Join our Edmonton Team! Our Finance and Accounting practice group is looking for a talented, focused, results-oriented Senior Associate to join us!

OVERVIEW: As a Senior Associate, you will be responsible for generating recruitment opportunities for your respective practice area and furthering the brand awareness and service offering of Robert Half.

For candidates, you will manage the full talent lifecycle, from initial pre-screen to internal interview, through to finalisation of placements. For clients, you will be responsible for new business development activity; maintaining and developing existing relationships, job order generation, understanding their requirements and advising and recruiting; accordingly, to include interviewing, presenting of profiles, negotiation of salaries and fees and post-placement care.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Recruitment

• Ensuring a diverse and inclusive pipeline of candidates are generated by your team, for your market, using innovative methods
• Developing non-biased candidate communities
• Proactively marketing candidates, internally to your colleagues and externally to clients
• Driving candidate data integrity in Salesforce
• Overseeing and advising on the delivery of an exemplary candidate experience

Business Development

• Conducting business development activities (calls, emails, in-mails, meetings) with existing, lapsed, and targeted contacts/prospects to retain and capture new market share by:

promoting and demonstrating the value of Robert Half’s services over competitors

educating clients on current hiring trends and tactics they can deploy to position themselves competitively to attract and hire top talent for their organization

pipelining our services as a trusted business partner

• Taking job order requirements and being consultative on market conditions and availability of talent sought after
• Conducting searches and managing target client lists in Salesforce / DOMO to build business development plans
• Sourcing leads and tracking them in the Salesforce Leads Console
• Taking a holistic approach to creating sales opportunities across practice areas and geographies

In Addition:

• Building and maintaining a robust and appealing online brand presence, in line with Robert Half’s social media strategy and cultural growth objectives, to network, build relationships and generate placement and sales opportunities
• Creating targeted customer e-mailshots
• Using the Salesforce Planner to establish robust call planning schedules to customers
• Attending or hosting in-person/virtual client and candidate events to generate new business opportunities and promote networking and relationship building
• Adhering to company compliance and regulatory guidelines
• Putting ethics first and doing the right thing in all situations
• Fostering a culture of belonging where everyone can connect, thrive and grow
• Adapting, evolving and investing your energy in delivering new ideas and solutions
• Empowering people to drive the success of our clients, colleagues and candidate and better our communities.

Qualifications:

• A business-related degree, ideally in finance or accounting. MBA a plus.
• 2+ years’ of experience in public/industry accounting/finance and/or successful permanent placement recruiting experience required.
• Successful candidates will have a proven track record of success, excellent communication skills and a high sense of urgency.
• The ability to leverage finance and accounting experience to manage and grow the business.

Robert Half is committed to creating an inclusive, equal, and diverse culture and believe in diversity of thought and perspective.

We are fully focused on equality and understand the value of characteristics that make every individual unique.

We are dedicated to having a community that reflects and represents our customers.