Remote Position

[Remote] Senior Recruiter

🌍 Remote Β· United States πŸ’Ό Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascend is seeking a Senior Recruiter to support its network of accounting firms through full-lifecycle recruitment of CPAs, accounting professionals, and firm leaders. The role develops talent strategies, sources and evaluates candidates, manages the candidate experience, and improves talent acquisition systems and processes.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with CEOs and HR leaders at regional firms to understand their cultures and write effective job descriptions and scorecards
  • Fully own the candidate experience throughout the hiring process, delivering a high NPS, red carpet experience
  • Build a robust pipeline of diverse, high-quality candidates for Tax, Audit and other Accounting roles
  • Create effective, efficient outbound outreach methods to attract candidates through email, LinkedIn and other job posting sites
  • Evaluate talent via screening interviews; demonstrate excellent interview skills that lead to effective top of funnel selection
  • Become a power user of our ATS, running reports to check progress against goals, and ensuring all data is effectively captured
  • Monitor talent pipeline analytics, taking action against poor conversion rates and opportunities to improve funnel throughput
  • Effectively present, negotiate, and execute offer letters in partnership with HR
  • Cultivate connections with other recruiters and keep a pulse on what’s happening in the industry and at different companies to get ahead of key strategic and/or competitive opportunities
  • Foster long-term relationships with high performing talent at competitive firms and know who may be looking for opportunities
  • Manage and administer candidate experience surveys to gather feedback; ensure candidate NPS of 90+ regardless of hiring status
  • Help establish new partnership and relationships with universities or other institutions to provide a new influx of talent
  • Demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills to align and motivate a variety of key stakeholders across Ascend HQ and regional hubs

Skills

  • 5+ years of full-cycle experienced-hire recruiting experience with advanced sourcing expertise focused on identifying, engaging, and converting passive candidates with highly relevant backgrounds
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Strong ability to market the company and increase candidate engagement through targeted outreach and relationship-building
  • Ability to function as a strategic talent advisor to business leaders by utilizing hiring data, market insights, and recruiting analytics to influence hiring decisions and search strategy
  • Excellent communication, and consultative partnership skills with the ability to influence senior leadership, manage high volume recruiting and deliver an exceptional candidate experience
  • Power user of an ATS
  • Greenhouse is a plus!

Benefits

  • Remote work in the US

Company Overview

  • Ascend is a consulting firm that helps CPAs reach their goals. It was founded in 2023, and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://ascendtogether.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Ascend has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2026, 11 in 2025, 16 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 11 in 2021, 6 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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