Manager, Partner Firm Recruiting
About the role
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today's industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation. Alpine Investors is a people-driven private equity firm that is committed to building great companies by working with, learning from, and developing exceptional people. Alpine prides itself on fostering cultures where people value empowerment, diversity, fairness, integrity, and intellectual honesty. Founded in 2001, Alpine specializes in investments in companies in the software and services industries. Alpine has over $15 billion in AUM and has offices in San Francisco, New York, and Salt Lake City.
Reporting to the Director of Partner Firm Recruiting, the Recruiting Manager, East will lead recruiting outcomes across our Northeast and Southeast partner firms. You will manage a team of high performing recruiters and sourcers, partner with firm CEOs, CGOs, and Heads of People across your region, and build the systems that allow recruiting to scale alongside Ascend's growth. You will also serve as the operational anchor for the broader recruiting team, owning the escalation path, documentation, and tooling triage that keep the function running. Your impact will be measured by your team's performance, the strength of your firm partnerships, and the smooth onboarding of new firms joining the Ascend platform.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of recruiters and sourcers across the Northeast and Southeast. Foster a high-performing team through clear expectations, consistent feedback, and meaningful coaching.
- Build trusted relationships with firm CEOs, CGOs, and Heads of People across your region. Partner with firm leadership on workforce planning, market intelligence, and talent strategy, bringing recruiting expertise and data into conversations that drive well-informed hiring decisions.
- Own the operating rhythm for the team — weekly 1:1