA, CFA, MBA or other professional designation highly desired.
• Minimum 5 to 7 years’ selling accounting/financial project solutions or comparable client relations experience in audit, tax, and/or public accounting.
• Proven success achieving and/or exceeding performance goals.

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

Basic Travel Requirement:
20% Occasional travel to annual conference or client sites

Pay

$70,000 - $85,000 USD